11-letter words containing a, d, p
- apicodental — articulated with the apex of the tongue near the upper front teeth, as ( (θ) ; t h) ) and (; ð) ; th) )
- apodictical — (archaic) Apodictic; being clearly demonstrable; certain.
- apodization — (mathematics) Any of several techniques to modify the form of a mathematical function, or of a spectrum etc. by smoothing or removing irregularities.
- apodyterium — the changing room in an ancient Roman bathhouse
- apostatized — Simple past tense and past participle of apostatize.
- apostlebird — an omnivorous bird, Struthidea cinerea, of eastern Australia, that has chiefly dark gray-brown plumage with white tail markings and is noted for its habit of traveling in groups of about 12 related individuals.
- appeal fund — money raised for charity, a hospital, etc by means of an appeal
- appendences — attached or suspended; annexed.
- appendiceal — of or relating to the vermiform appendix.
- apperceived — Simple past tense and past participle of apperceive.
- appertained — Past participle of appertain.
- applaudable — worthy of being applauded
- applaudably — in an applaudable manner
- apple cider — non-alcoholic juice drink
- apple dowdy — Chiefly New England. a deep-dish apple pie or cobbler, usually sweetened with molasses.
- applied art — design used for practical purposes
- apportioned — to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution: to apportion expenses among the three men.
- appreciated — to be grateful or thankful for: They appreciated his thoughtfulness.
- apprehended — Simple past tense and past participle of apprehend.
- apprehender — Agent noun of apprehend; one who apprehends.
- apprenticed — a person who works for another in order to learn a trade: an apprentice to a plumber.
- aptitudinal — capability; ability; innate or acquired capacity for something; talent: She has a special aptitude for mathematics.
- arabidopsis — Any cress (or related plant) of the genus Arabidopsis.
- argand lamp — an oil lamp with a chimney, having a tubular wick that permits air to reach the center of the flame.
- arkadelphia — a city in central Arkansas.
- arpeggiated — having arpeggios
- arthropodan — relating to arthropods
- asphyxiated — Simple past tense and past participle of asphyxiate.
- aspidistras — Plural form of aspidistra.
- atmosphered — having an intellectual or psychological climate or feeling
- audiophiles — Plural form of audiophile.
- audiotypist — a typist trained to type from a dictating machine
- auditorship — the position or function of auditor
- autographed — Simple past tense and past participle of autograph.
- avoirdupois — a system of weights used in many English-speaking countries. It is based on the pound, which contains 16 ounces or 7000 grains. 100 pounds (US) or 112 pounds (Brit) is equal to 1 hundredweight and 20 hundredweights equals 1 ton
- azido group — the univalent group N 3 −, derived from hydrazoic acid.
- back-paddle — to propel a boat by paddling backward, as by using a stroke in the direction of stern to bow.
- backpedaled — (US) Simple past tense and past participle of backpedal.
- backslapped — Simple past tense and past participle of backslap.
- backstopped — Simple past tense and past participle of backstop.
- baldcypress — any of a genus (Taxodium, esp. T. distichum) of cone-bearing trees of the baldcypress family, that grows in the swamps of the SE U.S. and normally sheds its small, pointed needles in the fall
- banded pack — two products which are held together with a band and sold together at a discounted price
- bandywallop — an imaginary town, far from civilization
- barbed tape — wire with razor-sharp edges or projections, placed in coils as a barrier along the tops of fences or walls, as at a prison.
- base period — a neutral period used as a standard for comparison in constructing an index to express a variable factor: 100 is usually taken as the index number for the variable in the base period
- basidiocarp — the fruiting body of basidiomycetous fungi; the mushroom of agarics
- bastard pop — a type of popular music in which two records, usually from different genres or eras, are blended together into a whole, often using the vocal performance from one and the instrumental from the other
- be prepared — to be willing and able (to do something)
- bed and pep — (of a stock-exchange transaction) complying with regulations for self-select PEPs, a shareholding being sold in the evening and bought back the next morning for the shareholder's own PEP
- bedaux-plan — a system of payment for work on the basis of the number of points of work done in a given amount of time, each point representing one minute of work on a given job at a normal rate of speed.