11-letter words containing r, e, p, l, t
- 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.
- foretopsail — (nautical) the sail draped from the foretopmast.
- gerontophil — experiencing sexual attraction to old people
- graptolites — Plural form of graptolite.
- hall porter — concierge
- hard palate — Anatomy. the roof of the mouth, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate) and a posterior muscular portion (soft palate) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity.
- heater plug — one of usually four plugs fitted to the cylinder block of a diesel engine that warms the engine chamber to facilitate starting in cold weather
- helicopters — Plural form of helicopter.
- heliotropes — Plural form of heliotrope.
- heliotropic — turning or growing toward the light.
- heliotropin — piperonal.
- heptangular — having seven angles.
- herpetology — the branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians.
- heterophile — Able to react immunologically with material from another species.
- heteroplasm — (pathology) Tissue growing in a part of the body where it does not normally occur.
- heteroploid — (biology) Having a chromosome number that is neither the haploid nor the diploid number normal in the species.
- heteropolar — polar (def 4).
- 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.
- hotelkeeper — a manager or owner of a hotel.
- hyperbolist — One who uses hyperbole; an exaggerator.
- hyperdactyl — having an excessive number of fingers or toes
- hypergelast — Someone who laughs excessively.
- hypermotile — Abnormally or excessively motile.
- hypervalent — (chemistry) having a higher than normal valence.
- hypocentral — (geology) Of or pertaining to the hypocentre of an earthquake.
- hypothermal — lukewarm; tepid.
- imperatival — of, relating to, or characteristic of the grammatical imperative.
- imperfectly — of, relating to, or characterized by defects or weaknesses: imperfect vision.
- imperialist — the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies.
- imperiality — the state of being imperial
- imperilment — to put in peril or danger; endanger.
- implementer — any article used in some activity, especially an instrument, tool, or utensil: agricultural implements.
- implementor — any article used in some activity, especially an instrument, tool, or utensil: agricultural implements.
- implicature — potential inference that is not logical entailment.
- import levy — a charge imposed on imported goods to raise the price to as least as high as the price would be in the country the goods are being imported to
- importunely — (obsolete) In an importune manner.
- imprudently — Without prudence; in an imprudent manner.
- insculpture — an inscription or carving
- intercouple — two of the same sort considered together; pair.
- intercupola — the space between an inner and an outer dome.
- interlisp-d — Xerox's Interlisp with deep binding.
- interlopers — Plural form of interloper.
- interloping — to intrude into some region or field of trade without a proper license.
- interpolate — to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.
- interseptal — situated between septa.
- interspinal — interspinous
- intersplice — (transitive) To splice between; to intercut (e.g. a scene in a film).