10-letter words containing p, e, l, i, t
- el capitan — a mountain in E central California, in the Sierra Nevada: a monolith with a precipice rising over 1100 m (3600 ft) above the floor of the Yosemite Valley. Height: 2306 m (7564 ft)
- elliptical — (of speech or writing) using or involving ellipsis, especially so as to be difficult to understand.
- emphatical — Emphatic.
- eolotropic — Alternative spelling of aeolotropic.
- epiblastic — Of, or relating to the epiblast.
- epicentral — Of or pertaining to an epicentre.
- epicuticle — The thin, waxy, protective outer layer covering the surfaces of some plants, fungi, insects, and other arthropods.
- epiglottal — Pertaining to the epiglottis.
- epiglottic — (anatomy) Pertaining to, or connected with, the epiglottis.
- epiglottis — A flap of cartilage at the root of the tongue, which is depressed during swallowing to cover the opening of the windpipe.
- epileptics — Plural form of epileptic.
- epileptoid — resembling epilepsy
- epimeletic — relating to altruistic behaviour in which a healthy animal cares for an injured, ill, or dead individual
- epiretinal — (anatomy) Over or covering the retina.
- episternal — Of or pertaining to the episternum.
- epistolary — Relating to or denoting the writing of letters or literary works in the form of letters.
- epistolist — someone who writes epistles
- epistolize — To write epistles.
- epitaphial — Alternative form of epitaphian.
- epithelial — Of or pertaining to the epithelium.
- epithelium — The thin tissue forming the outer layer of a body’s surface and lining the alimentary canal and other hollow structures.
- epithelize — to cover with epithelium
- epithermal — relating to minerals formed from warm, shallow water
- epitomical — Epitomic.
- eruptional — relating to volcanic eruption
- etioplasts — Plural form of etioplast.
- euplastics — the art of healing well
- eutrapelia — the quality of being skilled in conversation; wit; urbanity
- exit pupil — the smallest cross section of the beam of light from the eyepiece of a telescope through which all the light from the eyepiece passes. Its diameter is equal to the ratio of the focal length of the eyepiece to the focal ratio of the telescope
- expeditely — in an expedite manner
- expletives — Plural form of expletive.
- explicated — Simple past tense and past participle of explicate.
- explicates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of explicate.
- explicator — A person or thing who explicates.
- explicitly — In an explicit manner.
- exploitate — (proscribed, nonstandard, transitive) To exploit.
- exploiters — Plural form of exploiter.
- exploiting — Present participle of exploit.
- exploitive — Exploitative: taking advantage of someone.
- extirpable — Capable of being extirpated or eradicated.
- felspathic — feldspathic.
- field stop — the aperture that limits the field of view of a lens or system of lenses.
- field trip — a trip by students to gain firsthand knowledge away from the classroom, as to a museum, factory, geological area, or environment of certain plants and animals.
- fieldstrip — To disassemble a weapon for cleaning, oiling or repair.
- filter tip — a mouthpiece for a cigarette or cigar having a means of filtering the smoke.
- fishplates — Plural form of fishplate.
- flex point — a point on a curve at which the curvature changes from convex to concave or vice versa.
- fly-tipper — a person who deliberately dumps rubbish in an unauthorized place
- flypitcher — a person who has a flypitch
- geospatial — Relating to or denoting data that is associated with a particular location.