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11-letter words containing p, i, l

  • iproclozide — A hydrazine drug previously used as an antidepressant, known to cause fulminant hepatitis.
  • ipsilateral — pertaining to, situated on, or affecting the same side of the body: ipsilateral paralysis.
  • irreparable — not reparable; incapable of being rectified, remedied, or made good: an irreparable mistake.
  • irreparably — not reparable; incapable of being rectified, remedied, or made good: an irreparable mistake.
  • irreputable — (obsolete) disreputable.
  • isapostolic — contemporaneous with, or equal to, the twelve apostles
  • isenthalpic — pertaining to or characterized by constant enthalpy.
  • isocephalic — (of a composition) having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
  • isophthalic — Of or pertaining to isophthalic acid and its derivatives.
  • isopropanol — isopropyl alcohol.
  • isospectral — (mathematics) Having the same spectrum.
  • ithyphallic — of or relating to the phallus carried in ancient festivals of Bacchus.
  • ithyphallus — an erect phallus
  • ivan pavlov — Ivan Petrovich [ee-vahn pyi-traw-vyich] /iˈvɑn pyɪˈtrɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1849–1936, Russian physiologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1904.
  • john paul i — (Albino Luciani) 1912–78, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1978.
  • julian alps — a range of the Alps in NW Slovenia. Highest peak, Mt. Triglav, 9394 feet (2863 meters).
  • juniper oil — an oil obtained from the berries or wood of the common juniper, Juniperus communis.
  • kentia palm — a palm, Howea forsterana, of Lord Howe Island, Australia, having erect leaves, widely cultivated as an ornamental.
  • kewpie doll — a doll having rosy cheeks and a curl of hair on its head
  • killer poke — A recipe for inducing hardware damage on a machine via insertion of invalid values (see poke) into a memory-mapped control register; used especially of various fairly well-known tricks on bitty boxes without hardware memory management (such as the IBM PC and Commodore PET) that can overload analog electronics in the monitor. See also HCF.
  • kiloparsecs — Plural form of kiloparsec.
  • kinderspiel — a play or piece of musical theatre performed by children
  • kinetoplast — A mass of mitochondrial DNA lying close to the nucleus in some flagellate protozoa.
  • king philip — one of the 12 apostles. Mark 3:18; John 1:43–48; 6:5–7.
  • klappvisier — a visor attached by a hinge at the top: used on basinets of the 14th century.
  • kleptomania — an irresistible impulse to steal, stemming from emotional disturbance rather than economic need.
  • knife pleat — a sharply creased narrow pleat, usually one of a series folded in the same direction.
  • kohl pencil — a thin cylindrical cosmetic instrument used to darken the area around the eyes
  • kuiper belt — a disk-shaped region on the edge of the solar system that contains masses of ice and icy rock, believed to be the source of comets with orbital periods of less than 200 years. Compare Oort cloud.
  • labiaplasty — (surgery) The moulding or shaping of the labia minora and/or labia majora.
  • labor pains — childbirth: contractions
  • lace pillow — pillow (def 3).
  • lagomorphic — Shaped like a hare.
  • lake placid — a town in NE New York, in the Adirondack Mountains: resort.
  • lamplighter — a person employed to light and extinguish street lamps, especially those burning gas.
  • lampshading — The practice of decorating lampshades.
  • lampworking — the method or process of producing articles made of glass tubes or rods formed or shaped while softened by the flame of a lamp or blast lamp.
  • landscaping — a section or expanse of rural scenery, usually extensive, that can be seen from a single viewpoint.
  • landscapist — an artist who paints landscapes.
  • lap dancing — an erotic dance by a stripteaser performed mostly in the lap of a customer.
  • lapidescent — in the process of changing into stone
  • lapidifying — Present participle of lapidify.
  • lapilliform — shaped like a pebble
  • large print — text printed in larger text than normal, so as to make it easier to read, esp for the visually impaired
  • large-print — set in a type size larger than normal for the benefit of persons with impaired vision: large-print newspapers.
  • larviparous — producing larvae, as certain insects and mollusks.
  • lasiocampid — (zoology) Any member of the Lasiocampidae.
  • latex paint — paint that has a latex binder and can be removed while it is wet by applying water.
  • latiseptate — having broad partitions or septa
  • lay baptism — baptism administered by a lay-person.
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