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11-letter words containing a, p, e

  • 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
  • bread plate — A bread plate is a small plate for bread that you eat along with your main meal.
  • break it up — stop fighting
  • break point — a point which allows the receiving player to break the service of the server
  • breaking-up — separation, or the action of separating, into smaller parts
  • breast lump — a harder lump detectable in the soft tissue of a woman's breast
  • breast pump — a device for extracting and collecting milk from the breast during lactation
  • breastplate — A breastplate is a piece of armour that covers and protects the chest.
  • brickshaped — resembling the shape of a brick
  • 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.
  • broiler pan — a pan for broiling food
  • broken play — an improvised offensive play that results when the originally planned play has failed to be executed properly.
  • brown paper — a coarse unbleached paper used for wrapping
  • bubble wrap — a type of polythene wrapping containing many small air pockets, used as a protective covering when transporting breakable goods
  • buck passer — a person who avoids responsibility by shifting it to another, especially unjustly or improperly.
  • buck-passer — a person who regularly seeks to shift blame or responsibility to someone else
  • budget plan — the planning of one's spending
  • bumper jack — a jack for lifting a motor vehicle by the bumper.
  • bupivacaine — a local anaesthetic of long duration, used for nerve blocks
  • bush parole — an escape from prison.
  • butterpaste — a mixture of flour and butter kneaded together, used as a thickening for sauces.
  • buzz phrase — a phrase that comes into vogue in the same way as a buzz word
  • cacoepistic — Of or relating to mispronounced words.
  • cacophonies — Plural form of cacophony.
  • cactus pear — tuna2 .
  • cadet corps — a group of school pupils receiving elementary military training in a school corps
  • caecotrophy — (biology) In certain mammals, especially rabbits and other lagomorphs, the consumption of food pellets which are naturally produced by means of digestion, retention in the caecum, and expulsion through the anus.
  • caesalpinia — designating a family (Caesalpiniaceae) of leguminous trees and shrubs, including the Kentucky coffee tree
  • cake makeup — face makeup in the form of a cake, usually applied with a damp sponge.
  • calyptrogen — a layer of rapidly dividing cells at the tip of a plant root, from which the root cap is formed. It occurs in grasses and many other plants
  • camel corps — a brigade of infantry mounted on camels used by the British army in various campaigns
  • camelopards — Plural form of camelopard.
  • cameraphone — a mobile phone incorporating a camera
  • camp robber — Canada jay
  • campaigners — Plural form of campaigner.
  • campanulate — (esp of flower corollas) shaped like a bell
  • campbellism — the practices and principles of the Disciples of Christ.
  • campbellite — a member of the Disciples of Christ.
  • campbeltown — a seaport on the Kintyre peninsula, in SW Scotland: resort.
  • campesterol — (organic compound) A phytosterol, found in many vegetable oils, related to sitosterol.
  • campestrian — Relating to open fields; growing in a field, or open ground.
  • camphor ice — an ointment consisting of camphor, white wax, spermaceti, and castor oil, used to treat skin ailments, esp chapped skin
  • camphorated — impregnated or combined with camphor
  • camphorates — Plural form of camphorate.
  • camphorweed — vinegarweed.
  • 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.
  • cantaloupes — Plural form of cantaloupe.
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