12-letter words containing pe
- king's peace — (in early medieval England) the protection secured by the king for particular people or places
- knee-slapper — a joke evoking boisterous hilarity.
- lady-slipper — cypripedium
- laparoscopes — Plural form of laparoscope.
- lapped joint — a joint made by placing one member over another and fastening them together
- lappeenranta — a city in SE Finland.
- laryngoscope — a rigid or flexible endoscope passed through the mouth and equipped with a source of light and magnification, for examining and performing local diagnostic and surgical procedures on the larynx.
- led zeppelin — British rock group (1968–80); comprised Jimmy Page (born 1944), Robert Plant (born 1948), John Paul Jones (born 1946), and John Bonham (1948–80): recordings include Led Zeppelin I (1969), Led Zeppelin IV (1971), and Physical Graffiti (1975)
- ledger paper — a foldable paper with a smooth finish.
- lenni lenape — Delaware (defs 5, 6).
- lepenski vir — the site of an advanced Mesolithic fishing culture on the banks of the Danube in Serbia, characterized by trapezoidal buildings and large stone sculptures of human heads and torsos.
- leper colony — a place where people who have leprosy live in quarantine
- leptospermum — any of various shrubs or trees of the genus Leptospermum, of the myrtle family, native to Australia and adjacent areas and often cultivated as ornamentals in milder climates.
- letter paper — paper used for writing letters or communications
- leukopedesis — an outward flow of white blood cells through a blood-vessel wall.
- life peerage — the title and rank of a life peer
- ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying
- linen draper — a dry-goods merchant.
- linespersons — Plural form of linesperson.
- lithopedions — Plural form of lithopedion.
- lithospermum — any annual or perennial herbs and small shrubs of the genus lithospermum, of the borage family, native to Europe, N America, and northern Asia, and having white, blue, or yellow flowers
- litmus paper — a strip of paper impregnated with litmus, used as a chemical indicator.
- live in hope — If you live in hope that something will happen, you continue to hope that it will happen, although it seems unlikely, and you realize that you are being foolish.
- longipennate — (of birds) having long slender wings or feathers
- loose-lipped — tending toward indiscriminate and uninhibited talk.
- lope de vega — Lope [loh-pey,, -pee;; Spanish law-pe] /ˈloʊ peɪ,, -pi;; Spanish ˈlɔ pɛ/ (Show IPA), (Lope Félix de Vega Carpio) 1562–1635, Spanish dramatist and poet.
- lopez mateos — Adolfo [ah-th awl-faw] /ɑˈðɔl fɔ/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Mexican lawyer and politician: president of Mexico 1958–64.
- loudspeakers — Plural form of loudspeaker, especially a pair for a left and right channel.
- lumpectomies — Plural form of lumpectomy.
- lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
- magic carpet — flying rug in fantasy stories
- make whoopee — make whoopee, to engage in uproarious merrymaking.
- manila paper — strong, light-brown or buff paper, originally made from Manila hemp but now also from wood pulp substitutes and various other fibers.
- mapplethorpe — Robert, 1946–89, U.S. photographer.
- martempering — a quenching process used to harden austenitic steel.
- masking tape — an easily removed adhesive tape used temporarily for defining margins, protecting surfaces, etc., as when painting, and sometimes also for binding, sealing, or mending.
- media person — a person who works in the mass media
- mesoappendix — the mesentery of the vermiform appendix.
- microamperes — Plural form of microampere.
- microchipped — Simple past tense and past participle of microchip.
- microgripper — (engineering) A microscopic device used to grasp and manipulate microscale objects safely.
- micropipette — a very slender pipette for transferring or measuring minute amounts of fluid, microorganisms, etc.
- milliamperes — Plural form of milliampere.
- mine-sweeper — a specially equipped ship used for dragging a body of water in order to remove or destroy enemy mines.
- minesweepers — Plural form of minesweeper.
- misanthropes — Plural form of misanthrope.
- mishappening — Present participle of mishappen.
- misoperation — an act or instance, process, or manner of functioning or operating.
- misperceived — Simple past tense and past participle of misperceive.
- misperceives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misperceive.