11-letter words containing p, a, t, r, i, l
- foretopsail — (nautical) the sail draped from the foretopmast.
- graptolites — Plural form of graptolite.
- graptolitic — relating to, or containing, graptolites
- horripilant — causing horripilation, ie goose flesh, or the flesh to creep
- horripilate — to produce horripilation on.
- hospitaller — 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.
- impartially — not partial or biased; fair; just: an impartial judge.
- imperatival — of, relating to, or characteristic of the grammatical imperative.
- imperialist — the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies.
- imperiality — the state of being imperial
- implicatory — implicative.
- implicature — potential inference that is not logical entailment.
- imploration — to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: They implored him to go.
- imploratory — to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: They implored him to go.
- importantly — of much or great significance or consequence: an important event in world history.
- impractical — not practical or useful.
- inculpatory — to charge with fault; blame; accuse.
- intercupola — the space between an inner and an outer dome.
- interpolate — to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.
- interseptal — situated between septa.
- interspinal — interspinous
- intraspinal — being within the spine.
- ipsilateral — pertaining to, situated on, or affecting the same side of the body: ipsilateral paralysis.
- irreputable — (obsolete) disreputable.
- isospectral — (mathematics) Having the same spectrum.
- lamplighter — a person employed to light and extinguish street lamps, especially those burning gas.
- large print — text printed in larger text than normal, so as to make it easier to read, esp for the visually impaired
- large-print — set in a type size larger than normal for the benefit of persons with impaired vision: large-print newspapers.
- lepidoptera — the order comprising the lepidopterous insects.
- leptospiral — relating to, caused by, or characteristic of leptospires
- lex scripta — written law; statute law.
- 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.
- lipoatrophy — (medicine) The loss of subcutaneous fatty 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.
- 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.
- manipulator — a person who manipulates.
- 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
- narcoleptic — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
- neotropical — belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising that part of the New World extending from the tropic of Cancer southward.
- nephritical — Alternative form of nephritic.
- nontropical — not located in or originating from the tropics, not having the characteristics of the tropics
- nulliparity — a woman who has never borne a child.
- operability — that can be treated by a surgical operation. Compare inoperable (def 2).