14-letter words containing t, e, l, p
- purple boneset — joe-pye weed (def 1).
- put the lid on — to be the final blow to
- putrescibility — liable to become putrid.
- pyelonephritic — of or relating to an inflammation of the pelvis and renal parenchyma
- pyelonephritis — inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis, caused by a bacterial infection.
- pyramid letter — chain letter.
- pyriphlegethon — Phlegethon (def 1).
- pyrometallurgy — the process or technique of refining ores with heat so as to accelerate chemical reactions or to melt the metallic or nonmetallic content.
- quadruple time — a measure consisting of four beats or pulses with accent on the first and third.
- quadruplicated — Simple past tense and past participle of quadruplicate.
- quadruplicates — Plural form of quadruplicate.
- quasi-complete — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- quasi-particle — an object that is similar to a particle, but does not meet the full criteria of a particle
- quasiparticles — Plural form of quasiparticle.
- quintuplicated — Simple past tense and past participle of quintuplicate.
- quintuplicates — Plural form of quintuplicate.
- radiotelegraph — a telegraph in which messages or signals are sent by means of radio waves rather than through wires or cables.
- radiotelephone — a telephone in which sound or speech is transmitted by means of radio waves instead of through wires or cables.
- radiotelephony — the constructing or operating of radiotelephones.
- railway porter — a person employed to carry luggage, parcels, supplies, etc at a railway station
- re-application — the act of putting to a special use or purpose: the application of common sense to a problem.
- re-exploration — an act or instance of exploring or investigating; examination.
- recapitulation — the act of recapitulating or the state of being recapitulated.
- recapitulative — the act of recapitulating or the state of being recapitulated.
- red-lead putty — a compound for caulking pipe joints, made of red lead, white lead, and boiled linseed oil.
- reflected plan — a plan, as of a room, taken as seen from above but having the outlines of some upper surface, as a vault or compartmented ceiling, projected downward upon it so that a part that would appear at the right when seen from below appears on the plan at the left.
- reflectography — a non-destructive technique which uses infrared light to see beneath the painted surface in works of art in order to obtain information about those artworks
- reimplantation — the surgical restoration of a tooth, organ, limb, or other structure to its original site.
- rejection slip — a notification of rejection, attached by a publisher to a manuscript before returning the work to its author.
- relative pitch — the pitch of a tone as determined by its relationship to other tones in a scale.
- relief pitcher — a pitcher brought into a game to replace another pitcher, often in a critical situation.
- repeat oneself — to say or do the same thing more than once, esp so as to be tedious
- replaceability — to assume the former role, position, or function of; substitute for (a person or thing): Electricity has replaced gas in lighting.
- repolarization — a sharp division, as of a population or group, into opposing factions.
- report a claim — If you report a claim, you inform an insurer that an insured event has occurred and that you intend to ask the insurer for financial payment.
- repositionable — to put in a new or different position; shift: to reposition the artwork on the advertising layout.
- repressibility — the quality or condition of being repressible
- repromulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- respectability — the state or quality of being respectable.
- respectabilize — to make respectable
- respectfulness — full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference: a respectful reply.
- respiritualize — to spiritualize again; reinvest with a spiritual character or meaning
- responsibility — the state or fact of being responsible, answerable, or accountable for something within one's power, control, or management.
- restricted epl — (language) (REPL) The efficient subset of EPL used to write the core of Multics.
- retail therapy — Retail therapy is the activity of shopping for clothes and other things in order to make yourself feel happier.
- reversal plate — a plate developed by the reversal process.
- ripple control — the remote control of a switch by electrical impulses
- rogue elephant — a vicious elephant that has been exiled from the herd.
- roller caption — caption lettering that moves progressively up or across the picture, as for showing the credits at the end of a programme
- roman alphabet — Latin alphabet.