10-letter words containing p, a, r, t, i, l
- 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.
- j particle — an early name for the J/psi particle.
- kilpatrick — Hugh Judson [juhd-suh n] /ˈdʒʌd sən/ (Show IPA), 1836–81, Union general in the U.S. Civil War.
- laeotropic — oriented or coiled in a leftward direction, as a left-spiraling snail shell.
- lapidarist — Also, lapidist [lap-i-dist] /ˈlæp ɪ dɪst/ (Show IPA). a worker who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones.
- leptospira — any of several spirally shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Leptospira, certain species of which are pathogenic for human beings.
- light trap — any mechanical arrangement that allows some form of movement to take place while excluding light, such as a light-proof door or the lips of a film cassette
- lithograph — a print produced by lithography.
- liver pâté — pâté made from minced liver meat
- multiparae — Plural form of multipara.
- multiparty — of or relating to more than two political parties.
- multipolar — having several or many poles.
- ophiolater — a person who worships snakes
- ophiolatry — the worship of snakes.
- pack trail — a path or route suitable for pack animals
- palearctic — Zoogeography. belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising Europe, Africa north of the tropic of Cancer, the northern part of the Arabian Peninsula, and Asia north of the Himalayas.
- palestrina — Giovanni Pierluigi da [jaw-vahn-nee pyer-loo-ee-jee dah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni ˌpyɛr luˈi dʒi dɑ/ (Show IPA), 1526?–94, Italian composer.
- palletizer — a machine that packs, dismantles, or secures pallets
- paltriness — ridiculously or insultingly small: a paltry sum.
- paralation — PARALlel reLATION. Sabot, MIT 1987. A framework for parallel programming. A "field" is an array of objects, placed at different sites. A paralation is a group of fields, defining nearness between field elements. Operations can be performed in parallel on every site of a paralation.
- parentlike — a father or a mother.
- parimutuel — a system of betting on races in which those backing the winners divide, in proportion to their wagers, the total amount bet, minus a percentage for the track operators, taxes, etc.
- parliament — (usually initial capital letter) the legislature of Great Britain, historically the assembly of the three estates, now composed of Lords Spiritual and Lords Temporal, forming together the House of Lords, and representatives of the counties, cities, boroughs, and universities, forming the House of Commons.
- parnellite — Charles Stewart, 1846–91, Irish political leader.
- parrotlike — any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
- partial to — fond of; having a liking for
- partialism — a theory or view that does not take into account all the facts
- partialist — a person who is partial
- partiality — the state or character of being partial.
- partialize — to bias.
- participle — an adjective or complement to certain auxiliaries that is regularly derived from the verb in many languages and refers to participation in the action or state of the verb; a verbal form used as an adjective. It does not specify person or number in English, but may have a subject or object, show tense, etc., as burning, in a burning candle, or devoted in his devoted friend.
- particular — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
- partisanly — in a partisan manner
- party girl — a girl or woman who is interested in little else besides attending parties.
- party line — the authorized, prescribed policies and practices of a group, especially of the Communist Party, usually followed by the members without deviation; official philosophy or credo.
- party list — of or relating to a system of voting in which people vote for a party rather than for a candidate. Parties are assigned the number of seats which reflects their share of the vote
- patibulary — of or relating to a gallows or an execution
- patrialise — to make patrial, one with a legal right to enter and stay in the UK
- patrialism — (in Britain formerly) the policy regarding conferment of patrial status
- patriality — (in Britain formerly) the right to patrial status
- patrialize — to give a legal right to enter and stay in a country
- patricidal — the act of killing one's own father.
- patricliny — patrocliny.
- patrifocal — focused or centered on the father.
- patrilocal — virilocal.
- patrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).