10-letter words containing a, p, l, n
- encephalon — The brain.
- encephalum — The brain of an insect.
- endopleura — the internal coating of a seed
- enkephalin — Either of two compounds that occur naturally in the brain. They are peptides related to the endorphins, with similar physiological effects.
- epagomenal — inserted at intervals; intercalary
- epaulement — a construction to protect troops from attack
- epicentral — Of or pertaining to an epicentre.
- epiretinal — (anatomy) Over or covering the retina.
- episternal — Of or pertaining to the episternum.
- eruptional — relating to volcanic eruption
- esplanades — Plural form of esplanade.
- euphonical — (archaic) euphonious; pleasing to the ear.
- exoplanets — Plural form of exoplanet.
- expandable — Having the capacity to be expanded.
- expansible — Expandable.
- expansibly — in an expansible manner
- expendable — (of an object) Designed to be used only once and then abandoned or destroyed.
- explaining — Present participle of explain.
- explananda — Plural form of explanandum.
- expugnable — Capable of being expugned.
- face-plant — to fall onto one's face, esp when skiing or snowboarding
- false pond — a mirage.
- flagperson — A gender-neutral term for someone who uses a flag, especially as a form of signalling.
- flapdragon — an old game in which the players snatch raisins, plums, etc., out of burning brandy, and eat them.
- flashpoint — Also, flashing point. Physical Chemistry. the lowest temperature at which a liquid in a specified apparatus will give off sufficient vapor to ignite momentarily on application of a flame.
- flippantly — frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity: The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism.
- floatplane — a seaplane having landing gear consisting of one or more floats.
- floodplain — a nearly flat plain along the course of a stream or river that is naturally subject to flooding.
- floor plan — a diagram of one room, apartment, or entire floor of a building, usually drawn to scale.
- fore plane — a plane, intermediate in size between a jack plane and a jointer plane, used for preliminary smoothing.
- franz lisp — (language) A MacLisp-like dialect of Lisp, developed primarily for work in symbolic algebra by R. Fateman et al at Ucb in about 1980. It was named after the Hungarian composer Franz Liszt (1811-1886). Franz Lisp was written in C and includes a compiler called "Liszt". Version: Opus 38.22. Liszt 8.08.
- funnel cap — any of various basidiomycetous fungi of the genus Clitocybe, characterized by the funnel-shaped caps and, usually, markedly decurrent gills
- galumphing — to move along heavily and clumsily.
- gangplanks — Plural form of gangplank.
- geoponical — agricultural
- giant kelp — any of various very large kelps of the genera Laminaria, Macrocystis, and Nereocystis.
- gin palace — (formerly) a gaudy drinking house
- glen plaid — a plaid pattern of muted colors or of black or gray and white, especially one in which two dark and two light stripes alternate with four dark and four light stripes, both vertically and horizontally, forming a crossing pattern of irregular checks.
- gnaphalium — Any of the genus Gnaphalium of flowering plants, the cudweeds.
- graplement — a close fight or a close fighting grasp
- grapplings — Plural form of grappling.
- graspingly — In a grasping manner.
- gymnoplast — a mass of protoplasm without an enclosing wall.
- half snipe — jacksnipe (def 1).
- half-plane — the part of the plane on one side of a straight line of infinite length in the plane.
- half-pound — a unit of weight equal to 8 ounces avoirdupois (0.227 kilogram) or 6 ounces troy or apothecaries' weight (0.187 kilogram).
- handclasps — Plural form of handclasp.
- haplobiont — an organism, esp a plant, that exists in either the diploid form or the haploid form (but never alternates between these forms) during its life cycle
- heptagonal — having seven sides or angles.
- heptathlon — an athletic contest for women comprising seven different track-and-field events and won by the contestant amassing the highest total score.