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15-letter words containing t, a, p, l

  • undercapitalize — to provide an insufficient amount of capital for (a business enterprise).
  • underpopulation — having a population lower than is normal or desirable.
  • unexceptionable — not offering any basis for exception or objection; beyond criticism: an unexceptionable record of achievement.
  • uninterpretable — to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate: to interpret the hidden meaning of a parable.
  • unleaded petrol — petrol containing a reduced amount of tetraethyl lead
  • unparliamentary — not parliamentary; at variance with or contrary to the methods employed by parliamentary bodies.
  • unpatriotically — in a manner that is not enthusiastically supporting one's country and its ways of life
  • unsportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
  • upper arlington — a city in central Ohio, near Columbus.
  • upward mobility — movement from one social level to a higher one (upward mobility) or a lower one (downward mobility) as by changing jobs or marrying.
  • utility company — a company which supplies utilities, such as gas, electricity, phones, etc
  • utility program — system software used to perform standard operations, as sorting data or copying data from one file to another, for application programs or other system software.
  • utopia planitia — Astronomy. a plain in the northern hemisphere of Mars that was the landing site of the Viking II space probe on September 3, 1976.
  • vegetable patch — part of a garden used for growing vegetables
  • vegetable sheep — any of various species of the genus Raoulia, esp R. mammillaris or R. eximia, of New Zealand rocky mountains: a small low bush having white flowers and hairy leaves which, from a distance, make it look like a sheep
  • venture capital — funds invested or available for investment in a new or unproven business enterprise.
  • venus's-flytrap — a carnivorous plant, Dionaea muscipula, native to bogs of North and South Carolina, having roundish leaves with two lobes that close like a trap when certain delicate hairs on them are irritated, as by a fly: the range is now reduced, though the plants are still locally abundant.
  • vicar apostolic — Roman Catholic Church. a titular bishop serving either in a district where no episcopal see has been established, or in one where the succession of bishops has been interrupted.
  • vicar capitular — a cleric chosen by a cathedral chapter to manage a bishopric during a vacancy.
  • vincent de paul — Saint, 1576–1660, French Roman Catholic priest noted for his work to aid the poor.
  • wallpaper paste — an adhesive used for attaching wallpaper to a surface
  • walpurgis night — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
  • washington palm — a palm tree, Washingtonia filifera, of California and Florida, having large fan-shaped leaves and small black fruits
  • water pimpernel — the brookweed.
  • water pollution — the pollution of the sea and rivers
  • water-repellent — having a finish that resists but is not impervious to water.
  • west hartlepool — a former borough, now part of Hartlepool, in Cleveland County, in NE England, at the mouth of the Tees.
  • west palm beach — a city in SE Florida: winter resort.
  • westphalian ham — a hard German ham with a distinctive flavor derived from being smoked over beechwood and juniper.
  • whip-tailed ray — a whipray.
  • wind-pollinated — being pollinated by airborne pollen.
  • windfall profit — a profit that arises thanks to an external event over which the person profiting had no control
  • winter purslane — a plant, Montia perfoliata, native to western North America, of the purslane family, having edible, egg-shaped leaves and clusters of small, white flowers.
  • withdrawal slip — a small paper form which has to be filled in before making a withdrawal of money from a bank, building society, etc
  • working capital — the amount of capital needed to carry on a business.
  • xenotransplants — Plural form of xenotransplant.
  • xylotypographic — involving or pertaining to xylotypography
  • z-zero particle — one of three particles, called intermediate vector bosons, that are believed to transmit the weak force. Symbol: Z 0.
  • zoophytological — of or relating to zoophytology
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