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10-letter words containing p, r, o, l, e, t

  • interloper — a person who interferes or meddles in the affairs of others: He was an athiest who felt like an interloper in this religious gathering.
  • interlopes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interlope.
  • interpolar — connecting or being between poles: an interpolar flight.
  • interposal — (dated) interposure.
  • kleptocrat — a government official who is a thief or exploiter.
  • laeotropic — oriented or coiled in a leftward direction, as a left-spiraling snail shell.
  • laparotome — a cutting instrument for performing a laparotomy.
  • lectorship — a lecturer in a college or university.
  • leptospira — any of several spirally shaped, aerobic bacteria of the genus Leptospira, certain species of which are pathogenic for human beings.
  • leptospire — Any bacterium of the genus Leptospira.
  • limitrophe — (of a country or region) on or near a frontier
  • liver spot — a dark brown skin spot, usually caused by sun exposure
  • metoprolol — a beta blocker, C 1 5 H 2 5 NO 3 , used in the treatment of hypertension, angina, and cardiac arrhythmias.
  • metropolis — any large, busy city.
  • monopteral — having the form of a monopteron.
  • montpelier — a state of the NE United States: a part of New England. 9609 sq. mi. (24,885 sq. km). Capital: Montpelier. Abbreviation: VT (for use with zip code), Vt.
  • multipower — Of or pertaining to more than one power (in various senses).
  • nephrolith — a renal calculus; kidney stone.
  • neutrophil — (of a cell or cell part) having an affinity for neutral dyes.
  • nipplewort — a yellow-flowered plant, Lapsana communis, found in woods and on wasteland.
  • north pole — the region of a magnet toward which the lines of magnetic induction converge (south pole) or from which the lines of induction diverge (north pole)
  • oglethorpe — James Edward, 1696–1785, British general: founder of the colony of Georgia.
  • operatable — to work, perform, or function, as a machine does: This engine does not operate properly.
  • operculate — having an operculum.
  • ophiolater — a person who worships snakes
  • outsparkle — to sparkle more brilliantly than
  • palmerston — Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount, 1784–1865, British statesman: prime minister 1855–58, 1859–65.
  • parcel out — an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle.
  • parrotlike — any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
  • patronless — having no patron(s), without patrons
  • pectoralis — either of two muscles on each side of the upper and anterior part of the thorax, the action of the larger (pectoralis major) assisting in drawing the shoulder forward and rotating the arm inward, and the action of the smaller (pectoralis minor) assisting in drawing the shoulder downward and forward.
  • peltmonger — a seller of pelts
  • percolator — a kind of coffeepot in which boiling water in a repeated process is forced up a hollow stem, filters down through ground coffee in a sievelike container, and returns to the pot below.
  • perfoliate — having the stem apparently passing through the leaf, owing to congenital union of the basal edges of the leaf round the stem.
  • peritoneal — the serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and investing its viscera.
  • personalty — personal estate or property.
  • petroglyph — a drawing or carving on rock, made by a member of a prehistoric people.
  • petrol can — a container for carrying petrol
  • petrol cap — a small cover that goes over the hole in a vehicle into which you put petrol
  • petrolatum — a translucent gelatinous substance obtained from petroleum; used as a lubricant and in medicine as an ointment base and protective dressing
  • petroleous — having or consisting of petroleum or an oil obtained from rock
  • petroleuse — a female individual who uses petroleum to cause explosions or fires
  • petrolhead — a person who is excessively interested in or is devoted to travelling by car
  • petronella — a type of traditional country dance from Scotland
  • petrópolis — a city in SE Brazil, north of Rio de Janeiro: resort. Pop: 280 000 (2005 est)
  • planometer — surface plate.
  • pleiotropy — the phenomenon of one gene being responsible for or affecting more than one phenotypic characteristic.
  • pleromatic — relating to the pleroma
  • pleurodont — fused or attached to the inner edge of the jaw, as a tooth.
  • pleurotomy — surgical incision into the pleura, esp to drain fluid, as in pleurisy
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