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15-letter words containing p, l, e, a, t

  • atmospherically — pertaining to, existing in, or consisting of the atmosphere: atmospheric vapors.
  • australian pine — casuarina
  • autotetraploidy — the generation of the tetraploid state, created by the fusing of two nuclei from the same species
  • back plastering — the introduction of partitions of lath and plaster between the inner and outer surfaces of a stud wall in order to improve the insulating properties of the wall.
  • balloon payment — a large payment that concludes a series of smaller payments, for example in order to repay a loan
  • ballpoint (pen) — a pen having, instead of a point, a small ball bearing that picks up its ink by rolling against an interior ink reservoir
  • bandpass filter — A bandpass filter is a filter designed to pass all frequencies within a band of frequencies.
  • bandstop filter — A bandstop filter is a filter designed to eliminate all frequencies within a band of frequencies.
  • barium sulphate — a white insoluble fine dense powder, used as a pigment, as a filler for paper, rubber, etc, and in barium meals. Formula: BaSO4
  • battleship gray — a subdued bluish gray.
  • beat oneself up — to reproach oneself
  • beefsteak plant — an Asian plant, Perilla frutescens crispa, with aromatic red or green leaves which are used in cooking: family Lamiaceae
  • beet leafhopper — a small leafhopper (Circulifer tenellus) that transmits a very destructive virus to sugar beets
  • beyond the pale — If you think that someone's actions or behaviour are not acceptable, you can say that they are beyond the pale.
  • bias (ply) tire — a motor vehicle tire having a foundation of plies of rubberized cords in a crisscross pattern of lines diagonal to the center line of the tread
  • black operation — a covert and undocumented military operation
  • black september — a Palestinian Terrorist group, responsible for the assassinations of Israeli athletes at the Olympic Games at Munich in 1972
  • blasting powder — a form of gunpowder made with sodium nitrate instead of saltpeter, used chiefly for blasting rock, ore, etc.
  • boiled potatoes — potatoes, usually peeled, cooked in boiling water
  • bouillotte lamp — a table lamp of the 18th century, having two or three adjustable candle brackets and a common shade sliding on a central shaft.
  • bowel complaint — bowel disease or condition
  • braille printer — (printer)   (Or "(Braille) embosser") A printer, necessarily an impact printer, that renders text as Braille. Blind users call other printers ink printers.
  • brussels carpet — a worsted carpet with a heavy pile formed by uncut loops of wool on a linen warp
  • buryat republic — a constituent republic of SE central Russia, on Lake Baikal: mountainous, with forests covering over half the total area. Capital: Ulan-Ude. Pop: 981 000 (2002). Area: 351 300 sq km (135 608 sq miles)
  • butler's pantry — a pantry in a large house where crockery, glassware, cutlery, etc is kept
  • calf diphtheria — a disease of the throat in young calves caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum, resulting in breathing difficulty and a painful cough
  • calliper splint — a splint consisting of two metal rods with straps attached, for supporting or exerting tension on the leg
  • camphorated oil — a liniment consisting of camphor and peanut oil, used as a counterirritant
  • cannot help but — to be unable to do anything else except
  • capital expense — A capital expense is the cost of acquiring or making improvements to fixed assets.
  • capital gearing — the ratio of a company's debt capital to its equity capital
  • capital letters — a letter of the alphabet that usually differs from its corresponding lowercase letter in form and height, as A, B, Q, and R as distinguished from a, b, q, and r : used as the initial letter of a proper name, the first word of a sentence, etc.
  • capital offence — a crime for which the death penalty is used
  • caribbean plate — a major tectonic division of the earth's crust, encompassing the Central American portion of North America, the Caribbean Sea, and the islands of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico, as well as the Leeward and Windward Islands; bordered north and south by the North and South American Plates and west by the Cocos Plate.
  • carpentersville — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
  • carpometacarpal — Anatomy. of or relating to the carpus and the metacarpus.
  • cartesian plane — Usually, Cartesian coordinates. a member of a system of coordinates for locating a point on a plane (Cartesian plane) by its distance from each of two intersecting lines, or in space by its distance from each of three planes intersecting at a point.
  • cassette player — A cassette player is a machine that is used for playing cassettes and sometimes also recording them.
  • cast a spell on — to put into, or as into, a trance
  • cephalochordate — any chordate animal of the subphylum Cephalochordata, having a fishlike body and no vertebral column; lancelet
  • cephalohematoma — A hemorrhage of blood between the skull and periosteum of a newborn baby secondary to rupture of blood vessels crossing the periosteum.
  • cephalothoracic — the anterior part of the body in certain arachnids and crustaceans, consisting of the coalesced head and thorax.
  • cephalothoraxes — Plural form of cephalothorax.
  • champagne flute — a tall, thin champagne glass
  • channel captain — the most powerful member, and often the one that decides specifications, in a channel for distributing goods (which usually consists of a manufacturer, wholesaler, and retailer). The channel captain is sometimes the manufacturer but in the case of a chain store it may be the retailer
  • charleston peak — a mountain in SE Nevada: highest peak in the Spring Mountains. 11,919 feet (3635 meters).
  • chile saltpeter — sodium nitrate, esp. as found naturally in Chile and Peru
  • chile saltpetre — a naturally occurring form of sodium nitrate: a soluble white or colourless mineral occurring in arid regions, esp in Chile and Peru
  • christadelphian — a member of a Christian millenarian sect founded in the US about 1848, holding that only the just will enter eternal life, that the wicked will be annihilated, and that the ignorant, the unconverted, and infants will not be raised from the dead
  • chromium-plated — having been plated with chromium
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