11-letter words containing c, a, n, p, e
- implacental — Zoology. having no placenta, as a monotreme or marsupial.
- importances — the quality or state of being important; consequence; significance.
- imprecating — Present participle of imprecate.
- imprecation — the act of imprecating; cursing.
- impuissance — Impotence, weakness.
- in place of — instead of, replacing
- in practice — from a practical point of view
- inappetence — lack of appetite.
- incapsulate — Alternative form of encapsulate.
- incompassed — Simple past tense and past participle of incompass.
- incorporate — to form into a legal corporation.
- incorporeal — not corporeal or material; insubstantial.
- induplicate — folded or rolled inward: said of the parts of the calyx or corolla when the edges are bent abruptly toward the axis, or of leaves in vernation when the edges are rolled inward and then arranged about the axis without overlapping.
- ineptocracy — (countable, pejorative) A government characterized by incompetent leaders.
- inescapable — incapable of being escaped, ignored, or avoided; ineluctable: inescapable responsibilities.
- inescapably — incapable of being escaped, ignored, or avoided; ineluctable: inescapable responsibilities.
- inexpectant — not expectant; having no expectation
- inner space — the environment beneath the surface of the sea
- inspectable — to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically: to inspect every part of the motor.
- intercampus — the grounds, often including the buildings, of a college, university, or school.
- intercupola — the space between an inner and an outer dome.
- interspaced — Simple past tense and past participle of interspace.
- interspaces — Plural form of interspace.
- ipecacuanha — the dried root of a shrubby South American plant, Cephaelis ipecacuanha, of the madder family.
- isenthalpic — pertaining to or characterized by constant enthalpy.
- jackanapery — (dated, pejorative) The behaviour of a jackanapes.
- japan cedar — an evergreen tree, Cryptomeria japonica, of Japan, characterized by the pyramidal manner of growth of its branches.
- kneecapping — (uncountable) The act of destroying the kneecaps of (a person), usually by shooting at the knees, as a punishment carried out by criminals or terrorists.
- knoop scale — a scale of hardness based on the indentation made in the material to be tested by a diamond point.
- landscapers — Plural form of landscaper.
- lapidescent — in the process of changing into stone
- lead pencil — a writing or drawing implement made of graphite in a wooden or metal holder.
- leap second — Coordinated Universal Time
- leprechauns — a dwarf or sprite.
- lunarscapes — Plural form of lunarscape.
- lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
- mantelpiece — a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- mantlepiece — mantel.
- meatpacking — (US) The slaughter and further processing of animals for meat.
- mecopterans — Plural form of mecopteran.
- metanephric — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of higher vertebrates, becoming the permanent and functional kidney.
- mimic panel — a panel simulating the geographical layout of a television studio, railway points system, traffic interchange, etc, in which small indicator lamps display the selected state of the lighting circuits, signalling, traffic lights, etc
- nailclipper — a small mechanical device for clipping the fingernails or toenails.
- naphthacene — an explosive solid compound, C 1 8 H 1 2 , derived from anthracene and coal tar: used for detonating high explosives, as TNT.
- narcoleptic — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
- nazca plate — a tectonic division of the earth's crust, coincident with the suboceanic Peru Basin, and bounded on the north by the Cocos Plate, separated from the South American Plate by the Peru-Chile Trench, from the Pacific Plate by the East Pacific Rise, and from the Antarctic Plate by the Chile Rise.
- 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.