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11-letter words containing c, a, n, p

  • antispastic — preventing or reducing spasms
  • antitypical — something that is foreshadowed by a type or symbol, as a New Testament event prefigured in the Old Testament.
  • aphidicolin — A tetracyclic diterpene antibiotic with antiviral and antimitotical properties.
  • apicodental — articulated with the apex of the tongue near the upper front teeth, as ( (θ) ; t h) ) and (; ð) ; th) )
  • apocopation — to shorten by apocope.
  • apocynthion — the point at which a spacecraft in lunar orbit is farthest from the moon
  • apollonicon — a large chamber organ with keyboards and barrels
  • aponeurotic — a whitish, fibrous membrane that connects a muscle to a bone or fascia.
  • appalachian — of, from, or relating to the Appalachian Mountains
  • appeachment — an accusation or criminal charge
  • appearances — the act or fact of appearing, as to the eye or mind or before the public: the unannounced appearance of dinner guests; the last appearance of Caruso in Aïda; her first appearance at a stockholders' meeting.
  • appendences — attached or suspended; annexed.
  • appendiceal — of or relating to the vermiform appendix.
  • application — An application for something such as a job or membership of an organization is a formal written request for it.
  • apprecation — (obsolete) Earnest prayer; devout wish.
  • apprenticed — a person who works for another in order to learn a trade: an apprentice to a plumber.
  • apprentices — Plural form of apprentice.
  • approaching — coming closer in time
  • apron piece — (in a staircase) a header receiving the ends of rough strings, carriage pieces, and the joists of landings.
  • ascriptions — Plural form of ascription.
  • asplanchnic — having no gut
  • auspicating — Present participle of auspicate.
  • backpacking — If you go backpacking, you go travelling with a backpack.
  • backspacing — Present participle of backspace.
  • banded pack — two products which are held together with a band and sold together at a discounted price
  • batch plant — a manufacturing plant where concrete is mixed before being transported to a construction site ready to be poured.
  • bathing cap — a tight rubber cap worn by a swimmer to keep the hair dry
  • bearing cap — A bearing cap is a rigid, semi-circular part that fits around one half of a bearing and secures it.
  • beneplacito — an indication of approval
  • bipectinate — having both margins toothed like a comb, as the antennae of certain moths.
  • black japan — a black bituminous varnish
  • blanca peak — highest peak of the Sangre de Cristo range, S Colo.: 14,317 ft (4,364 m)
  • block plane — a carpenter's small plane used to cut across the end grain of wood
  • branchiopod — any crustacean of the mainly freshwater subclass Branchiopoda, having flattened limblike appendages for swimming, feeding, and respiration. The group includes the water fleas
  • brown patch — a fungus disease of turf grass that results in circular areas of brown, dead grass.
  • bupivacaine — a local anaesthetic of long duration, used for nerve blocks
  • cacophonies — Plural form of cacophony.
  • cacophonous — If you describe a mixture of sounds as cacophonous, you mean that they are loud and unpleasant.
  • caddy spoon — a small spoon used in taking tea from a storage caddy.
  • caesalpinia — designating a family (Caesalpiniaceae) of leguminous trees and shrubs, including the Kentucky coffee tree
  • cainophobia — The fear of newness and/or of things that are new.
  • caipirinhas — Plural form of caipirinha.
  • calf roping — a timed rodeo event in which a mounted rider chases and lassos a calf, dismounts, and throws the calf to the ground, tying three of the animal's legs with a short length of rope.
  • call option — an option to buy a stated amount of securities at a specified price during a specified period
  • call-in pay — payment made to employees who report for work and find there is no work for them to do.
  • callipygian — having beautifully shaped buttocks
  • calypsonian — a performer or writer of calypsos
  • 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
  • cameraphone — a mobile phone incorporating a camera
  • campaigners — Plural form of campaigner.
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