11-letter words containing p, e, a, r, t
- last supper — the supper of Jesus and His disciples on the eve of His Crucifixion. Compare Lord's Supper (def 1).
- lepidoptera — the order comprising the lepidopterous insects.
- lepromatous — the swollen lesion of leprosy.
- leptocercal — having a long thin tail
- leptospiral — relating to, caused by, or characteristic of leptospires
- letterspace — to space out (the letters of a word or line) for balance or emphasis.
- 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.
- 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
- lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
- macrophytes — Plural form of macrophyte.
- madreporite — a sievelike plate in certain echinoderms, through which water passes into the vascular system.
- 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.
- 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.
- mecopterans — Plural form of mecopteran.
- megaproject — A very large public investment project, especially one costing more than one billion US dollars.
- meprobamate — a white powder, C 9 H 1 8 N 2 O 4 , used in medicine chiefly as a tranquilizer for treating anxiety, tension, and skeletal muscle spasm.
- mesotherapy — a cosmetic procedure in which minute doses of medication, vitamins, etc, are injected repeatedly into the mesodermal tissue under the skin to promote fat loss
- metacarpals — Plural form of metacarpal.
- metamorphic — pertaining to or characterized by change of form, or metamorphosis.
- metanephric — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of higher vertebrates, becoming the permanent and functional kidney.
- metanephroi — Plural form of metanephros.
- metanephros — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of higher vertebrates, becoming the permanent and functional kidney.
- metaphorist — a creator or user of metaphors
- metaphorize — To describe something using metaphors.
- metaphrased — Translated literally.
- metaphrases — Plural form of metaphrase.
- metaphrasis — a metaphrase
- metaphrasts — Plural form of metaphrast.
- metaprogram — A program which modifies or generates other programs. A compiler is an example of a metaprogram: it takes a program as input and produces another (compiled) one as output.
- metaprotein — a hydrolytic derivative of protein, insoluble in water but soluble in dilute acids or alkalis.
- metatrophic — requiring dead organic matter for food.
- mirtazapine — (medicine) A tetracyclic antidepressant drug.
- misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- monotherapy — (medicine) A therapy which is administered by itself.
- morse taper — a taper that is one of a standard series used in the shank of tools to fit a matching taper in the mandrel of a machine tool
- mount pearl — a town in Newfoundland, in E Canada, on the SE part of the island, S of St. John's.
- 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.
- narcoleptic — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
- neanthropic — of or relating to modern forms of humans as compared with extinct species of the genus Homo.
- nematomorph — any member of the phylum Nematomorpha, having a threadlike body, comprising the horsehair worms.
- nematophore — (within the coenosarc of certain colonial hydrozoans) a small specialized tentacle-like polyp having nematocysts