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13-letter words containing p, e, l, i, t

  • leptocephalic — having a narrow skull
  • leptokurtosis — the state of being leptokurtic.
  • leptokurtotic — (statistics) Leptokurtic.
  • leptomeninges — The inner two meninges, the arachnoid and the pia mater, between which circulates the cerebrospinal fluid.
  • leptospirosis — an infectious disease of humans and of horses, dogs, swine, and other animals, caused by the spirochete Leptospira interrogans and characterized by fever, muscle pain, and jaundice, and in severe cases involving the liver and kidney.
  • letterspacing — the amount of space between each letter in a word, or the adjustment of this amount of space
  • liberal party — a political party in Great Britain, formed about 1830 as a fusion of Whigs and Radicals and constituting one of the dominant British parties in the 19th and early part of the 20th centuries.
  • liberty party — the first antislavery political party, organized in 1839 and merged with the Free Soil party in 1848.
  • library paste — a white, smooth paste for paper and lightweight cardboard.
  • library steps — a folding stepladder, especially one folding into another piece of furniture, as a table or chair.
  • license plate — a plate or tag, usually of metal, bearing evidence of official registration and permission, as for the use of a motor vehicle.
  • lickety-split — at great speed; rapidly: to travel lickety-split.
  • light therapy — therapeutic exposure to full-spectrum artificial light that simulates sunlight, used to treat various conditions, as seasonal affective disorder.
  • line spectrum — an electromagnetic spectrum consisting of discrete lines, usually characteristic of excited atoms or molecules.
  • liposculpture — the surgical removal of subcutaneous fat and its transplant to another part of the body, as to fill out facial contours.
  • lipstick tree — annatto (def 1).
  • lithotripters — Plural form of lithotripter.
  • little dipper — the group of seven bright stars in Ursa Minor resembling a dipper in outline.
  • little people — small supernatural beings, such as elves, pixies, or leprechauns
  • little prince — an allegorical fantasy (1943) by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
  • locking plate — a narrow wheel geared to a striking train or other mechanism and having a notched rim engaging with another mechanism permitting it to rotate through a specific arc.
  • loop diuretic — any of a group of diuretics, including frusemide, that act by inhibiting resorption of salts from Henle's loop of the kidney tubule
  • louis pasteur — Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist.
  • lymphadenitis — inflammation of a lymphatic gland.
  • lymphopoietin — (protein) A cytokine protein that has a function in T cell maturation.
  • magnetic pole — the region of a magnet toward which the lines of magnetic induction converge (south pole) or from which the lines of induction diverge (north pole)
  • mainz psalter — a book printed by Johannes Gutenberg: thought by some to be the first book printed from movable type.
  • mammoplasties — Plural form of mammoplasty.
  • manipulatable — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
  • manipulatives — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
  • maple heights — a city in NE Ohio.
  • maritime alps — a range of the W Alps in SE France and NW Italy. Highest peak: Argentera, 3297 m (10 817 ft)
  • master policy — a single policy covering a group of people, typically employees of a company, issued to an employer.
  • matripotestal — of or relating to the authority exercised by a mother or a mother's blood relatives.
  • meeting place — A meeting place is a place where people meet.
  • megalopolitan — of, relating to, or characteristic of a megalopolis.
  • melting point — the temperature at which a solid substance melts or fuses.
  • mephobarbital — The drug methylphenobarbital.
  • mesaticephaly — the state or condition of being mesaticephalic or mesocephalic
  • mesi protocol — (processor)   Modified, Exclusive, Shared, Invalid. A cache coherency protocol where each cache line is marked with one of the four states. The MESI protocol is used by the Pentium processor.
  • metallic soap — any usually water-insoluble salt formed by the interaction of a fatty acid and a metal, especially lead or aluminum: used chiefly as a drier in paints and varnishes and for waterproofing textiles.
  • metenkephalin — either of two pentapeptides that bind to morphine receptors in the central nervous system and have opioid properties of relatively short duration; one pentapeptide (Met enkephalin) has the amino acid sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Met and the other (Leu enkephalin) has the sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Leu.
  • metropolitans — Plural form of metropolitan.
  • microparticle — An extremely small particle.
  • middle temple — an edifice or place dedicated to the service or worship of a deity or deities.
  • military pace — a pace, equal to a single step, used to coordinate the marching of soldiers, equal in the U.S. to 2½ feet (76 cm) for quick time and 3 feet (91 cm) for double time.
  • mineral pitch — asphalt.
  • minor penalty — a penalty consisting of the removal of a player from play for two minutes, no substitute for the player being permitted.
  • misemployment — Wrong or mistaken employment.
  • molly pitcher — Molly (Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley) 1754–1832, American Revolutionary heroine.
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