10-letter words containing a, p, e, l, n
- biparental — from two parents
- blank tape — magnetic tape that has no recorded sound or image, as an unused or erased tape.
- calliopean — resembling a calliope in sound; piercingly loud: a calliopean voice.
- camel spin — camel (def 3).
- campanella — Tommaso. 1568–1639, Italian philosopher and Dominican friar. During his imprisonment by the Spaniards (1599–1626) he wrote his celebrated utopian fantasy, La città del sole
- campaniles — Plural form of campanile.
- can't help — If you say you can't help thinking something, you are expressing your opinion in an indirect way, often because you think it seems rude.
- candlepins — a type of bowling game, employing a smaller ball than tenpins, in which three balls are allowed to a frame and fallen pins are not removed from the alley
- cantaloupe — A cantaloupe is a type of melon.
- cape blanc — a headland in N Tunisia: the northernmost point of Africa
- capitoline — of or relating to the Capitoline or the temple of Jupiter
- capnophile — (biology) A microorganism that requires or grows best in presence of high concentrations of carbon dioxide.
- cellophane — Cellophane is a thin, transparent material that is used to wrap things.
- cephalexin — a cephalosporin antibiotic prescribed for mild infections of the skin, ears, throat, lungs, or urinary tract
- cephalonia — a mountainous island in the Ionian Sea, the largest of the Ionian Islands, off the W coast of Greece. Pop: 36 404 (2001). Area: 935 sq km (365 sq miles)
- chainplate — a metal plate on the side of a vessel, to which the shrouds are attached
- channel op — (messaging) /chan'l op/ (Or "op", "chan op", "chop") Someone who is endowed with privileges on a particular IRC channel. These privileges include the right to kick users, to change various status bits and to make others into CHOPs. The full form, "channel operator", is almost never used.
- chapfallen — dejected; downhearted; crestfallen
- chopfallen — chapfallen
- clappering — the sound made by using a clapper
- clonazepam — a medication used to treat conditions that involve seizures
- collophane — a massive, cryptocrystalline variety of apatite that is the principal component of phosphate rock and fossil bone.
- compendial — Related to a compendium that serves as a standard, such as the w British Pharmacopoeia, or the w US Pharmacopeia.
- complacent — A complacent person is very pleased with themselves or feels that they do not need to do anything about a situation, even though the situation may be uncertain or dangerous.
- complained — to express dissatisfaction, pain, uneasiness, censure, resentment, or grief; find fault: He complained constantly about the noise in the corridor.
- complainer — A complainer is someone who complains a lot about their problems or about things they do not like.
- complanate — having a flattened or compressed aspect
- compliance — a disposition to yield to or comply with others
- conceptual — Conceptual means related to ideas and concepts formed in the mind.
- cone plant — any dwarf succulent of the genus Conophytum, native to southern Africa.
- contraplex — relating to the transmission of two messages in opposite directions simultaneously
- crapulence — sickness caused by excess in drinking or eating
- dawes plan — a plan to ensure payments of reparations by Germany after World War I, devised by an international committee headed by Charles Gates Dawes and put into effect in 1924.
- deep clean — an exceptionally intense cleaning process
- dependable — If you say that someone or something is dependable, you approve of them because you feel that you can be sure that they will always act consistently or sensibly, or do what you need them to do.
- dependably — capable of being depended on; worthy of trust; reliable: a dependable employee.
- depilation — to remove the hair from (hides, skin, etc.).
- didelphian — of or relating to an animal in the Didelphia subclass of mammals
- downplayed — Simple past tense and past participle of downplay.
- drop-panel — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- el capitan — a mountain in E central California, in the Sierra Nevada: a monolith with a precipice rising over 1100 m (3600 ft) above the floor of the Yosemite Valley. Height: 2306 m (7564 ft)
- elaeoptene — eleoptene
- elecampane — A plant that has yellow daisylike flowers with long slender petals and bitter aromatic roots that are used in herbal medicine, native to central Asia.
- empaneling — Present participle of empanel.
- empanelled — Simple past tense and past participle of empanel.
- emplastron — a plaster containing a balm or medication
- encephalic — of or relating to the brain
- encephalo- — indicating the brain
- encephalon — The brain.
- encephalum — The brain of an insect.