11-letter words containing p, i, s, t, l
- lay baptism — baptism administered by a lay-person.
- lectureship — the office of lecturer.
- leptospiral — relating to, caused by, or characteristic of leptospires
- lex scripta — written law; statute law.
- lickspittle — a contemptible, fawning person; a servile flatterer or toady.
- lightplanes — Plural form of lightplane.
- lipomatosis — a genetic disorder which manifests itself in the abnormal growth of fat
- liposuction — the surgical withdrawal of excess fat from local areas under the skin by means of a small incision and vacuum suctioning.
- lipotropins — Plural form of lipotropin.
- lister-plow — Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- lithographs — Plural form of lithograph.
- lithophytes — Plural form of lithophyte.
- lithosphere — the solid portion of the earth (distinguished from atmosphere, hydrosphere).
- lithotripsy — the pulverization and removal of urinary calculi using a lithotripter.
- liver spots — a form of chloasma in which irregularly shaped light-brown spots occur on the skin.
- loop stitch — any stitch, as the chain stitch, that uses loops in the pattern or process of working.
- lost pleiad — See under Pleiades (def 1).
- lotusscript — (language) A Visual BASIC-like scripting language for Lotus Notes and Lotus SmartSuite. LotusScript is object-oriented and can be used for complex Notes programming, although Java is also available.
- lyosorption — the adsorption of a liquid on a solid surface, esp of a solvent on suspended particles
- maintopsail — a topsail set on the mainmast.
- malapropist — a person who regularly makes malapropisms
- malposition — faulty or wrong position, especially of a part or organ of the body or of a fetus in the uterus.
- manipulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of manipulate.
- metaplasmic — Cell Biology. the nonliving matter or inclusions, as starch or pigments, within a cell.
- metaplastic — the transformation of one type of tissue into another.
- metapodials — Plural form of metapodial.
- misoprostol — A drug used for various purposes including the prevention of drug-induced gastric ulcers and the inducement of abortions, having the chemical formula C22H38O5.
- mitropoulos — Dimitri [dih-mee-tree;; Greek th ee-mee-tree] /dɪˈmi tri;; Greek ðiˈmi tri/ (Show IPA), 1897–1960, Greek symphony orchestra conductor in the U.S.
- monopolists — Plural form of monopolist.
- most-lupine — pertaining to or resembling the wolf.
- mount siple — a mountain in Antarctica, on the coast of Byrd Land. Height: 3100 m (10 171 ft)
- multicampus — (of a university or organization) having multiple campuses or locations
- multicuspid — (in humans) a tooth with a single projection point or elevation; canine.
- multiparous — of or relating to a multipara.
- multiperson — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- multiphasic — having many phases, stages, aspects, or the like.
- multipiston — having more than one piston
- multiplanes — Plural form of multiplane.
- multiplexes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of multiplex.
- multipliers — Plural form of multiplier.
- multispiral — having several spiral coils
- nemophilist — (rare) One who is fond of forests or forest scenery; a haunter of the woods.
- neopopulist — pertaining to a revival of populism, especially a sophisticated form appealing to commonplace values and prejudices.
- nephroliths — a renal calculus; kidney stone.
- neutrophils — Plural form of neutrophil.
- nippleworts — Plural form of nipplewort.
- nonhospital — not related to, identified with, or taking place in a hospital
- notaphilist — a person who studies or collects paper money
- object lisp — (language) An object-oriented Lisp developed by Lisp Machines Inc. (LMI) in about 1987. Object Lisp was based on nested closures and operator shadowing. Several competing object-orientated extensions to Lisp were around at the time, such as Flavors, in use by Symbolics; Common Objects, developed by Hewlett-Packard; and CommonLoops in use by Xerox. LMI submitted the specification as a candidate for an object-oriented standard for Common Lisp, but it was defeated in favour of CLOS.
- occipitalis — A muscle of the head, sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontal muscle.