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11-letter words containing a, c, l, e, p

  • black maple — a tree, Acer saccharum nigrum, of eastern and central North America, having furrowed, blackish bark and yellow-green flowers.
  • black perch — a livebearing surfperch, Embiotoca jacksoni, occurring in abundance along the coast of California, having brownish-black scales often tinged with blue or yellow and a thick, reddish mouth.
  • black power — a social, economic, and political movement of Black people, esp in the US, to obtain equality with White people
  • black sheep — If you describe someone as the black sheep of their family or of a group that they are a member of, you mean that they are considered bad or worthless by other people in that family or group.
  • blanca peak — highest peak of the Sangre de Cristo range, S Colo.: 14,317 ft (4,364 m)
  • block plane — a carpenter's small plane used to cut across the end grain of wood
  • caesalpinia — designating a family (Caesalpiniaceae) of leguminous trees and shrubs, including the Kentucky coffee tree
  • 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
  • camel corps — a brigade of infantry mounted on camels used by the British army in various campaigns
  • camelopards — Plural form of camelopard.
  • campanulate — (esp of flower corollas) shaped like a bell
  • campbellism — the practices and principles of the Disciples of Christ.
  • campbellite — a member of the Disciples of Christ.
  • campbeltown — a seaport on the Kintyre peninsula, in SW Scotland: resort.
  • campesterol — (organic compound) A phytosterol, found in many vegetable oils, related to sitosterol.
  • 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.
  • cantaloupes — Plural form of cantaloupe.
  • capableness — The state or quality of being capable.
  • cape blanco — a peninsula in Mauritania, on the Atlantic coast
  • cape collar — a soft, wide, circular collar that covers the shoulders and the upper arms like a cape.
  • cape colony — the name from 1652 until 1910 of the former Cape Province of South Africa
  • cape helles — a cape in NW Turkey, at the S end of the Gallipoli Peninsula
  • cape-glossa — Cape, a promontory in SW Albania.
  • capillaries — pertaining to or occurring in or as if in a tube of fine bore.
  • capitalised — to write or print in capital letters letters or with an initial capital letter.
  • capitalized — Simple past tense and past participle of capitalize.
  • capitalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of capitalize.
  • capitellate — (botany) Having a very small knob-like termination, or collected into minute capitula.
  • capitulated — Simple past tense and past participle of capitulate.
  • capitulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of capitulate.
  • capiz shell — whitish, translucent shell of the Philippines, used in making lamp shades, decorative articles, etc.
  • cappelletti — small squares of pasta containing a savoury mixture of meat, cheese, or vegetables
  • captionless — (of a cartoon) having no caption
  • cargo plane — a plane carrying cargo
  • carpet plot — the graphed values of a function of more than one variable, read from an ordinate at points located by the intersection of curves of constant values of each of the variables
  • carpet tile — a tile made of carpeting material that is used for flooring.
  • castle peak — highest peak in the Elk Mountain range, in W central Colorado. 14,265 feet (4352 meters).
  • cataplectic — Pathology. a condition characterized by sudden, brief attacks of muscle weakness sometimes causing the body to fall helplessly, that is usually triggered by strong emotion: often associated with narcolepsy.
  • catapultier — a person who fires a catapult
  • caterpillar — A caterpillar is a small, worm-like animal that feeds on plants and eventually develops into a butterfly or moth.
  • caterpiller — Archaic spelling of caterpillar.
  • cattle prod — A cattle prod is an object shaped like a long stick. Farmers make cattle move in a particular direction by pushing the cattle prod against the bodies of the animals.
  • cattle-stop — a grid of metal bars covering a hollow or hole dug in a roadway, intended to prevent the passage of livestock while allowing vehicles, etc, to pass unhindered
  • cebocephaly — A developmental anomaly of the head, characterized by a monkey-like head with a defective small, flattened nose with a single nostril or absent nose and closely set eyes.
  • cedar apple — a brown gall on the branches of the juniper, produced by several rust fungi of the genus Gymnosporangium.
  • centripetal — acting, moving, or tending to move towards a centre
  • cephalalgia — headache (def 1).
  • cephalalgic — relating to or affected by headache
  • cephalocele — a protrusion of the brain or cranial matter through an opening in the skull
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