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11-letter words containing a, c, e, p, t, n

  • plectognath — belonging to the Plectognathi, a group or order of fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick, often spiny, scaleless skin, and including the filefish, globefish, puffer, and triggerfish.
  • pococurante — a careless or indifferent person.
  • pontificate — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
  • preacquaint — to acquaint (someone with information) in advance
  • precipitant — falling headlong.
  • precontract — a preexisting contract that legally prevents a person from making another contract of the same nature.
  • predicament — an unpleasantly difficult, perplexing, or dangerous situation.
  • predication — to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
  • predynastic — of, relating to, or belonging to a time or period before the first dynasty of a nation, especially the period in Egypt before c3200 b.c.
  • preindicate — to indicate in advance; presage: The early thaw preindicated an avalanche.
  • prejudicant — judging beforehand
  • preoccupant — a previous occupant
  • prepunctual — arriving before the appointed time
  • preromantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
  • presanctify — to sanctify ahead of an event
  • presynaptic — being or occurring on the transmitting end of a discharge across a synapse.
  • prevacation — a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday: Schoolchildren are on vacation now.
  • procreation — to beget or generate (offspring).
  • procrustean — pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.
  • protodeacon — a chief deacon in the Greek Church.
  • punctuative — the practice or system of using certain conventional marks or characters in writing or printing in order to separate elements and make the meaning clear, as in ending a sentence or separating clauses.
  • punctulated — bearing small spots or dots
  • recarpeting — a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
  • reciprocant — a differential invariant
  • replacement — the act of replacing.
  • replication — a reply; answer.
  • scatter pin — a woman's small ornamental pin, usually worn with other similar pins on a dress, suit jacket, etc.
  • scent spray — perfume that comes in an aerosol bottle
  • sea captain — the master of a seagoing vessel.
  • septic tank — a tank in which solid organic sewage is decomposed and purified by anaerobic bacteria.
  • speculating — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
  • speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • stanley cup — a trophy emblematic since 1926 of the championship of the National Hockey League, composed of Canadian and U.S. professional teams.
  • stench trap — a trap in a sewer that by means of a water seal prevents the upward passage of foul-smelling gases
  • step change — A step change is a sudden or major change in the way that something happens or the way that someone behaves.
  • stepdancing — a dance emphasizing footwork or certain steps instead of other bodily gestures or movement
  • substance p — a small peptide released upon stimulation in the nervous system and involved in regulation of the pain threshold.
  • superjacent — lying above or upon something else.
  • susceptance — the imaginary component of admittance, equal to the quotient of the negative of the reactance divided by the sum of the squares of the reactance and resistance. Symbol: B.
  • syncopative — relating to syncopation
  • technospeak — any abstruse technical jargon
  • tehuantepec — Isthmus of, an isthmus in S Mexico, between the Gulf of Tehuantepec and the Gulf of Campeche. 125 miles (200 km) wide at its narrowest point.
  • ten's place — ten (def 6).
  • tennis camp — a camp that people go to in order to play and be taught tennis
  • tephromancy — the seeking of the future using ashes
  • thunderclap — a crash of thunder.
  • transpierce — to pierce through; penetrate; pass through.
  • trypanocide — a drug or substance that kills trypanosomes
  • typecasting — the practice of casting an actor repeatedly in the same kind of role, esp because of his or physical appearance or previous success in such roles
  • typicalness — of the nature of or serving as a type or representative specimen.
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