13-letter words containing r, e, p, a, t
- interpermeate — to penetrate or pervade mutually or reciprocally
- interpersonal — of or pertaining to the relations between persons: He has strong interpersonal skills.
- interpetiolar — situated between petioles, or situated between the axis and a petiole
- interpilaster — a space between two pilasters
- interpleaders — Plural form of interpleader.
- interpleading — to litigate with each other in order to determine which of two parties is the rightful claimant against a third party.
- interpolating — Present participle of interpolate.
- interpolation — extrapolation
- interpolative — to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.
- interpretable — to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate: to interpret the hidden meaning of a parable.
- interpretated — Misspelling of interpreted.
- interproximal — situated toward the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone. Compare distal (def 1).
- interscapular — between the scapulae or shoulder blades.
- intertemporal — Describing any relationship between past, present and future events or conditions.
- intertropical — situated or occurring between the tropic of Cancer and the tropic of Capricorn; tropical.
- intraparietal — situated within the walls of a hollow organ
- intraparticle — Within a particle.
- 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.
- intrapetiolar — located between the petiole and the stem
- intrapreneurs — Plural form of intrapreneur.
- intraspecific — existing or occurring within a species.
- ipsilaterally — (anatomy, medicine) On the same side of the body.
- irish pennant — an unwhipped rope end.
- japan current — a warm ocean current flowing northeastwards off the E coast of Japan towards the North Pacific
- jasperization — The act or process of jasperizing.
- joint partner — a person who shares the ownership of a firm or business equally with another or others
- jointer plane — a plane for truing the edges of boards, planing large surfaces, etc.
- joseph crater — Joseph Force [fawrs,, fohrs] /fɔrs,, foʊrs/ (Show IPA), 1889–? a judge of the New York State Supreme Court: his mysterious disappearance on August 6, 1930, has never been solved.
- kapellmeister — a choirmaster.
- keep track of — monitor, maintain record of
- khapra beetle — a tiny cosmopolitan beetle, Trogoderma granarium, that is a pest of stored grain and other dried organic matter.
- kinematograph — cinematograph.
- kinesitherapy — a movement-based therapy
- kitchen paper — also kitchen roll
- kraft process — a process for making wood pulp by digesting wood chips in an alkaline liquor consisting chiefly of caustic soda together with sodium sulfate.
- lactoproteins — Plural form of lactoprotein.
- 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.
- latent period — Also, latency period. Pathology. the interval between exposure to a carcinogen, toxin, or disease-causing organism and development of a consequent disease.
- leaded petrol — petrol containing tetraethyl lead in order to improve combustion
- 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.
- lepidopterans — Plural form of lepidopteran.
- letterspacing — the amount of space between each letter in a word, or the adjustment of this amount of space
- 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.
- lord temporal — a member of the House of Lords who is not a member of the clergy.
- louis pasteur — Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1822–95, French chemist and bacteriologist.