11-letter words containing a, n, c, i, p
- capsulizing — Present participle of capsulize.
- captainship — captaincy.
- captionless — (of a cartoon) having no caption
- captivating — Someone or something that is captivating fascinates or attracts you.
- captivation — to attract and hold the attention or interest of, as by beauty or excellence; enchant: Her blue eyes and red hair captivated him.
- 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.
- carnaptious — ill-tempered or cantankerous
- carpathians — a mountain range in central Europe, extending from N Slovakia to central Romania. Highest peak, Gerlachovka, 8737 feet (2663 meters).
- carpentaria — Gulf ofarm of the Arafura Sea, indenting the N coast of Australia: c. 480 mi (772 km) long; 400 mi (644 km) wide
- carpinteria — a town in SW California.
- carpogonium — the female sex organ of red algae, consisting of a swollen base containing the ovum and a long neck down which the male gametes pass
- caspian sea — a salt lake between SE Europe and Asia: the largest inland sea in the world; fed mainly by the River Volga. Area: 394 299 sq km (152 239 sq miles)
- cataphonics — catacoustics
- catapulting — Present participle of catapult.
- centripetal — acting, moving, or tending to move towards a centre
- cephalothin — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
- ceratopsian — resembling or belonging to the Ceratopsia, a suborder of herbivorous dinosaurs characterized by their parrot-like beaks, horns, and neck frills
- chain plate — any of the metal plates secured to the hull of a sailing vessel or elsewhere to hold shrouds and backstays at their lower ends.
- chainplates — Plural form of chainplate.
- chairperson — The chairperson of a meeting, committee, or organization is the person in charge of it.
- champignons — Plural form of champignon.
- championess — a female champion
- championing — a person who has defeated all opponents in a competition or series of competitions, so as to hold first place: the heavyweight boxing champion.
- champollion — Jean François (ʒɑ̃ frɑ̃swa). 1790–1832, French Egyptologist, who deciphered the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta stone
- chaperoning — a person, usually a married or older woman, who, for propriety, accompanies a young unmarried woman in public or who attends a party of young unmarried men and women.
- chaperonins — Plural form of chaperonin.
- charpentier — Gustave (ɡystav). 1860–1956, French composer, whose best-known work is the opera Louise (1900)
- chimney cap — a raised cover for the top of a chimney, usually in the form of a slab or cornice.
- chimpanzees — Plural form of chimpanzee.
- chinquapins — Plural form of chinquapin.
- chippendale — Chippendale is a style of furniture from the eighteenth century.
- chiropteran — of, relating to, or belonging to the Chiroptera, an order of placental mammals comprising the bats
- chymopapain — papain, esp. when injected into a slipped disk to dissolve pain-causing soft cartilage
- cinemascope — an anamorphic process of wide-screen film projection in which an image of approximately twice the usual width is squeezed into a 35mm frame and then screened by a projector having complementary lenses
- clasp knife — a large knife with one or more blades or other devices folding into the handle
- clay pigeon — Clay pigeons are discs of baked clay which are thrown into the air by a machine as targets for gun shooting practice.
- cleptomania — kleptomania
- cling peach — a clingstone peach.
- clubmanship — the status of belonging to an active club
- colophonian — a native of Colophon.
- compaginate — to join or unite
- companiable — sociable
- companioned — Simple past tense and past participle of companion.
- companywide — Extending throughout a company.
- comparisons — Plural form of comparison.
- compassings — contrivances or schemes
- compilating — Present participle of compilate.
- compilation — A compilation is a book, CD, or programme that contains many different items that have been gathered together, usually ones which have already appeared in other places.
- complainant — A complainant is a person who starts a court case in a court of law.
- complainers — Plural form of complainer.