12-letter words containing p, l, a, n, t
- inhospitably — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
- inner planet — any of the four planets closest to the sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, or Mars.
- inoperculate — having no operculum.
- inspectional — Of or pertaining to an inspection.
- inspectorial — Of or pertaining to an inspector or to inspection.
- internuptial — Of, or related to intermarriage.
- interpellant — a person who interpellates; interpellator.
- interpellate — to call formally upon (a minister or member of a government) in interpellation.
- interplaying — Present participle of interplay.
- interpleaded — Simple past tense and past participle of interplead.
- interpleader — a party who interpleads.
- interpleural — situated between the pleurae
- interpluvial — designating a drier period occurring between two periods of persistently heavy rainfall
- interpolable — able to be interpolated, or suited to interpolation
- interpolated — to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.
- interpolates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interpolate.
- interpolator — to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.
- interspatial — a space between things.
- interspecial — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- interspersal — Interspersion.
- interspousal — Often, spousals. the ceremony of marriage; nuptials.
- itching palm — a grasping nature; avarice
- jet airplane — jet plane.
- kinetoplasts — Plural form of kinetoplast.
- kleptomaniac — a person who has kleptomania.
- lactoprotein — any protein existing in milk.
- lambda point — the temperature of approximately 2.186 K, at which the transition from helium I to superfluid helium II occurs.
- land plaster — finely ground gypsum, used chiefly as a fertilizer.
- landscapists — Plural form of landscapist.
- lapped joint — a joint made by placing one member over another and fastening them together
- lappeenranta — a city in SE Finland.
- launch party — a party that celebrates the launch of a new magazine, product, etc
- lepidopteran — lepidopterous.
- life partner — one member of a monogamous relationship.
- lilliputians — Plural form of lilliputian.
- lipoproteina — a plasma lipoprotein containing protein and cholesterol, high levels of which are associated with atherosclerosis.
- liverpolitan — a native or inhabitant of Liverpool
- loan capital — borrowed capital
- local option — a right of choice exercised by a minor political division, as a county, especially as to allowing the sale of liquor.
- locarno pact — a series of treaties, concluded in Locarno, Switzerland in 1925, between Germany, France, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Italy, Poland, and Czechoslovakia. The principal treaty, between Germany, France, and Belgium, concerned the maintenance of their existing frontiers, settlement of disputes by arbitration without resort to force, and the demilitarization of the Rhineland. This treaty was guaranteed by the United Kingdom and Italy but was violated when Germany occupied the Rhineland in 1936
- locker plant — an establishment for storing food under refrigeration, containing lockers for renting to individual users.
- longipennate — (of birds) having long slender wings or feathers
- loop antenna — a coil of large diameter, used as an antenna, esp. in direction-finding equipment and in radio receivers
- lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
- lycanthropic — a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
- lymphangitis — inflammation of the lymphatic vessels.
- main-topsail — a topsail set on the mainmast.
- major planet — planet (def 1a).
- major-planet — Astronomy. Also called major planet. any of the eight large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune, in the order of their proximity to the sun. Until 2006, Pluto was classified as a planet ninth in order from the sun; it has been reclassified as a dwarf planet. a similar body revolving about a star other than the sun. (formerly) a celestial body moving in the sky, as distinguished from a fixed star, applied also to the sun and moon.
- malapportion — to apportion improperly or unfairly (voting districts, a legislature, etc.)