11-letter words containing a, c, e, p, t
- 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.
- lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
- macrophytes — Plural form of macrophyte.
- malpractice — Law. failure of a professional person, as a physician or lawyer, to render proper services through reprehensible ignorance or negligence or through criminal intent, especially when injury or loss follows.
- mantelpiece — a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- mantlepiece — mantel.
- marketplace — an open area in a town where a market is held.
- master copy — an original copy, stencil, tape, etc, from which duplicates are made
- masterpiece — a person's greatest piece of work, as in an art.
- match plate — a plate on which patterns are set to be molded.
- meatpacking — (US) The slaughter and further processing of animals for meat.
- mecopterans — Plural form of mecopteran.
- megaproject — A very large public investment project, especially one costing more than one billion US dollars.
- metacarpals — Plural form of metacarpal.
- metamorphic — pertaining to or characterized by change of form, or metamorphosis.
- metanephric — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of higher vertebrates, becoming the permanent and functional kidney.
- metaphysics — metaphysics.
- metaplasmic — Cell Biology. the nonliving matter or inclusions, as starch or pigments, within a cell.
- metaplastic — the transformation of one type of tissue into another.
- metapsychic — relating to metapsychics
- metatrophic — requiring dead organic matter for food.
- myelopathic — any disorder of the spinal cord or of bone marrow.
- naphthacene — an explosive solid compound, C 1 8 H 1 2 , derived from anthracene and coal tar: used for detonating high explosives, as TNT.
- narcoleptic — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
- nazca plate — a tectonic division of the earth's crust, coincident with the suboceanic Peru Basin, and bounded on the north by the Cocos Plate, separated from the South American Plate by the Peru-Chile Trench, from the Pacific Plate by the East Pacific Rise, and from the Antarctic Plate by the Chile Rise.
- neanthropic — of or relating to modern forms of humans as compared with extinct species of the genus Homo.
- neoplatonic — a philosophical system, originated in the 3rd century a.d. by Plotinus, founded chiefly on Platonic doctrine and Eastern mysticism, with later influences from Christianity. It holds that all existence consists of emanations from the One with whom the soul may be reunited.
- neotropical — belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising that part of the New World extending from the tropic of Cancer southward.
- nephritical — Alternative form of nephritic.
- neuropathic — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- nonemphatic — lacking emphasis, not emphatic
- nonoperatic — not operatic
- nuncupative — (especially of a will) oral; not written.
- octapeptide — An oligopeptide having eight amino acids.
- octuplicate — a group, series, or set of eight identical copies (usually preceded by in).
- onomatopeic — Alternative form of onomatopoeic.
- open stance — a batting stance in which the front foot is farther from the inside of the batter's box than the back foot.
- opening act — the first act at a concert, etc, esp before a main act
- operculated — relating to the operculum
- ophicalcite — a type of marble containing serpentine and calcite
- orthopaedic — of or relating to orthopedics.
- osteopathic — Of or pertaining to osteopathy or osteopathic medicine.
- outer space — space beyond the atmosphere of the earth.
- pacesetting — a person, group, or organization that is the most progressive or successful and serves as a model to be imitated.
- packet boat — a boat that travels a regular route, as along a coast or on a river, carrying passengers, freight, and mail
- packet soup — soup supplied in dried form in a packet
- paediatrics — Paediatrics is the area of medicine that is concerned with the treatment of children's illnesses.
- paedodontic — of or relating to paedodontics
- painted cup — any of several semiparasitic plants of the genus Castilleja, of the figwort family, having highly colored dilated bracts about the flowers.
- palaearctic — of or denoting a zoogeographical region consisting of Europe, Africa north of the Sahara, and most of Asia north of the Himalayas