11-letter words containing p, e, a, l, d
- induplicate — folded or rolled inward: said of the parts of the calyx or corolla when the edges are bent abruptly toward the axis, or of leaves in vernation when the edges are rolled inward and then arranged about the axis without overlapping.
- ladderproof — unable to ladder; resistant against undoing (of a line of interconnected stitches) as by snagging
- lady chapel — a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary, attached to a church, and generally behind the high altar at the extremity of the apse.
- lake placid — a town in NE New York, in the Adirondack Mountains: resort.
- lakshadweep — a union territory of India comprising a group of islands and coral reefs in the Arabian Sea, off the SW coast of India. About 12 sq. mi. (31 sq. km).
- land patent — an official document by which title to a portion of public land is conveyed from the government.
- landscapers — Plural form of landscaper.
- lapel badge — pin or button worn on the collar
- lapidescent — in the process of changing into stone
- lead pencil — a writing or drawing implement made of graphite in a wooden or metal holder.
- lead piping — pipes made of lead
- leader-ship — the position or function of a leader, a person who guides or directs a group: He managed to maintain his leadership of the party despite heavy opposition. Synonyms: administration, management, directorship, control, governorship, stewardship, hegemony.
- leaderships — Plural form of leadership.
- leap second — Coordinated Universal Time
- leapfrogged — Simple past tense and past participle of leapfrog.
- led display — a flat-screen device in which an array of light-emitting diodes can be selectively activated to display numerical and alphabetical information, used esp in pocket calculators, digital timepieces, measuring instruments, and in some microcomputers
- leopardskin — the skin of a leopard
- lepidoptera — the order comprising the lepidopterous insects.
- leptodactyl — leptodactylous
- 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.
- lost pleiad — See under Pleiades (def 1).
- 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.
- maladaptive — of, relating to, or characterized by maladaptation or incomplete, inadequate, or faulty adaptation: The maladaptive behavior of isolated children was difficult to change.
- manipulated — Simple past tense and past participle of manipulate.
- maxillipeds — Plural form of maxilliped.
- metapodials — Plural form of metapodial.
- middle path — the conduct of life by a religious person in such a way as to avoid the extremes of luxury and asceticism.
- mispleading — a mistake in pleading, as a misjoinder of parties or a misstatement of a cause of action.
- model plane — a small-scale model of an aircraft, which may or may not be able to fly
- old persian — an ancient West Iranian language attested by cuneiform inscriptions. Abbreviation: OPers.
- operculated — relating to the operculum
- overplaided — (of a garment) covered with a design consisting of an overplaid
- overplanned — resulting from overplanning
- pachydermal — having the characteristics of a pachyderm
- padded cell — a room, as in a mental hospital, with padded walls for the confinement of violent inmates.
- paddle ball — a game similar to handball, but played with a short-handled, perforated paddle
- paddle boat — small boat with pedals
- paddle worm — any of a family of green-blue faintly iridescent active marine polychaete worms of the genus Phyllodoce, having paddle-shaped swimming lobes, found under stones on the shore
- paddleboard — a type of surfboard with one end rounded and the other tapered to a point, used chiefly in surfing and often in lifesaving.
- paddy field — a flooded piece of land used for growing rice
- paedophilia — Paedophilia is sexual activity with children or the condition of being sexually attracted to children.
- palatalized — Phonetics. pronounced with secondary palatal articulation.
- palladinize — to treat or cover (a surface) with palladium.
- palm desert — a town in S California, near Palm Springs.
- palm reader — fortune teller who interprets hand lines
- palmer land — the southern part of the Antarctic Peninsula.
- pantaletted — clothed in pantalets
- pantalooned — wearing pantaloons
- pappardelle — flat pasta cut in wide strips.
- paraldehyde — a colorless, liquid, cyclic compound, C 6 H 1 2 O 3 , having a disagreeable taste but an agreeable odor, produced by the polymerization of acetaldehyde with sulfuric acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of organic chemicals and in medicine as a sedative and hypnotic.