10-letter words containing p, a, r, e, l
- heliograph — a device for signaling by means of a movable mirror that reflects beams of light, especially sunlight, to a distance.
- hemipteral — of or relating to a hemipterous insect
- hemitropal — hemitropous
- heptachlor — a highly toxic, light-tan, waxy solid, C 10 H 5 Cl 7 , used as an insecticide: its manufacture and use are restricted in the U.S.
- heraldship — the office or position of a herald
- holophrase — a word functioning as a phrase or sentence, as the imperative Go!
- hospitaler — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- hydroplane — a seaplane.
- hypaethral — (of a classical building) wholly or partly open to the sky.
- hyperalert — fully aware and attentive; wide-awake; keen: an alert mind.
- hyperalgia — an exaggerated sense of pain (opposed to hypalgesia).
- hyperbolas — Plural form of hyperbola.
- hyperdulia — the veneration offered to the Virgin Mary as the most exalted of creatures.
- hyperfocal — relating to the distance beyond which a lens can be focused to produce satisfactory image quality
- hyperlapse — Lb photography A form of time-lapse photography where the camera is gradually moved across a long distance, such as down a highway, and a frame is captured at each new position.
- hyperlocal — relating to or focused on a very small geographical community, as a neighborhood: hyperlocal news websites; hyperlocal advertising.
- hyperplane — a subspace of a vector space that has dimension one less than the dimension of the vector space.
- hypodermal — Zoology. an underlayer of epithelial cells in arthropods and certain other invertebrates that secretes substances for the overlying cuticle or exoskeleton.
- impairable — to make or cause to become worse; diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage: to impair one's health; to impair negotiations.
- imparlance — an extension of time granted to one party in a lawsuit to plead or to settle the dispute amicably.
- impartable — Capable of being imparted.
- impartible — not partible; indivisible.
- imperially — of, like, or pertaining to an empire.
- impersonal — not personal; without reference or connection to a particular person: an impersonal remark.
- impetrable — (obsolete) Capable of being obtained or influenced by petition.
- implorable — to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: They implored him to go.
- importable — to bring in (merchandise, commodities, workers, etc.) from a foreign country for use, sale, processing, reexport, or services.
- improbable — not probable; unlikely to be true or to happen: Rain is improbable tonight.
- improvable — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
- in plaster — If you have a leg or arm in plaster, you have a cover made of plaster of Paris around your leg or arm, in order to protect a broken bone and allow it to mend.
- inoperable — not operable or practicable.
- inspirable — capable of being inspired.
- interplant — to plant (a crop) among another crop, or to plant (land) with a variety of crops
- interplays — Plural form of interplay.
- interplead — to litigate with each other in order to determine which of two parties is the rightful claimant against a third party.
- interpolar — connecting or being between poles: an interpolar flight.
- interposal — (dated) interposure.
- intraplate — (geology) Taking place within a single tectonic plate.
- irish pale — pale2 (def 6).
- j particle — an early name for the J/psi particle.
- jellygraph — a device that uses a plate of jelly to make copies of a sheet of writing, etc
- kaempferol — (organic compound) A flavonoid, isolated from tea and other plants, that may reduce the risk of heart disease.
- key player — The key players in a particular organization, event, or situation are the most important people or things involved in it.
- killer app — a highly innovative, very powerful, or extremely useful computer application; esp one sufficiently important as to justify purchase of the equipment or software
- kiloampère — one thousand amperes
- kiloparsec — a unit of distance, equal to 1000 parsecs. Abbreviation: kpc.
- kleptocrat — a government official who is a thief or exploiter.
- la perouse — Jean François de Galaup [zhahn frahn-swa duh ga-loh] /ʒɑ̃ frɑ̃ˈswa də gaˈloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1741–88, French naval officer and explorer.
- laeotropic — oriented or coiled in a leftward direction, as a left-spiraling snail shell.
- lagered-up — intoxicated, esp after drinking lager