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11-letter words containing t, i, p

  • kinetoscope — an early motion-picture device, invented by Edison, in which the film passed behind a peephole for viewing by a single viewer.
  • kirkpatrick — Jeane (Jordan) [jeen] /dʒin/ (Show IPA), 1926–2006, U.S. diplomat: ambassador to the U.N. 1981–85.
  • kleptomania — an irresistible impulse to steal, stemming from emotional disturbance rather than economic need.
  • knife pleat — a sharply creased narrow pleat, usually one of a series folded in the same direction.
  • knife-point — the sharp tip of a knife.
  • knifepoints — Plural form of knifepoint.
  • knotty pine — pine wood with many knots
  • kuiper belt — a disk-shaped region on the edge of the solar system that contains masses of ice and icy rock, believed to be the source of comets with orbital periods of less than 200 years. Compare Oort cloud.
  • labiaplasty — (surgery) The moulding or shaping of the labia minora and/or labia majora.
  • lamplighter — a person employed to light and extinguish street lamps, especially those burning gas.
  • landscapist — an artist who paints landscapes.
  • lapidescent — in the process of changing into stone
  • large print — text printed in larger text than normal, so as to make it easier to read, esp for the visually impaired
  • large-print — set in a type size larger than normal for the benefit of persons with impaired vision: large-print newspapers.
  • latex paint — paint that has a latex binder and can be removed while it is wet by applying water.
  • latiseptate — having broad partitions or septa
  • lay baptism — baptism administered by a lay-person.
  • lectureship — the office of lecturer.
  • led printer — (printer)   (Or "LED page printer") A printer which is similar in operation to a laser printer, but where an array of LEDs is used in place of the laser.
  • lepidoptera — the order comprising the lepidopterous insects.
  • lepidoptery — the branch of zoology dealing with butterflies and moths.
  • leptokurtic — (of a frequency distribution) being more concentrated about the mean than the corresponding normal distribution.
  • leptospiral — relating to, caused by, or characteristic of leptospires
  • let her rip — to go ahead; continue without restraint
  • lex scripta — written law; statute law.
  • liberty cap — a soft, conical cap given to a freed slave in ancient Rome at manumission of his servitude, used as a symbol of liberty, especially since the 18th century.
  • lickspittle — a contemptible, fawning person; a servile flatterer or toady.
  • light opera — operetta.
  • lightplanes — Plural form of lightplane.
  • lilliputian — extremely small; tiny; diminutive.
  • limit point — accumulation point.
  • linear type — 1.   (theory, programming)   An attribute of values which are used exactly once: they are neither duplicated nor destroyed. Such values require no garbage collection, and can safely be updated in place, even if they form part of a data structure. Linear types are related to the linear logic of J.-Y Girard. They extend Schmidt's notion of single threading, provide an alternative to Hudak and Bloss' update analysis, and offer a practical complement to Lafont and Holmström's elegant linear languages.
  • lipoatrophy — (medicine) The loss of subcutaneous fatty tissue.
  • lipomatosis — a genetic disorder which manifests itself in the abnormal growth of fat
  • lipopeptide — (biochemistry) An organic compound of lipids and peptides.
  • lipoprotein — any of the class of proteins that contain a lipid combined with a simple protein.
  • liposuction — the surgical withdrawal of excess fat from local areas under the skin by means of a small incision and vacuum suctioning.
  • lipotropins — Plural form of lipotropin.
  • lister-plow — Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
  • lithographs — Plural form of lithograph.
  • lithography — the art or process of producing a picture, writing, or the like, on a flat, specially prepared stone, with some greasy or oily substance, and of taking ink impressions from this as in ordinary printing.
  • litholapaxy — the procedure of removing bladder stones by crushing them and extracting them through a catheter
  • lithopedion — (medical) A calcium-encased foetus that occurs in ectopic abdominal pregnancies when the foetus dies and is not reabsorbed by the maternal body, whereby the maternal system encases the foreign body (foetus) in calcium to isolate it.
  • lithophytes — Plural form of lithophyte.
  • lithosphere — the solid portion of the earth (distinguished from atmosphere, hydrosphere).
  • lithotripsy — the pulverization and removal of urinary calculi using a lithotripter.
  • liver spots — a form of chloasma in which irregularly shaped light-brown spots occur on the skin.
  • loop stitch — any stitch, as the chain stitch, that uses loops in the pattern or process of working.
  • lost pleiad — See under Pleiades (def 1).
  • lotusscript — (language)   A Visual BASIC-like scripting language for Lotus Notes and Lotus SmartSuite. LotusScript is object-oriented and can be used for complex Notes programming, although Java is also available.
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