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

  • exploration — The action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it.
  • explorative — Exploratory.
  • expressible — Able to be expressed.
  • expressibly — In an expressible way.
  • fender pile — a pile, usually one of a group, set beside ferry slips, wharves, etc., to guide approaching vessels and driven so as to yield slightly when struck in order to lessen the shock of contact.
  • field sport — Hunting, shooting birds, and fishing with a rod are referred to as field sports when they are done mainly for pleasure.
  • field-strip — to take apart (a weapon) for cleaning, lubrication, and repair or for inspection.
  • file-powder — a powder made from the ground leaves of the sassafras tree, used as a thickener and to impart a pungent taste to soups, gumbos, and other dishes.
  • filter pump — a vacuum pump used to assist laboratory filtrations in which a jet of water inside a glass tube entrains air molecules from the system to be evacuated
  • fingerplate — a metal plate fixed to a door next to the handle or keyhole to protect the surface
  • fire temple — a place of worship for Zoroastrians.
  • fire-polish — to smooth (glass) by reheating to remove tool marks or other imperfections in the surface.
  • floor price — a minimum price required of an item being auctioned.
  • forcepslike — Resembling a forceps.
  • foreglimpse — a revelation or glimpse of the future.
  • foretopsail — (nautical) the sail draped from the foretopmast.
  • francophile — friendly to or having a strong liking for France or the French.
  • funeral pie — a traditional pie made with a black filling of raisins and lemon juice and presented to a bereaved family.
  • gallinipper — any of various insects that sting or bite, especially a large American mosquito, Psorophora ciliata.
  • generalship — skill as commander of a large military force or unit.
  • gerontophil — experiencing sexual attraction to old people
  • glimepiride — A sulfonylurea antidiabetic drug.
  • graptolites — Plural form of graptolite.
  • grillparzerFranz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1791–1872, Austrian poet and dramatist.
  • haloperidol — a major antipsychotic agent, C 21 H 23 ClFNO 2 , used in the management of schizophrenia, severe anxiety, and other behavioral disorders.
  • helicograph — an instrument for drawing helices.
  • helicopters — Plural form of helicopter.
  • helicospore — a coiled cylindrical fungal spore.
  • heliographs — Plural form of heliograph.
  • heliography — The scientific study of the sun.
  • heliosphere — the region around the sun over which the effect of the solar wind extends.
  • heliotropes — Plural form of heliotrope.
  • heliotropic — turning or growing toward the light.
  • heliotropin — piperonal.
  • helispheric — spiral
  • hemeralopia — a condition of the eyes in which sight is normal in the night or in a dim light but is abnormally poor or wholly absent in the day or in a bright light.
  • hemeralopic — (medicine) Unable to see clearly in bright light; day-blind; suffering from hemeralopia.
  • hermoupolis — a port in Greece, capital of Cyclades department, on the E coast of Syros Island. Pop: (municipality): 13 496 (2001)
  • heterophile — Able to react immunologically with material from another species.
  • heteroploid — (biology) Having a chromosome number that is neither the haploid nor the diploid number normal in the species.
  • hieroglyphs — Plural form of hieroglyph.
  • highprofile — (rare) alternative spelling of high-profile.
  • holiday rep — A holiday rep is someone employed by a holiday company to help look after people when they are on holiday.
  • hop trefoil — a leguminous plant, Trifolium campestre, of N temperate grasslands, with globular yellow flower heads and trifoliate leaves
  • horripilate — to produce horripilation on.
  • hospitaller — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
  • hyperbolise — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
  • hyperbolism — the use of hyperbole.
  • hyperbolist — One who uses hyperbole; an exaggerator.
  • hyperbolize — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
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