13-letter words containing p, i, t, e, o
- interpolative — to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.
- interposition — the act or fact of interposing or the condition of being interposed.
- interproximal — situated toward the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone. Compare distal (def 1).
- interpunction — the insertion of punctuation marks in a piece of writing
- interruptions — an act or instance of interrupting.
- interspersion — to scatter here and there or place at intervals among other things: to intersperse flowers among shrubs.
- 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
- introspecting — to practice introspection; consider one's own internal state or feelings.
- introspection — observation or examination of one's own mental and emotional state, mental processes, etc.; the act of looking within oneself.
- introspective — characterized by introspection, the act or process of looking into oneself.
- iontophoresis — a painless alternative to drug injection in which a weak electrical current is used to stimulate drug-carrying ions to pass through intact skin.
- iontophoretic — Of or pertaining to iontophoresis.
- irreciprocity — lack or absence of reciprocity
- 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.
- jasperization — The act or process of jasperizing.
- joint partner — a person who shares the ownership of a firm or business equally with another or others
- 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 ritter — Joseph Elmer, 1891–1967, U.S. cardinal.
- 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.
- keep in touch — stay in contact
- kinematograph — cinematograph.
- 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.
- leap of faith — to spring through the air from one point or position to another; jump: to leap over a ditch.
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- louis pasteur — Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist.
- lymphopoietin — (protein) A cytokine protein that has a function in T cell maturation.
- macroparasite — (biology) Any parasite that is visible to the naked eye.
- madeira topaz — citrine (def 2).