15-letter words containing p, a, r, l, e
- hypersexualised — Simple past tense and past participle of hypersexualise.
- hypersexualized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypersexualize.
- hyperventilated — Simple past tense and past participle of hyperventilate.
- hypocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
- ideographically — an ideogram.
- impenetrability — the state or quality of being impenetrable.
- imperial bushel — a unit of dry measure containing 4 pecks, equivalent in the U.S. (and formerly in England) to 2150.42 cubic inches or 35.24 liters (Winchester bushel) and in Great Britain to 2219.36 cubic inches or 36.38 liters (Imperial bushel) Abbreviation: bu., bush.
- imperial gallon — a British gallon used in liquid and dry measurement equivalent to 1.2 U.S. gallons, or 4.54 liters.
- imperial system — a system of measurement units, including the foot, pound, and second, as well as miles and yards
- imperial valley — an irrigated agricultural region in SE California, adjacent to Mexico, formerly a part of the Colorado Desert: it is largely below sea level and contains the Salton Sink.
- imperishability — not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring.
- imperviableness — the state of being imperviable
- imponderability — The state or characteristic of being imponderable.
- impregnableness — The state of being impregnable; impregnability.
- imprescriptable — Alt form imprescriptible.
- in pari delicto — in equal fault; equally culpable or blameworthy.
- in the ballpark — a tract of land where ball games, especially baseball, are played.
- inapprehensible — That cannot be apprehended; not apprehensible to or graspable by either body or mind.
- inappropriately — not appropriate; not proper or suitable: an inappropriate dress for the occasion.
- inferior planet — either of the two planets whose orbits are inside the orbit of the earth: Venus and Mercury.
- inseparableness — The quality or state of being inseparable.
- insuperableness — The quality of being insuperable or insurmountable; insuperability.
- inter-parochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
- interdependable — capable of being depended on; worthy of trust; reliable: a dependable employee.
- internal spline — any one of a series of grooves in a mating part into which external splines fit to prevent movement between two parts, esp in transmitting torque
- interparoxysmal — occurring in the period or periods between paroxysms.
- interperceptual — occurring between periods of perceiving
- interpersonally — of or pertaining to the relations between persons: He has strong interpersonal skills.
- interphalangeal — Between phalanges, as with an interphalangeal joint.
- interpopulation — Between populations.
- interprovincial — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
- intraperitoneal — Within the cavity of the peritoneum.
- intrapreneurial — Entrepreneurial within an existing business; describing entrepreneurship within an existing business.
- introspectional — Of or relating to introspection.
- ionospherically — by the ionosphere
- iranian plateau — a plateau in SW Asia, mostly in Iran, extending from the Tigris to the Indus rivers. 1,000,000 sq. mi. (2,590,000 sq. km).
- irreparableness — The quality of being irreparable.
- isoperimetrical — having equal perimeters
- italian cypress — a tall Eurasian cypress, cupressus sempervirens, native to the eastern Mediterranean region
- jalapeño pepper — hot Mexican chilli
- japanese laurel — an eastern Asian evergreen shrub, Aucuba japonica, of the dogwood family, having dark-green, glossy leaves and scarlet berries.
- jurisprudential — the science or philosophy of law.
- kalmyk republic — a constituent republic of S Russia, on the Caspian Sea: became subject to Russia in 1646. Capital: Elista. Pop: 292 400 (2002). Area: 76 100 sq km (29 382 sq miles)
- kernmantel rope — a rope made of many straight nylon fibres within a plaited sheath; used for its tensile strength, freedom from twisting, and elasticity
- keyboard plaque — (jargon) The disgusting buildup of dirt and crud found on computer keyboards. "Are there any other terminals I can use? This one has a bad case of keyboard plaque."
- kilovolt-ampere — an electrical unit, equal to 1000 volt-amperes. Abbreviation: kVA, kva.
- kleptoparasites — Plural form of kleptoparasite.
- kleptoparasitic — Pertaining to kleptoparasitism.
- lambda particle — any of a family of neutral baryons with strangeness −1 or charm +1, and isotopic spin 0. The least massive member of the lambda family was the first strange particle to be discovered. Symbol: Λ.
- lamp-post error — fencepost error