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11-letter words containing d, e, a, p, n, i

  • displeasing — to incur the dissatisfaction, dislike, or disapproval of; offend; annoy: His reply displeased the judge.
  • drawing pen — a pen with a fine nib used for drawing
  • drop a line — send a message
  • dues-paying — gaining experience, especially by hard and often unpleasant or uncongenial work: He spent his dues-paying years as a cocktail pianist.
  • dyspareunia — painful coitus.
  • emancipated — Free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberated.
  • encephaloid — resembling the brain or brain matter
  • endoplasmic — (cytology) of, or relating to endoplasm.
  • epaminondas — ?418–362 bc, Greek Theban statesman and general: defeated the Spartans at Leuctra (371) and Mantinea (362) and restored power in Greece to Thebes
  • epoxidation — (organic chemistry) Any reaction that converts a compound (especially an alkene) into an epoxide.
  • garden pink — the plant Dianthus plumarius
  • glide plane — a symmetry element of a space group such that a reflection of the lattice with respect to the plane and a translation of the lattice parallel to the plane bring the lattice back to its original position.
  • grade point — Education. a numerical equivalent to a received letter grade, usually 0 for F, 1 for D, 2 for C, 3 for B, and 4 for A, that is multiplied by the number of credits for the course: used to compute a grade point average.
  • hand-picked — to pick by hand.
  • handicapped — Sometimes Offensive. physically or mentally disabled.
  • handicapper — Horse Racing. a racetrack official or employee who assigns the weight a horse must carry in a race. a person employed, as by a newspaper, to make predictions on the outcomes of horse races.
  • heating pad — a flexible fabric-covered pad containing insulated electrical heating elements for applying heat especially to the body.
  • heparinized — Simple past tense and past participle of heparinize.
  • hyperdorian — of or related to the mode above the Dorian mode in ancient Greek music
  • hyperlydian — relating to the highest scale or mode in ancient Greek music
  • hypnopaedia — Teaching (or learning) by subconscious means.
  • ideal point — the point at infinity in projective geometry at which parallel lines intersect.
  • impassioned — filled with intense feeling or passion; passionate; ardent.
  • impedimenta — Equipment for an activity or expedition, especially when considered as bulky or an encumbrance.
  • impregnated — to make pregnant; get with child or young.
  • in jeopardy — in danger, at risk
  • inadaptable — lacking the ability to adapt
  • incompassed — Simple past tense and past participle of incompass.
  • index plate — a plate perforated with rows of different numbers of equally spaced holes as a guide for indexing work.
  • india paper — a fine, thin, opaque paper made in Asia, used chiefly in the production of thin-paper editions and for impressions of engravings.
  • indian hemp — a North American dogbane, Apocynum cannabinum, having erect clusters of greenish-white flowers and a root with laxative and emetic properties.
  • indian pipe — a leafless, pearly white, saprophytic plant, Monotropa uniflora, of North America and Asia, having a solitary white flower and resembling a tobacco pipe.
  • indian poke — false hellebore.
  • 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.
  • inspissated — Simple past tense and past participle of inspissate.
  • interspaced — Simple past tense and past participle of interspace.
  • lapidescent — in the process of changing into stone
  • lead pencil — a writing or drawing implement made of graphite in a wooden or metal holder.
  • lead piping — pipes made of lead
  • leopardskin — the skin of a leopard
  • lip-reading — the reading or understanding, as by a deaf person, of spoken words from the movements of another's lips without hearing the sounds made.
  • madreporian — Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.
  • maiden pink — a turf-forming plant, Dianthus deltoides , found from western Europe to eastern Asia, having red or pink flowers.
  • manipulated — Simple past tense and past participle of manipulate.
  • map-reading — the act or skill of interpreting the significance of a geographical map
  • mishappened — Simple past tense and past participle of mishappen.
  • mispleading — a mistake in pleading, as a misjoinder of parties or a misstatement of a cause of action.
  • nonadaptive — serving or able to adapt; showing or contributing to adaptation: the adaptive coloring of a chameleon.
  • numeric pad — a separate section on some computer keyboards, grouping together numeric keys and those for mathematical or other special functions in an arrangement like that of a calculator.
  • odd-pinnate — pinnate with an odd terminal leaflet.
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