11-letter words containing c, a, n, o, p
- inculpatory — to charge with fault; blame; accuse.
- ineptocracy — (countable, pejorative) A government characterized by incompetent leaders.
- infographic — Often, infographics. a visual presentation of information in the form of a chart, graph, or other image accompanied by minimal text, intended to give an easily understood overview, often of a complex subject: a mass-transit infographic that uses different colors to represent different modes of transportation.
- intercupola — the space between an inner and an outer dome.
- knoop scale — a scale of hardness based on the indentation made in the material to be tested by a diamond point.
- leap second — Coordinated Universal Time
- lophobranch — belonging or pertaining to the Lophobranchii, the group of fishes comprising the pipefishes, sea horses, snipefishes, trumpetfishes, etc.
- lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
- lycanthropy — a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
- mancipation — (obsolete) slavery.
- mancipatory — relating to mancipation
- match point — (in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) the point that if won would enable the scorer or the scorer's side to win the match.
- mecopterans — Plural form of mecopteran.
- misocapnist — (rare) One who hates tobacco smoke.
- monocarpous — having a gynoecium that forms only a single ovary.
- monographic — a treatise on a particular subject, as a biographical study or study of the works of one artist.
- nanophysics — the physics of structures and artefacts with dimensions in the nanometre range or of phenomena occurring in nanoseconds
- narcoleptic — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
- neanthropic — of or relating to modern forms of humans as compared with extinct species of the genus Homo.
- necrophagan — (zoology) Any of the tribe Necrophaga of beetles whose larvae feed on carrion.
- necrophagia — the eating of dead bodies; esp., the practice of feeding on carrion
- necrophilia — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- necrophobia — an abnormal fear of death; thanatophobia.
- neoplatonic — a philosophical system, originated in the 3rd century a.d. by Plotinus, founded chiefly on Platonic doctrine and Eastern mysticism, with later influences from Christianity. It holds that all existence consists of emanations from the One with whom the soul may be reunited.
- neotropical — belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising that part of the New World extending from the tropic of Cancer southward.
- neuropathic — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- noctiphobia — Fear of night; nyctophobia.
- non-optical — of, relating to, or applying optics or the principles of optics.
- non-typical — of the nature of or serving as a type or representative specimen.
- noncoplanar — not existing in the same plane
- nonemphatic — lacking emphasis, not emphatic
- nonoperatic — not operatic
- nonphysical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- nonspecular — that reflects light diffusely and evenly over the hemisphere surrounding the reflective surface; diffuse
- nontropical — not located in or originating from the tropics, not having the characteristics of the tropics
- normocapnia — (medicine) The presence of the normal amount of carbon dioxide in arterial blood.
- nucleoplasm — the protoplasm of the nucleus of a cell.
- nuncupation — the action of stating or asseverating an oath or pledge in a serious, official, or openly acknowledged manner
- nuncupatory — Nuncupative; oral rather than written.
- nyctophobia — an abnormal fear of night or darkness.
- occupancies — Plural form of occupancy.
- occupations — Plural form of occupation.
- ocean perch — redfish (def 1).
- onomatopeic — Alternative form of onomatopoeic.
- onychophagy — the habit of biting one's fingernails
- opalescence — exhibiting a play of colors like that of the opal.
- open stance — a batting stance in which the front foot is farther from the inside of the batter's box than the back foot.
- opening act — the first act at a concert, etc, esp before a main act
- packing box — a box in which goods are packed for transport or storage.
- paedodontic — of or relating to paedodontics