11-letter words containing p, a, t
- leptodactyl — leptodactylous
- leptospiral — relating to, caused by, or characteristic of leptospires
- letterspace — to space out (the letters of a word or line) for balance or emphasis.
- leucoplasts — Plural form of leucoplast.
- 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.
- lightplanes — Plural form of lightplane.
- lilliputian — extremely small; tiny; diminutive.
- 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.
- lipomatosis — a genetic disorder which manifests itself in the abnormal growth of fat
- 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.
- litholapaxy — the procedure of removing bladder stones by crushing them and extracting them through a catheter
- local stamp — stamp (def 22).
- 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
- lost pleiad — See under Pleiades (def 1).
- lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
- lycanthropy — a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
- lymphoblast — a large, metabolically active lymphocyte shortly before it enters into mitosis.
- macrophytes — Plural form of macrophyte.
- macrophytic — Relating to macrophytes.
- madreporite — a sievelike plate in certain echinoderms, through which water passes into the vascular system.
- magpie moth — a geometrid moth, Abraxas grossulariata, showing variable patterning in black on white or yellow, whose looper larvae attack currant and gooseberry bushes. The paler clouded magpie is A. sylvata
- maintopmast — (nautical) The topmast of the mainmast.
- maintopsail — a topsail set on the mainmast.
- major party — a political party with enough electoral strength to periodically gain control of the government or to effectively oppose the party in power.
- maladaptive — of, relating to, or characterized by maladaptation or incomplete, inadequate, or faulty adaptation: The maladaptive behavior of isolated children was difficult to change.
- malapropist — a person who regularly makes malapropisms
- malposition — faulty or wrong position, especially of a part or organ of the body or of a fetus in the uterus.
- 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.
- mammaplasty — (surgery) Plastic surgery of a breast to alter its shape or size.
- mammoplasty — reconstruction or alteration in size or contour of the female breast.
- mancipation — (obsolete) slavery.
- mancipatory — relating to mancipation
- manipulated — Simple past tense and past participle of manipulate.
- manipulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of manipulate.
- manipulator — a person who manipulates.
- mantelpiece — a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- mantlepiece — mantel.
- manuscripts — Plural form of manuscript.
- marketplace — an open area in a town where a market is held.
- master copy — an original copy, stencil, tape, etc, from which duplicates are made
- master plan — A master plan is a clever plan that is intended to help someone succeed in a very difficult or important task.
- master tape — an original copy of an audio tape that can be used to produce other copies
- master-plan — to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
- masterpiece — a person's greatest piece of work, as in an art.
- mastoplasty — (surgery) Plastic surgery of a breast to alter its shape or size.