13-letter words containing r, e, p, l, t
- border patrol — a government agency in charge of preventing terrorists, weapons, and illegal immigrants entering the country
- bottle-opener — A bottle-opener is a metal device for removing caps or tops from bottles.
- butterfly pea — any of several leguminous plants of the genus Clitoria, as C. mariana, of North America, having pale-blue flowers.
- byte compiler — byte-code compiler
- campylobacter — a rod-shaped bacterium that causes infections in cattle and man. Unpasteurized milk infected with campylobacter is a common cause of gastroenteritis
- cape-flattery — Cape, a cape in NW Washington, on the Olympic Peninsula, at the entrance to Juan de Fuca Strait.
- capellmeister — a person in charge of an orchestra, esp in an 18th-century princely household
- carpal tunnel — forearm to hand
- carpet beetle — any of various beetles of the genus Anthrenus, the larvae of which feed on carpets, furnishing fabrics, etc: family Dermestidae
- central islip — a town on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- centripetally — Towards a centre or axis.
- century plant — an agave, Agave americana, native to tropical America but naturalized elsewhere, having very large spiny greyish leaves and greenish flowers on a tall fleshy stalk. It blooms only once in its life, after 10 to 30 years (formerly thought to flower after a century)
- cephalometric — Relating to cephalometrics.
- cephalothorax — the anterior part of many crustaceans and some other arthropods consisting of a united head and thorax
- charter plane — a plane that has been chartered
- choripetalous — polypetalous
- chromatophile — Also, chromophilic, chromophilous [kroh-mof-uh-luh s] /kroʊˈmɒf ə ləs/ (Show IPA), chromatophilic, chromatophilous. staining readily.
- chrysophilite — a person who loves gold
- circumspectly — watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent: circumspect behavior.
- claustrophobe — a person who suffers from claustrophobia.
- clear-up rate — the percentage of a category of crimes that are solved
- clipper-built — (of a hull) having fast lines, with a high ratio of length to beam and a fine entrance.
- clothes-press — a piece of furniture for storing clothes, usually containing wide drawers and a cabinet
- cluster point — a point of a net having the property that the net is frequently in each neighborhood of the point.
- cogent prolog — (language) A full Edinburgh standard Prolog with debugger, listener, DCG, many built-ins, text windows, support for modules, and support for both 16-bit and 32-bit protected mode. Contact: Dennis C. Merritt.
- collectorship — The rank or office of a collector of customs or other taxes.
- comparatively — in a comparative manner
- compartmental — divided into compartments: a compartmental office; a compartmental agency.
- complementary — Complementary things are different from each other but make a good combination.
- completer set — a set of supplementary pieces that completes a set of dishes, as creamer, sugar bowl, platter, gravy boat, and vegetable dish.
- complexometry — a chemical technique using the formation of a colored complex to indicate the end of a titration.
- complimentary — If you are complimentary about something, you express admiration for it.
- computer file — file
- contemplators — Plural form of contemplator.
- control panel — the part of a machine or piece of equipment that houses the controls
- convertiplane — an aircraft that can land and take off vertically by temporarily directing its propulsive thrust downwards
- cooperatively — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
- copyrightable — the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 70 years after his or her death.
- corpora lutea — corpus luteum
- corporate law — law that relates to corporations and to business activities in general
- corpus luteum — a yellow glandular mass of tissue that forms in a Graafian follicle following release of an ovum. It secretes progesterone, a hormone necessary to maintain pregnancy
- cotemporality — The state or characteristic of existing or occurring during the same period of time.
- counterplayer — a person who makes a counterplay
- countrypeople — countryfolk.
- court plaster — a plaster, composed of isinglass on silk, formerly used to cover superficial wounds
- crustal plate — a large block or tabular section of the lithosphere that reacts to tectonic forces as a unit and moves as such.
- cryptoclimate — the climate of a small area, as of confined spaces such as caves or houses (cryptoclimate) of plant communities, wooded areas, etc. (phytoclimate) or of urban communities, which may be different from that in the general region.
- crystal pleat — one of a series of fine, permanently pressed pleats of varying widths, usually in a sheer fabric
- custard apple — a West Indian tree, Annona reticulata: family Annonaceae
- demultiplexer — a type of electronic circuit which receives a single input signal and selects one of multiple possible output routes to which to transmit the signal