0%

11-letter words containing p, a, r, l

  • lexigraphic — Of or pertaining to lexigraphy.
  • liberty cap — a soft, conical cap given to a freed slave in ancient Rome at manumission of his servitude, used as a symbol of liberty, especially since the 18th century.
  • light opera — operetta.
  • linear type — 1.   (theory, programming)   An attribute of values which are used exactly once: they are neither duplicated nor destroyed. Such values require no garbage collection, and can safely be updated in place, even if they form part of a data structure. Linear types are related to the linear logic of J.-Y Girard. They extend Schmidt's notion of single threading, provide an alternative to Hudak and Bloss' update analysis, and offer a practical complement to Lafont and Holmström's elegant linear languages.
  • linen paper — paper, usually superior in quality, made from pure linen or from substitutes that produce a similar paper finish.
  • lip-reading — the reading or understanding, as by a deaf person, of spoken words from the movements of another's lips without hearing the sounds made.
  • lipoatrophy — (medicine) The loss of subcutaneous fatty tissue.
  • liposarcoma — (medicine) Any malignant tumour that originates in adipose tissue.
  • lithographs — Plural form of lithograph.
  • lithography — the art or process of producing a picture, writing, or the like, on a flat, specially prepared stone, with some greasy or oily substance, and of taking ink impressions from this as in ordinary printing.
  • local group — the group of galaxies, at least 25 of which are known, that includes the Milky Way.
  • logagraphia — inability to express ideas in writing
  • logographic — of, relating to, or using logograms.
  • logotherapy — (psychotherapy) A therapy that involves finding the meaning of one's life.
  • lone parent — a parent who is not married and does not have a partner, who is bringing up a child or children
  • loop aerial — an aerial that consists of one or more coils of wire wound on a frame. Maximum radiation or reception is in the plane of the loop, the minimum occurring at right angles to it
  • lophobranch — belonging or pertaining to the Lophobranchii, the group of fishes comprising the pipefishes, sea horses, snipefishes, trumpetfishes, etc.
  • loudspeaker — any of various devices, usually electronic, by which speech, music, etc., can be intensified and made audible throughout a room, hall, or the like.
  • lower apsis — See under apsis (def 1).
  • lump hammer — a heavy hammer used for driving stakes or breaking stone
  • lump labour — work done by self-employed workers in the building trade
  • lunarscapes — Plural form of lunarscape.
  • lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
  • lycanthropy — a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
  • macrophylum — a group of languages that are of a higher order than a phylum
  • magpie lark — a black-and-white pied bird, Grallina cyanoleuca, inhabiting areas near water in Australia and southern New Guinea.
  • mailpersons — Plural form of mailperson.
  • malapropism — an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
  • malapropist — a person who regularly makes malapropisms
  • malpractice — Law. failure of a professional person, as a physician or lawyer, to render proper services through reprehensible ignorance or negligence or through criminal intent, especially when injury or loss follows.
  • manila rope — rope made from Manila hemp.
  • manipulator — a person who manipulates.
  • maple grove — a town in SE Minnesota.
  • maple sugar — a yellowish-brown sugar produced by boiling down maple syrup.
  • maple syrup — a syrup produced by partially boiling down the sap of the sugar maple or of any of several other maple trees.
  • marketplace — an open area in a town where a market is held.
  • marlinspike — a pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.
  • marshalship — The position or role of a marshal.
  • master plan — A master plan is a clever plan that is intended to help someone succeed in a very difficult or important task.
  • master-plan — to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
  • melanophore — a pigmented connective-tissue cell containing melanin in its cytoplasm, responsible for color changes in many fishes and reptiles.
  • metacarpals — Plural form of metacarpal.
  • microcephal — a person with microcephaly
  • milliampere — a unit of electric current equal to one thousandth of an ampere. Abbreviation: mA.
  • moon pillar — a halo phenomenon in which a vertical streak of light appears above and below the moon, believed to be caused by the reflection of moonlight by ice crystals with vertical axes.
  • mount pearl — a town in Newfoundland, in E Canada, on the SE part of the island, S of St. John's.
  • multiparity — of or relating to a multipara.
  • multiparous — of or relating to a multipara.
  • multiplayer — of or relating to a video game, or a portion of a video game, in which more than one person plays at the same time in a shared game environment: a multiplayer game; multiplayer mode; a multiplayer experience.
  • multispiral — having several spiral coils
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?