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13-letter words containing p, r, e, a, l

  • legal process — court procedure
  • leopard shark — a small, inshore shark, Triakis semifasciata, having distinctive black markings across the back, inhabiting Pacific coastal waters from Oregon through California.
  • lepidopterans — Plural form of lepidopteran.
  • leprechaunish — somewhat similar to a leprechaun
  • letterspacing — the amount of space between each letter in a word, or the adjustment of this amount of space
  • leukapheresis — a medical procedure that separates certain leukocytes from the blood, used to collect leukocytes for donation or to remove excessive leukocytes from a patient's blood
  • lexicographer — a writer, editor, or compiler of a dictionary.
  • lexicographic — Like a dictionary, relating to lexicography (the writing of a dictionary).
  • lexigraphical — Misspelling of lexicographical.
  • liberal party — a political party in Great Britain, formed about 1830 as a fusion of Whigs and Radicals and constituting one of the dominant British parties in the 19th and early part of the 20th centuries.
  • liberty party — the first antislavery political party, organized in 1839 and merged with the Free Soil party in 1848.
  • library paste — a white, smooth paste for paper and lightweight cardboard.
  • library steps — a folding stepladder, especially one folding into another piece of furniture, as a table or chair.
  • light therapy — therapeutic exposure to full-spectrum artificial light that simulates sunlight, used to treat various conditions, as seasonal affective disorder.
  • linkage group — a group of genes in a chromosome that tends to be inherited as a unit.
  • lipid bilayer — a two-layered arrangement of phosphate and lipid molecules that form a cell membrane, the hydrophobic lipid ends facing inward and the hydrophilic phosphate ends facing outward.
  • lord temporal — a member of the House of Lords who is not a member of the clergy.
  • lord's prayer — the, the prayer given by Jesus to His disciples, and beginning with the words Our Father. Matt. 6:9–13; Luke 11:2–4.
  • louis pasteur — Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist.
  • lumbar plexus — a network of nerves originating in the spinal nerves of the midback region and innervating the pelvic area, the front of the legs, and part of the feet.
  • lunar eclipse — Astronomy. the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse) a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun. the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
  • macrencephaly — The presence of an abnormally large brain.
  • macrocephalic — Cephalometry. being or having a head with a large cranial capacity.
  • macrocephalus — Alternative spelling of macrocephalous.
  • mail exploder — (messaging)   Part of an electronic mail delivery system which allows a message to be delivered to a list of addresses. Mail exploders are used to implement mailing lists. Users send messages to a single address and the mail exploder takes care of delivery to the individual mailboxes in the list.
  • mainz psalter — a book printed by Johannes Gutenberg: thought by some to be the first book printed from movable type.
  • major penalty — a penalty consisting of the removal of a player for five minutes from play, no substitute for the player being permitted.
  • mar del plata — a city in E Argentina: seaside resort.
  • maritime alps — a range of the W Alps in SE France and NW Italy. Highest peak: Argentera, 3297 m (10 817 ft)
  • marlinespikes — Plural form of marlinespike.
  • master policy — a single policy covering a group of people, typically employees of a company, issued to an employer.
  • matripotestal — of or relating to the authority exercised by a mother or a mother's blood relatives.
  • memorial park — cemetery.
  • mephobarbital — The drug methylphenobarbital.
  • merleau-ponty — Maurice, 1908–61, French phenomenological philosopher.
  • metallography — the study of the structure of metals and alloys by means of microscopy.
  • methylparaben — a fine, white, needlelike substance, C 8 H 8 O 3 , used chiefly as a preservative in foods and pharmaceuticals.
  • methylpropane — (organic compound) isobutane.
  • metropolitans — Plural form of metropolitan.
  • microcapsules — Plural form of microcapsule.
  • microcephalia — Microcephaly.
  • microcephalic — having a head with a small braincase.
  • microcephalus — An abnormally small head.
  • microparticle — An extremely small particle.
  • military pace — a pace, equal to a single step, used to coordinate the marching of soldiers, equal in the U.S. to 2½ feet (76 cm) for quick time and 3 feet (91 cm) for double time.
  • mineral pitch — asphalt.
  • minor penalty — a penalty consisting of the removal of a player from play for two minutes, no substitute for the player being permitted.
  • morphemically — By means of, or in terms, of morphemes.
  • multiparticle — comprising or involving several particles
  • multiple star — three or more stars lying close together in the celestial sphere and usually united in a single gravitational system.
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