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

  • intercupola — the space between an inner and an outer dome.
  • interspaced — Simple past tense and past participle of interspace.
  • interspaces — Plural form of interspace.
  • isenthalpic — pertaining to or characterized by constant enthalpy.
  • landscapist — an artist who paints landscapes.
  • lapidescent — in the process of changing into stone
  • 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
  • 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.
  • manuscripts — Plural form of manuscript.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • misocapnist — (rare) One who hates tobacco smoke.
  • munich pact — the pact signed by Great Britain, France, Italy, and Germany on September 29, 1938, by which the Sudetenland was ceded to Germany: often cited as an instance of unwise and unprincipled appeasement of an aggressive nation.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • nephritical — Alternative form of nephritic.
  • 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.
  • nonemphatic — lacking emphasis, not emphatic
  • nonoperatic — not operatic
  • nontropical — not located in or originating from the tropics, not having the characteristics of the tropics
  • nudist camp — a resort where nudism is practiced
  • nuncupation — the action of stating or asseverating an oath or pledge in a serious, official, or openly acknowledged manner
  • nuncupative — (especially of a will) oral; not written.
  • nuncupatory — Nuncupative; oral rather than written.
  • nyctophobia — an abnormal fear of night or darkness.
  • occupations — Plural form of occupation.
  • onomatopeic — Alternative form of onomatopoeic.
  • 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
  • pacesetting — a person, group, or organization that is the most progressive or successful and serves as a model to be imitated.
  • packing nut — a nut that serves to condense packing and so to tighten its seal.
  • paedodontic — of or relating to paedodontics
  • painted cup — any of several semiparasitic plants of the genus Castilleja, of the figwort family, having highly colored dilated bracts about the flowers.
  • panama city — Panama (def 2).
  • panathenaic — of or relating to a Panathenaea, a festival in honor of the goddess Athena.
  • pancarditis — inflammation of the entire heart: the pericardium, myocardium, and endocardium.
  • panchreston — a proposed explanation intended to address a complex problem by trying to account for all possible contingencies but typically proving to be too broadly conceived and therefore oversimplified to be of any practical use.
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