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11-letter words containing t, e, l, p, o, r

  • electroplax — Each of a number of flattened plates of protoplasm that make up the electric organ of certain fishes, e.g., the electric eel.
  • electrotype — Make a copy of (something) by the electrolytic deposition of copper on a mold.
  • electrotypy — the process of producing electrotype plates by electrolytically depositing a layer of copper or nickel onto a mould of the original
  • epiplastron — a lateral plate in the plastron of a turtle
  • exculpatory — Excusing or clearing of any wrongdoing.
  • explanatory — Serving to explain something.
  • explicatory — Explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.
  • exploration — The action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it.
  • explorative — Exploratory.
  • exploratory — Relating to or involving exploration or investigation.
  • extrapolate — extrapolation
  • field sport — Hunting, shooting birds, and fishing with a rod are referred to as field sports when they are done mainly for pleasure.
  • foretopsail — (nautical) the sail draped from the foretopmast.
  • gerontophil — experiencing sexual attraction to old people
  • graptolites — Plural form of graptolite.
  • hall porter — concierge
  • helicopters — Plural form of helicopter.
  • heliotropes — Plural form of heliotrope.
  • heliotropic — turning or growing toward the light.
  • heliotropin — piperonal.
  • 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.
  • hypermotile — Abnormally or excessively motile.
  • hypocentral — (geology) Of or pertaining to the hypocentre of an earthquake.
  • hypothermal — lukewarm; tepid.
  • implementor — any article used in some activity, especially an instrument, tool, or utensil: agricultural implements.
  • 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.
  • intercouple — two of the same sort considered together; pair.
  • intercupola — the space between an inner and an outer dome.
  • 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.
  • isospectral — (mathematics) Having the same spectrum.
  • kleptocracy — a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.
  • kleptocrats — Plural form of kleptocrat.
  • laparectomy — excision of strips of the abdominal wall and suturing of the wounds so as to correct laxity of the abdominal muscles.
  • lepidoptera — the order comprising the lepidopterous insects.
  • lepidoptery — the branch of zoology dealing with butterflies and moths.
  • lepromatous — the swollen lesion of leprosy.
  • leptocercal — having a long thin tail
  • leptokurtic — (of a frequency distribution) being more concentrated about the mean than the corresponding normal distribution.
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