13-letter words containing r, e, l, a, p, s
- hyper-realism — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- hyperpersonal — Very highly personal.
- hyperphysical — being above or beyond the physical; immaterial; supernatural.
- hypersalinity — an excess of salt in a saline solution
- hypervascular — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- hypsometrical — Of or pertaining to hypsometry.
- impartialness — The quality of being impartial.
- imperialistic — the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies.
- impersonalise — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
- impersonalism — the practice of maintaining impersonal relations with individuals or groups.
- impersonality — absence of human character or of the traits associated with the human character: He feared the impersonality of a mechanized world.
- impersonalize — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
- imponderables — Plural form of imponderable.
- inexpressable — Not capable of being expressed.
- insupportable — not endurable; unbearable; insufferable: insupportable pain.
- interpersonal — of or pertaining to the relations between persons: He has strong interpersonal skills.
- interpilaster — a space between two pilasters
- interpleaders — Plural form of interpleader.
- interscapular — between the scapulae or shoulder blades.
- intrapersonal — existing or occurring within the self or within one's mind: People with high intrapersonal intelligence are aware of their strengths and weaknesses. Intrapersonal conflict can lead to emotional stress.
- ipsilaterally — (anatomy, medicine) On the same side of the body.
- isle of capri — Capri.
- jumper cables — jump leads for starting a vehicle
- kapellmeister — a choirmaster.
- kepler's laws — any one of three laws governing planetary motion: each planet revolves in an ellipse, with the sun at one focus; the line connecting a planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal periods of time (law of areas) or the square of the period of revolution of each planet is proportional to the cube of the semimajor axis of the planet's orbit (harmonic law)
- kerosene lamp — light fuelled by paraffin
- lactoproteins — Plural form of lactoprotein.
- lake superior — Lake, a lake in the N central United States and S Canada: the northernmost of the Great Lakes; the largest body of fresh water in the world. 350 miles (564 km) long; 31,820 sq. mi. (82,415 sq. km); greatest depth, 1290 feet (393 meters); 602 feet (183 meters) above sea level.
- lake-superior — Lake, a lake in the N central United States and S Canada: the northernmost of the Great Lakes; the largest body of fresh water in the world. 350 miles (564 km) long; 31,820 sq. mi. (82,415 sq. km); greatest depth, 1290 feet (393 meters); 602 feet (183 meters) above sea level.
- landownership — an owner or proprietor of land.
- laparoscopies — Plural form of laparoscopy.
- laryngoscopes — Plural form of laryngoscope.
- laser pointer — a portable laser that emits monochromatic light over a long and narrow distance, used especially as a pointing device.
- laser printer — Computers. a high-speed printer that uses a laser to form dot-matrix patterns and an electrostatic process to fuse metallic particles to paper a page at a time: capable of producing a variety of character fonts, graphics, and other symbols.
- leapfrog test — a diagnostic technique using arithmetic or logical operations in a routine to manage the capacity of storage media, transfer data, and check the results.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- macrocephalus — Alternative spelling of macrocephalous.
- mainz psalter — a book printed by Johannes Gutenberg: thought by some to be the first book printed from movable type.
- maritime alps — a range of the W Alps in SE France and NW Italy. Highest peak: Argentera, 3297 m (10 817 ft)