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.