11-letter words containing a, l, p, n
- calypsonian — a performer or writer of calypsos
- calyptrogen — a layer of rapidly dividing cells at the tip of a plant root, from which the root cap is formed. It occurs in grasses and many other plants
- campanology — the art or skill of ringing bells musically
- campanulate — (esp of flower corollas) shaped like a bell
- campbeltown — a seaport on the Kintyre peninsula, in SW Scotland: resort.
- candlepower — the luminous intensity of a source of light in a given direction: now expressed in candelas but formerly in terms of the international candle
- candy apple — A candy apple is an apple coated with hard, red sugar syrup and fixed on a stick.
- canophilist — a person who loves dogs
- cantaloupes — Plural form of cantaloupe.
- capableness — The state or quality of being capable.
- cape blanco — a peninsula in Mauritania, on the Atlantic coast
- cape colony — the name from 1652 until 1910 of the former Cape Province of South Africa
- capsulation — enclosed in or formed into a capsule.
- capsulizing — Present participle of capsulize.
- captionless — (of a cartoon) having no caption
- cardiolipin — a lipid purified from bovine heart and used as an antigen for reacting with reagin, the Wassermann antibody, in the Wassermann diagnostic test for syphilis.
- cargo plane — a plane carrying cargo
- catapulting — Present participle of catapult.
- centripetal — acting, moving, or tending to move towards a centre
- cephalothin — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
- chain plate — any of the metal plates secured to the hull of a sailing vessel or elsewhere to hold shrouds and backstays at their lower ends.
- chainplates — Plural form of chainplate.
- champollion — Jean François (ʒɑ̃ frɑ̃swa). 1790–1832, French Egyptologist, who deciphered the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta stone
- channel-hop — to change television channels repeatedly using a remote control device
- chippendale — Chippendale is a style of furniture from the eighteenth century.
- clasp knife — a large knife with one or more blades or other devices folding into the handle
- clay pigeon — Clay pigeons are discs of baked clay which are thrown into the air by a machine as targets for gun shooting practice.
- clean sweep — an overwhelming victory
- clean up on — to defeat; beat
- cleptomania — kleptomania
- cling peach — a clingstone peach.
- closed plan — an office floor plan consisting of fully enclosed office spaces.
- clubmanship — the status of belonging to an active club
- cluj-napoca — city in Transylvania, NW Romania: pop. 322,000
- coleopteran — any of the insects of the cosmopolitan order Coleoptera, in which the forewings are modified to form shell-like protective elytra. The order includes the beetles and weevils
- colophonian — a native of Colophon.
- commonplace — If something is commonplace, it happens often or is often found, and is therefore not surprising.
- companiable — sociable
- company law — the area of law that deals with business enterprises
- compensable — entitled to compensation or capable of being compensated
- compilating — Present participle of compilate.
- compilation — A compilation is a book, CD, or programme that contains many different items that have been gathered together, usually ones which have already appeared in other places.
- complacence — a feeling of quiet pleasure or security, often while unaware of some potential danger, defect, or the like; self-satisfaction or smug satisfaction with an existing situation, condition, etc.
- complacency — Complacency is being complacent about a situation.
- complainant — A complainant is a person who starts a court case in a court of law.
- complainers — Plural form of complainer.
- complaineth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'complain'.
- complaining — to express dissatisfaction, pain, uneasiness, censure, resentment, or grief; find fault: He complained constantly about the noise in the corridor.
- complaisant — If you are complaisant, you are willing to accept what other people are doing without complaining.
- compliances — Plural form of compliance.