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

  • interoperably — capable of being used or operated reciprocally: interoperable weapons systems.
  • interpersonal — of or pertaining to the relations between persons: He has strong interpersonal skills.
  • interpetiolar — situated between petioles, or situated between the axis and a petiole
  • interpolating — Present participle of interpolate.
  • interpolation — extrapolation
  • interpolative — to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.
  • interproximal — situated toward the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone. Compare distal (def 1).
  • intertemporal — Describing any relationship between past, present and future events or conditions.
  • intertropical — situated or occurring between the tropic of Cancer and the tropic of Capricorn; tropical.
  • intrapersonal — existing or occurring within the self or within one's mind: People with high intrapersonal intelligence are aware of their strengths and weaknesses. Intrapersonal conflict can lead to emotional stress.
  • intrapetiolar — located between the petiole and the stem
  • isolated pawn — a pawn without pawns of the same colour on neighbouring files
  • isoproterenol — a beta-adrenergic receptor agonist, C 11 H 17 NO 3 , used as a bronchodilator.
  • jet-propelled — propelled by a jet engine or engines.
  • jointer plane — a plane for truing the edges of boards, planing large surfaces, etc.
  • joseph lister — Joseph, 1st Baron Lister of Lyme Regis [lahym ree-jis] /laɪm ˈri dʒɪs/ (Show IPA), 1827–1912, English surgeon: founder of modern antiseptic surgery.
  • joseph stalin — Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
  • jovian planet — any of the four large outer planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
  • kleptomaniacs — Plural form of kleptomaniac.
  • lactoproteins — Plural form of lactoprotein.
  • laser pointer — a portable laser that emits monochromatic light over a long and narrow distance, used especially as a pointing device.
  • latent period — Also, latency period. Pathology. the interval between exposure to a carcinogen, toxin, or disease-causing organism and development of a consequent disease.
  • leaded petrol — petrol containing tetraethyl lead in order to improve combustion
  • leap of faith — to spring through the air from one point or position to another; jump: to leap over a ditch.
  • leapfrog test — a diagnostic technique using arithmetic or logical operations in a routine to manage the capacity of storage media, transfer data, and check the results.
  • lepidocrocite — a ruby-red to reddish-brown orthorhombic mineral, iron oxyhydroxide, FeO(OH), dimorphous with goethite: an ore of iron, used as a pigment.
  • lepidopterans — Plural form of lepidopteran.
  • lepidopterist — the branch of zoology dealing with butterflies and moths.
  • lepidopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Lepidoptera, an order of insects comprising the butterflies, moths, and skippers, that in the adult state have four membranous wings more or less covered with small scales.
  • leptocephalic — having a narrow skull
  • leptocephalus — a colorless, transparent, flattened larva, especially of certain eels and ocean fishes.
  • 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.
  • lepton number — in a process involving elementary particles, the total number of leptons minus the total number of antileptons.
  • leptophyllous — (of plants) having long slender leaves
  • 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.
  • letter opener — bladed tool for opening envelopes
  • leucodepleted — of or denoting blood from which the white cells have been removed
  • liposculpture — the surgical removal of subcutaneous fat and its transplant to another part of the body, as to fill out facial contours.
  • lithotripters — Plural form of lithotripter.
  • little people — small supernatural beings, such as elves, pixies, or leprechauns
  • 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
  • loop the loop — plane: fly upside down
  • loop-the-loop — an airplane maneuver in which a plane, starting upward, makes one complete vertical loop.
  • lord temporal — a member of the House of Lords who is not a member of the clergy.
  • lose the plot — go insane
  • lost property — lost and found.
  • louis pasteur — Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist.
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