10-letter words containing t, e, l, a, p
- the-plague — French La Peste. a novel (1947) by Albert Camus.
- time-lapse — done by means of time-lapse photography: a time-lapse study of the blooming of a flower.
- title page — the page at the beginning of a volume that indicates the title, author's or editor's name, and the publication information, usually the publisher and the place and date of publication.
- top loader — a machine or appliance, as a washing machine, loaded and unloaded through an opening in the top (distinguished from front loader).
- top-loader — a washing machine with a horizontal door in its top rather than a vertical one in its front
- topazolite — a greenish yellow variety of andradite garnet.
- topicalize — to introduce as, convert into, or mark as the topic of a sentence.
- trail rope — a guide rope on an aerostat.
- trampoline — a sheet, usually of canvas, attached by resilient cords or springs to a horizontal frame several feet above the floor, used by acrobats and gymnasts as a springboard in tumbling.
- travel rep — A travel rep is the same as a holiday rep.
- treponemal — any of several anaerobic spirochetes of the genus Treponema, certain species of which are parasitic in and pathogenic for humans and warm-blooded animals.
- tripletail — a large food fish, Lobotes surinamensis, inhabiting the warmer waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, having the lobes of its dorsal and anal fins extending backward and, with the caudal fin, suggesting a three-lobed tail.
- triplicate — one of three identical items, especially copies of typewritten material.
- tropaeolin — any of a number of orange or yellow azo dyes of complex molecular structure.
- tropaeolum — any garden plant of the genus Tropaeolum esp the nasturtium
- trophesial — involving or relating to trophesy
- type metal — an alloy for making printing types, consisting chiefly of lead and antimony, and sometimes small quantities of tin, copper, etc.
- underplant — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- unparental — not befitting a parent
- unpleasant — not pleasant; displeasing; disagreeable; offensive: an unpleasant taste; an unpleasant situation; an unpleasant manner.
- untappable — to strike with a light but audible blow or blows; hit with repeated, slight blows: He tapped the door twice.
- untrampled — to tread or step heavily and noisily; stamp.
- voltampere — an electric measurement unit, equal to the product of one volt and one ampere, equivalent to one watt for direct current systems and a unit of apparent power for alternating current systems. Abbreviation: VA.
- w particle — either of two types of charged intermediate vector bosons, one having a positive charge and the other a negative charge. Symbols: W + , W −.
- waitpeople — Plural form of waitperson.
- wall plate — Also called raising plate. Building Trades. a horizontal member built into or laid along the top of a wall to support and distribute the pressure from joists, rafters, etc.
- wallposter — (in China) a usually lengthy notice, complaint, personal opinion, etc., handwritten in large characters and hung on walls in cities, as a means of communication and for criticizing or attacking government policy or politicians.
- water pill — a diuretic pill.
- water plug — a fireplug; hydrant.
- water polo — an aquatic game played by two teams of seven swimmers each, the object being to score goals by pushing, carrying, or passing an inflated ball and tossing it into the opponent's goal, defended by a goalkeeper.
- wentletrap — any of several marine gastropods of the family Epitonii (Scalariidae), having a whitish, spiraled shell.
- westphalia — a former province in NW Germany, now a part of North Rhine-Westphalia: treaty ending the Thirty Years' War 1648.
- wheat pool — (in Western Canada) a cereal farmers' cooperative
- whiptailed — having a long slender tail
- z particle — one of three particles, called intermediate vector bosons, that are believed to transmit the weak force. Symbol: Z 0.
- zone plate — a plate or screen with alternating opaque and transparent concentric rings that focus light by diffraction.