12-letter words containing a, l, p, e, n
- bell captain — a person in charge of a group of bellhops
- benzal group — the bivalent group C 7 H 6 –, derived from benzaldehyde.
- bernese alps — a mountain range in SW Switzerland, the N central part of the Alps. Highest peak: Finsteraarhorn, 4274 m (14 022 ft)
- bernina alps — a mountain group in SE Switzerland, extending from the Rhateian Alps on the Italian border. Highest peak, Piz Bernina, 13,304 feet (4055 meters).
- betanaphthol — a colorless, crystalline isomer of naphthol, C10H8O, used as an antiseptic and parasiticide
- biparentally — from a biparental point of view
- bipropellant — a rocket propellant consisting of two substances, usually a fuel and an oxidizer
- black prince — Edward2 (Prince of Wales)
- booklet pane — Philately. any of a number of panes or small pages of postage stamps, stapled together into a booklet for the convenience of users.
- caesalpinoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Caesalpinoideae, a mainly tropical subfamily of leguminous plants that have irregular flowers: includes carob, senna, brazil, cassia, and poinciana
- calendar api — Calendar Application Programming Interface
- camp lejeune — a U.S. Marine Corps base in SE North Carolina SE of Jacksonville on Onslow Bay.
- cancelpoodle — (messaging) (Or Cancelbunny) A manifestation of the Cancelmoose in the form of a more selective (and probably not automated) way to cancel Usenet articles. The term became common during the alt.religion.scientology wars of the mid-90s, during which Cancelpoodles were used. The "poodle" part is an allusion to one of the parties obliquely involved in the fray, who an earlier well-known witticism had compared to "a psychotic poodle".
- candied peel — fruit skin which has been impregnated or encrusted with sugar or syrup, esp that of citrus fruits
- carpool lane — a lane of a major road or motorway that is reserved for vehicles with a minimum number of passengers, designed to encourage carpooling
- cattleperson — Someone who works with, or rears cattle.
- center plate — one of a pair of plates that fit together and support the body of a car on a truck, while allowing the truck to rotate with respect to the body. One plate (body center plate) is attached to the underside of the car body and the other (truck center plate) is part of the car truck.
- central park — a public park in central Manhattan, New York City. 840 acres (340 hectares).
- centuplicate — to increase 100 times
- channel port — one of the English or French ports on the English Channel
- chaplinesque — characteristic of or resembling the comedy or filmmaking style of Charlie Chaplin.
- chat-up line — A chat-up line is a remark that someone makes in order to start a conversation with someone they do not know but find sexually attractive.
- cip language — language> (CIP-L, Computer-aided Intuition-guided Programming Language) A wide-spectrum language for incremental program transformation. There are ALGOL- and Pascal-like variants.
- clap eyes on — to catch sight of
- cleptomaniac — kleptomania.
- clomipramine — A tricyclic, heterocyclic drug used to treat depression, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
- coleopterans — Plural form of coleopteran.
- common pleas — in some U.S. states, a court having general and original jurisdiction over civil and criminal trials
- commonplaces — Plural form of commonplace.
- compellation — appellation
- complacently — pleased, especially with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: The voters are too complacent to change the government.
- complainable — That may be complained of.
- complaintive — Tending to complain, characterized by complaining.
- complaisance — deference to the wishes of others; willing compliance
- complemental — complementary; completing.
- complexation — the formation of a complex
- complexional — Relating to complexion.
- compliancies — compliance (defs 1, 2, 4).
- complimental — complimentary
- componential — a constituent part; element; ingredient.
- compoundable — That can be compounded.
- conceptional — the act of conceiving; the state of being conceived.
- conceptually — pertaining to concepts or to the forming of concepts.
- conduplicate — folded lengthways on itself
- contemplable — able to be contemplated
- contemplated — to look at or view with continued attention; observe or study thoughtfully: to contemplate the stars.
- contemplates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contemplate.
- contemplator — to look at or view with continued attention; observe or study thoughtfully: to contemplate the stars.
- contemptable — Contemptible.
- counterplead — to plead the opposite of