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15-letter words containing p, a, r, l, e

  • telegraphically — of or relating to the telegraph.
  • telephotography — photography of distant objects, using a telephoto lens.
  • temperamentally — having or exhibiting a strongly marked, individual temperament.
  • thalassographer — a person who studies the sea; an oceanographer
  • thalassotherapy — the use of sea water and marine products as a therapeutic treatment
  • the last supper — the supper of Jesus and His disciples on the eve of His Crucifixion. Compare Lord's Supper (def 1).
  • the other place — (at Oxford University) Cambridge University
  • the paralympics — a sporting event, modelled on the Olympic Games, held solely for disabled competitors
  • therapeutically — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
  • thermal printer — a printer that produces output by selectively heating a heat-sensitive paper (thermal paper) in patterns corresponding to the characters to be produced.
  • tiglath-pileser — died 727 b.c, king of Assyria 745–727.
  • tobacco planter — a tool that was formerly used by tobacco farmers to plant tobacco with
  • total depravity — the Calvinist doctrine that humankind's entire nature, including its reason, is corrupt or sinful as a result of the Fall and that people are therefore completely dependent on God for regeneration.
  • treacle pudding — a sponge cake with syrup on top
  • tricuspid valve — the valve, consisting of three triangular flaps of tissue between the right auricle and ventricle of the heart, that keeps blood from flowing back into the auricle.
  • trifluoperazine — a compound, C 21 H 24 F 3 N 3 S, used as an antipsychotic.
  • triple alliance — the alliance (1882–1915) of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.
  • triple integral — an integral in which the integrand involves a function of three variables and which requires three applications of the integration process to evaluate.
  • truth-value gap — the possibility in certain semantic systems of a statement being neither true nor false while also not being determinately of any third truth-value, as all my children are asleep uttered by a childless person
  • tubal pregnancy — pregnancy that grows in fallopian tube
  • two-star petrol — leaded petrol that has a low octane number; inferior leaded petrol
  • ultramicroscope — an instrument that uses scattering phenomena to detect the position of objects too small to be seen by an ordinary microscope.
  • umbrella policy — An umbrella policy is a policy that provides excess limits and gives additional excess coverage over the normal limits and coverage of liability policies.
  • una corda pedal — soft pedal (def 1).
  • unapprehensible — not able to be understood or comprehended
  • uncomplementary — forming a complement; completing.
  • uncomplimentary — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
  • uncompromisable — that cannot or should not be compromised
  • uncooperatively — in an uncooperative or unhelpful manner
  • uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
  • undercapitalize — to provide an insufficient amount of capital for (a business enterprise).
  • underpopulation — having a population lower than is normal or desirable.
  • uninterpretable — to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate: to interpret the hidden meaning of a parable.
  • unleaded petrol — petrol containing a reduced amount of tetraethyl lead
  • unparliamentary — not parliamentary; at variance with or contrary to the methods employed by parliamentary bodies.
  • unpronounceable — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
  • unsportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
  • upper arlington — a city in central Ohio, near Columbus.
  • upper peninsula — a peninsula in the northern US between Lakes Superior and Michigan, constituting the N part of the state of Michigan
  • upperclasswoman — An upperclasswoman is a junior or senior student in a high school, college, or university.
  • upwardly mobile — See under vertical mobility (def 1).
  • venture capital — funds invested or available for investment in a new or unproven business enterprise.
  • venus's-flytrap — a carnivorous plant, Dionaea muscipula, native to bogs of North and South Carolina, having roundish leaves with two lobes that close like a trap when certain delicate hairs on them are irritated, as by a fly: the range is now reduced, though the plants are still locally abundant.
  • vernier caliper — a caliper formed of two pieces sliding across one another, one having a graduated scale and the other a vernier.
  • vine phylloxera — a homopterous insect, Phylloxera vitifolia, typically feeding on vine juices
  • wallpaper music — music that is pleasant but not interesting, so people do not pay much attention to it
  • wallpaper paste — an adhesive used for attaching wallpaper to a surface
  • water pimpernel — the brookweed.
  • water pollution — the pollution of the sea and rivers
  • water-repellent — having a finish that resists but is not impervious to water.
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