13-letter words containing p, l, e, a
- dole cupboard — a livery cupboard formerly used in churches for holding bread to be distributed to the poor.
- dolichocephal — a person with a head much longer than it is broad
- doppelgangers — Plural form of doppelganger.
- doppler laser — a technique for measuring the shift in frequency between the source and reflected radiation of a laser.
- doppler radar — a radar tracking system that determines the velocity of a moving object by measuring the Doppler shift of the frequency of a radar signal reflected by the object.
- double paddle — a paddle with a blade at each end, as that of the kayak.
- double spread — any pair of facing pages in a completed book, magazine, etc.
- doublespeaker — a person who uses doublespeak
- drop the ball — a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
- drum paneling — flush paneling in a door.
- durable press — permanent press.
- dyslipidaemia — Alternative spelling of dyslipidemia.
- ear-splitting — ear-piercing: an earsplitting explosion.
- earl palatine — count palatine (def 2).
- early adopter — a person who uses a new product or technology before it becomes widely known or used.
- egyptological — Alternative form of Egyptological.
- elastoplasted — Covered with Elastoplast.
- electrographs — Plural form of electrograph.
- electroplated — Simple past tense and past participle of electroplate.
- electroplates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of electroplate.
- elephant fish — a large marine fish, Callorhinchus milii, of southwest Pacific waters, having a snout resembling an elephant's trunk
- elephant seal — either of two large earless seals, Mirounga leonina of southern oceans or M. angustirostris of the N Atlantic, the males of which have a long trunklike snout
- elephantbirds — Plural form of elephantbird.
- elephantiasis — A condition in which a limb or other part of the body becomes grossly enlarged due to obstruction of the lymphatic vessels, typically by the nematode parasites that cause filariasis.
- empiricalness — Quality of being empirical.
- employability — (uncountable) The state or quality of being employable.
- encapsulating — Present participle of encapsulate.
- encapsulation — The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.
- encephalalgia — pain in the head; headache
- encephalocele — (medicine) A form of hernia of the brain and its membranes through an opening in the skull.
- encephalogram — An image, trace, or other record of the structure or electrical activity of the brain.
- encephalotomy — The dissection of the brain.
- encompassable — Capable of being encompassed.
- encyclopaedia — (chiefly, UK, Australia) alternative spelling of encyclopedia.
- encyclopaedic — Alternative spelling of encyclopedic.
- encyclopedian — including a wide circle of learning
- encyclopedias — Plural form of encyclopedia.
- endolymphatic — (anatomy) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph.
- epanadiplosis — a figure of speech involving the same word being used at the beginning and the end
- ephemeralness — The quality of being ephemeral or transitory.
- epileptically — In an epileptic manner; with, or as if with, epilepsy.
- epinastically — in an epinastic manner
- epiphenomenal — Being of secondary consequence to a causal chain of processes, but playing no causal role in the process of interest.Huettel, Function Magnetic Imaging, 2004.
- episcopalians — Plural form of episcopalian.
- epistemically — In a manner that pertains to knowledge.
- epithelialize — Cover or become covered with epithelial tissue, e.g. during the healing of a wound.
- epitheliomata — Plural form of epithelioma.
- epitrachelion — The liturgical vestment worn by priests and bishops of the Orthodox Church as the symbol of their priesthood, corresponding to the Western stole.
- epitrochoidal — Being or relating to an epitrochoid.
- eproctophilia — Sexual arousal from flatulence.