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13-letter words containing p, u, r, l, i, e

  • leptokurtotic — (statistics) Leptokurtic.
  • 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
  • line spectrum — an electromagnetic spectrum consisting of discrete lines, usually characteristic of excited atoms or molecules.
  • linkage group — a group of genes in a chromosome that tends to be inherited as a unit.
  • liposculpture — the surgical removal of subcutaneous fat and its transplant to another part of the body, as to fill out facial contours.
  • loop diuretic — any of a group of diuretics, including frusemide, that act by inhibiting resorption of salts from Henle's loop of the kidney tubule
  • louis pasteur — Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist.
  • 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.
  • microcapsules — Plural form of microcapsule.
  • microcephalus — An abnormally small head.
  • mulier puisne — the legitimate son of parents whose first son was illegitimate.
  • multiemployer — Of or pertaining to more than one employer.
  • 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.
  • multipresence — the quality or state of being multipresent
  • multispectral — (of an airborne camera or scanner) capable of sensing and recording radiation from invisible as well as visible parts of the electromagnetic spectrum.
  • multitemporal — (music) Having multiple tempos.
  • mussel shrimp — any of numerous tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans of the subclass Ostracoda, having a shrimplike body enclosed in a hinged bivalve shell.
  • nerve impulse — a progressive wave of electric and chemical activity along a nerve fiber that stimulates or inhibits the action of a muscle, gland, or other nerve cell.
  • neuroatypical — Having an atypical neurological configuration.
  • neurosyphilis — Syphilis that involves the central nervous system.
  • nucleoprotein — any of the class of conjugated proteins occurring in cells and consisting of a protein combined with a nucleic acid, essential for cell division and reproduction.
  • pantagruelian — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
  • pantagruelism — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
  • parainfluenza — an influenzalike respiratory infection of animals and humans, caused by any of several paramyxoviruses.
  • parasexuality — parasexual behaviour
  • parental unit — of or relating to a parent.
  • particularize — to make particular.
  • pencil pusher — a person, as a clerk or bookkeeper, whose work involves a considerable amount of writing, record-keeping, etc.
  • pencil rubber — a piece of rubber used for erasing something written in pencil; eraser
  • pencil-pusher — a person, as a clerk or bookkeeper, whose work involves a considerable amount of writing, record-keeping, etc.
  • peninsula war — a war (1808–14) in Spain and Portugal, with British, Spanish, and Portuguese troops opposing the French.
  • peninsularity — the state or fact of being a peninsula
  • perambulation — to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse.
  • perfunctorily — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
  • perlustration — the act of perlustrating; a thorough inspection or survey, esp of letters for purposes of surveillance
  • perpendicular — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
  • petroliferous — containing or yielding petroleum
  • picture plane — the plane of a painting, drawing, or the like, that is in the extreme foreground of a picture, is coextensive with but not the same as the material surface of the work, is the point of visual contact between the viewer and the picture, and is conceived as a major structural element in the production of abstract or illusionistic forms.
  • picturesquely — visually charming or quaint, as if resembling or suitable for a painting: a picturesque fishing village.
  • plague-ridden — afflicted by the plague or a plague
  • platiniferous — platinum-bearing
  • pleasure trip — holiday, vacation
  • plesiosaurian — a member of the reptile order Plesiosauria
  • pleurisy root — a North American milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa, whose root was used as a remedy for pleurisy.
  • plique-a-jour — an enameling technique in which the colored enamels are fused into the spaces of a wire framework on a temporary backing; the backing is then removed, producing a translucent effect
  • plunging fire — artillery or other fire that strikes the ground at a steep angle, as from high ground overlooking the target or from a weapon fired at a high angle of elevation.
  • plural eulisp — EuLisp with parallel extensions. "Collections and Garbage Collection", S.C. Merall et al, in Memory Management - IWMM92, Springer 1992, pp.473-489.
  • pluripresence — presence in more than one place at the same time
  • polliniferous — Botany. producing or bearing pollen.
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