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11-letter words containing a, d, p

  • bell-shaped — shaped like a bell
  • bipyramidal — relating to a symmetrical structure consisting of two pyramids
  • blind-stamp — to emboss or impress (the cover or spine of a book) without using ink or foil.
  • boat-shaped — shaped like a boat
  • body packer — a smuggler of illegal drugs, especially one who swallows bags containing them.
  • body-packer — a person who smuggles illicit drugs in balloons, condoms, or similar plastic bags which have either been swallowed or inserted in the rectum or vagina
  • bondmanship — the state of being a bondman; serfdom
  • bradypeptic — a person with slow digestion
  • brake pedal — (in a vehicle) a pedal that connects to the brake cable and thus operates the braking mechanism
  • branchiopod — any crustacean of the mainly freshwater subclass Branchiopoda, having flattened limblike appendages for swimming, feeding, and respiration. The group includes the water fleas
  • brandy snap — Brandy snaps are very thin crisp biscuits in the shape of hollow cylinders. They are flavoured with ginger and are often filled with cream.
  • bread plate — A bread plate is a small plate for bread that you eat along with your main meal.
  • brickshaped — resembling the shape of a brick
  • bridal shop — a shop that specializes in selling bridal wear
  • bridge lamp — a floor lamp, especially one having the light source on an arm so hinged as to be horizontally adjustable.
  • bridle path — A bridle path is a path intended for people riding horses.
  • brood patch — a highly vascular, featherless area developed on the abdomen of certain brooding birds that is in direct contact with eggs during incubation and provides additional warmth.
  • budget plan — the planning of one's spending
  • bumpsadaisy — an exclamation said to a child who has fallen down
  • caddy spoon — a small spoon used in taking tea from a storage caddy.
  • cadet corps — a group of school pupils receiving elementary military training in a school corps
  • camelopards — Plural form of camelopard.
  • campgrounds — Plural form of campground.
  • camphorated — impregnated or combined with camphor
  • camphorweed — vinegarweed.
  • camphorwood — The wood of Cinnamomum camphora, an evergreen tree whose leaves have a smell of camphor when crushed.
  • 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.
  • cap in hand — If you go cap in hand to someone, you ask them very humbly to give you something or to do something for you.
  • capacitated — Simple past tense and past participle of capacitate.
  • caparisoned — (of a horse) Having a richly ornamented harness.
  • cape doctor — a strong fresh SE wind blowing in the vicinity of Cape Town, esp in the summer
  • capernoited — capricious
  • capitalised — to write or print in capital letters letters or with an initial capital letter.
  • capitalized — Simple past tense and past participle of capitalize.
  • capitulated — Simple past tense and past participle of capitulate.
  • cappadocian — of or relating to Cappadocia or its inhabitants
  • capped hock — any swelling, inflammatory or otherwise, on the point of the hock of horses.
  • capped pawn — a pawn that has been singled out or marked by a strong player as the one with which he or she intends to effect checkmate in giving a weaker opponent odds.
  • capped-rate — having a fixed upper limit
  • capric acid — a crystalline fatty acid, CH3(CH2)8COOH, occurring as a glyceride in natural fats and oils, used in making artificial fruit flavors, perfumes, etc.
  • caprimulgid — (zoology) Any of the Caprimulgidae, or nightjar family.
  • card hopper — a device that allows cards of varying thicknesses to be fed individually through an outlet opening in a printer without adjustment
  • cardiograph — an instrument for recording the mechanical force and form of heart movements
  • cardiolipin — a lipid purified from bovine heart and used as an antigen for reacting with reagin, the Wassermann antibody, in the Wassermann diagnostic test for syphilis.
  • cardiopathy — a heart disease or disorder
  • cardiospasm — failure of the muscle fibers at the lower end of the esophagus to relax, resulting in swallowing difficulty and regurgitation.
  • cardophagus — a donkey
  • cardsharper — (rare) alternative spelling of cardsharp.
  • 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.
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