11-letter words containing a, d, p, c
- lady chapel — a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary, attached to a church, and generally behind the high altar at the extremity of the apse.
- lake placid — a town in NE New York, in the Adirondack Mountains: resort.
- landscapers — Plural form of landscaper.
- landscaping — a section or expanse of rural scenery, usually extensive, that can be seen from a single viewpoint.
- landscapist — an artist who paints landscapes.
- lap dancing — an erotic dance by a stripteaser performed mostly in the lap of a customer.
- lapidescent — in the process of changing into stone
- lasiocampid — (zoology) Any member of the Lasiocampidae.
- lead pencil — a writing or drawing implement made of graphite in a wooden or metal holder.
- leap second — Coordinated Universal Time
- leptodactyl — leptodactylous
- lipoic acid — sulphur-containing fatty acid
- macropodous — (of a leaf) having a long stalk.
- muck-up day — the last day of school before the annual examinations, marked by practical jokes and other student pranks
- nudist camp — a resort where nudism is practiced
- numeric pad — a separate section on some computer keyboards, grouping together numeric keys and those for mathematical or other special functions in an arrangement like that of a calculator.
- octapeptide — An oligopeptide having eight amino acids.
- operculated — relating to the operculum
- orthopaedic — of or relating to orthopedics.
- pachydactyl — with thick digits
- pachydermal — having the characteristics of a pachyderm
- pachydermia — an abnormal thickening of the skin
- pachydermic — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- pachysandra — any plant of the genus Pachysandra, as the Allegheny spurge or Japanese spurge, the leaves of which grow in a rounded clump, widely used as a ground cover in the U.S.
- padded cell — a room, as in a mental hospital, with padded walls for the confinement of violent inmates.
- 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.
- palindromic — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- pancake day — Christian calendar: Shrove Tuesday
- pancarditis — inflammation of the entire heart: the pericardium, myocardium, and endocardium.
- paradoxical — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
- paramedical — related to the medical profession in a secondary or supplementary capacity.
- parascender — a person who takes part in parascending
- parasuicide — the deliberate infliction of injury on oneself or the taking of a drug overdose as an attempt at suicide which may not be intended to be successful
- parchedness — the state or characteristic of being parched
- parenticide — a person who kills one or both of his or her parents.
- pas de chat — a jump of one foot over the other.
- pas de cote — a two-track.
- pasty-faced — having a pale, unhealthy, sallow complexion: an awkward, pasty-faced youth.
- pectic acid — any of several water-insoluble products of the hydrolysis of pectin esters.
- pedagogical — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
- pedal cycle — a cycle that is propelled by operating the pedals, as opposed to a motorcycle
- pedanticise — to be pedantic
- pedanticism — pedantry.
- pedanticize — to be pedantic
- pedantocrat — a pedantic ruler
- pedicellate — having a pedicel or pedicels.
- pediculated — having a stalk or stalks
- pedological — the scientific study of the nature and development of children.