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11-letter words containing p, l, e, r, o

  • hyperbolism — the use of hyperbole.
  • hyperbolist — One who uses hyperbole; an exaggerator.
  • hyperbolize — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
  • hyperboloid — a quadric surface having a finite center and some of its plane sections hyperbolas. Equation: x 2 / a 2 + y 2 / b 2 − z 2 / c 2 = 1.
  • hyperboreal — Hyperborean.
  • hypercholia — abnormally large secretion of bile.
  • hypercolour — a dye that causes a fabric to change colour with a change of temperature
  • hypermotile — Abnormally or excessively motile.
  • hypernormal — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
  • hypocentral — (geology) Of or pertaining to the hypocentre of an earthquake.
  • hypothermal — lukewarm; tepid.
  • imperiously — domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: an imperious manner; an imperious person.
  • implementor — any article used in some activity, especially an instrument, tool, or utensil: agricultural implements.
  • import levy — a charge imposed on imported goods to raise the price to as least as high as the price would be in the country the goods are being imported to
  • importunely — (obsolete) In an importune manner.
  • incorporeal — not corporeal or material; insubstantial.
  • intercouple — two of the same sort considered together; pair.
  • intercupola — the space between an inner and an outer dome.
  • interlopers — Plural form of interloper.
  • interloping — to intrude into some region or field of trade without a proper license.
  • interpolate — to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.
  • iproclozide — A hydrazine drug previously used as an antidepressant, known to cause fulminant hepatitis.
  • isospectral — (mathematics) Having the same spectrum.
  • juniper oil — an oil obtained from the berries or wood of the common juniper, Juniperus communis.
  • killer poke — A recipe for inducing hardware damage on a machine via insertion of invalid values (see poke) into a memory-mapped control register; used especially of various fairly well-known tricks on bitty boxes without hardware memory management (such as the IBM PC and Commodore PET) that can overload analog electronics in the monitor. See also HCF.
  • kiloparsecs — Plural form of kiloparsec.
  • kleptocracy — a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.
  • kleptocrats — Plural form of kleptocrat.
  • ladderproof — unable to ladder; resistant against undoing (of a line of interconnected stitches) as by snagging
  • lamprophyre — any dark intrusive rock in which dark minerals occur both as phenocrysts and as groundmass.
  • laparectomy — excision of strips of the abdominal wall and suturing of the wounds so as to correct laxity of the abdominal muscles.
  • laparoscope — a flexible fiberoptic instrument, passed through a small incision in the abdominal wall and equipped with biopsy forceps, an obturator, scissors or the like, with which to examine the abdominal cavity or perform minor surgery.
  • laser proof — a print proof of an element of a page printed out on a laser printer, so as to give an almost accurate preview of the final printout
  • leaf-hopper — any of numerous leaping, homopterous insects of the family Cicadellidae that suck plant juices, many being serious crop pests.
  • leafhoppers — Plural form of leafhopper.
  • leapfrogged — Simple past tense and past participle of leapfrog.
  • leapfrogger — One who leapfrogs.
  • leopardskin — the skin of a leopard
  • leper house — a hospital for lepers; leprosarium.
  • lepidoptera — the order comprising the lepidopterous insects.
  • lepidoptery — the branch of zoology dealing with butterflies and moths.
  • lepidosiren — a lungfish, Lepidosiren paradoxa, of the Amazon, having an eel-shaped body.
  • lepromatous — the swollen lesion of leprosy.
  • leprosarium — a hospital for the treatment of lepers.
  • leptocercal — having a long thin tail
  • leptokurtic — (of a frequency distribution) being more concentrated about the mean than the corresponding normal distribution.
  • leptospiral — relating to, caused by, or characteristic of leptospires
  • letter drop — (in a door or partition) a slot through which letters can be pushed.
  • levorphanol — a potent synthetic narcotic analgesic, C 21 H 29 NO 7 , as the tartrate, used in the treatment of moderate to severe pain.
  • light opera — operetta.
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