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11-letter words containing a, c, r, o, p

  • drop anchor — secure a ship in place
  • drop cannon — a shot in which the first object ball joins or gathers with the cue ball and the other object ball, esp at the top of the table
  • dry compass — a compass having a compass card mounted on pivots.
  • duplicators — Plural form of duplicator.
  • electroplax — Each of a number of flattened plates of protoplasm that make up the electric organ of certain fishes, e.g., the electric eel.
  • emancipator — A person who emancipates.
  • escape road — a road, usually ending in a pile of sand, provided on a hill for a driver to drive into if his brakes fail or on a bend if he loses control of the turn
  • exculpatory — Excusing or clearing of any wrongdoing.
  • expectorant — A medicine that promotes the secretion of sputum by the air passages, used especially to treat coughs.
  • expectorate — Cough or spit out phlegm from the throat or lungs.
  • expiscatory — acting to expiscate; tending to expiscate
  • explicatory — Explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.
  • face powder — a cosmetic powder used to give a mat finish to the face.
  • flock paper — a wallpaper treated with flock to emphasize a design or effect.
  • floor space — an area on the floor of a premises where objects may be placed
  • food parcel — parcels of food prepared and sent, esp by charitable organizations, to people in need
  • footscraper — a metal bar, set in a small frame and attached to a doorstep, used in cleaning mud from the bottoms of the shoes before entering a house.
  • forcipation — the state or condition of being forcipated
  • fort casper — a fort in central Wyoming, near Casper: an important post on the Oregon Trail.
  • francophile — friendly to or having a strong liking for France or the French.
  • francophobe — Also, Francophobic. fearing or hating France, the French people, and French culture, products, etc.
  • francophone — Also, Francophonic [frang-kuh-fon-ik] /ˌfræŋ kəˈfɒn ɪk/ (Show IPA). speaking French, especially as a member of a French-speaking population.
  • frappuccino — Iced cappuccino.
  • gastroscope — a lighted flexible tubular instrument passed through the mouth for examining the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum.
  • gastroscopy — the examination with a gastroscope to detect disease.
  • germaphobic — Alternative form of germophobic.
  • gopherspace — (networking)   The sum of all files that can be reached using gopher.
  • graptolitic — relating to, or containing, graptolites
  • gyrocompass — a navigational compass containing a gyroscope rotor, that, when adjusted for the latitude and speed of the vessel or aircraft, indicates the direction of true north along the surface of the earth or communicates this information to one or more gyro repeaters.
  • halomorphic — containing or resulting from the presence of neutral salts or alkaline salts or the presence of both
  • haptotropic — relating to haptotropism
  • harpsichord — a keyboard instrument, precursor of the piano, in which the strings are plucked by leather or quill points connected with the keys, in common use from the 16th to the 18th century, and revived in the 20th.
  • helicograph — an instrument for drawing helices.
  • hemeralopic — (medicine) Unable to see clearly in bright light; day-blind; suffering from hemeralopia.
  • heterocarpy — the production of more than one kind of fruit in one plant.
  • hippocrates — ("Father of Medicine") c460–c377 b.c, Greek physician.
  • hippocratic — ("Father of Medicine") c460–c377 b.c, Greek physician.
  • holographic — Also, holographic [hol-uh-graf-ik, hoh-luh-] /ˌhɒl əˈgræf ɪk, ˌhoʊ lə-/ (Show IPA), holographical. wholly written by the person in whose name it appears: a holograph letter.
  • homographic — a word of the same written form as another but of different meaning and usually origin, whether pronounced the same way or not, as bear 1 “to carry; support” and bear 2 “animal” or lead 1 “to conduct” and lead 2 “metal.”.
  • hydnocarpic — of or relating to hydnocarpic acid
  • hydropathic — Relating to hydropathy.
  • hypercholia — abnormally large secretion of bile.
  • hypocaloric — That is low in dietary calories.
  • hypocentral — (geology) Of or pertaining to the hypocentre of an earthquake.
  • hypochromia — an anemic condition due to a deficiency of hemoglobin in the red blood cells.
  • hypogastric — of, relating to, or situated in the hypogastrium.
  • hypothecary — of or relating to a hypothec.
  • ichnography — the art of drawing a ground plan or layout of a building.
  • iconography — symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images.
  • ideographic — an ideogram.
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