11-letter words containing i, n, a, p, c
- 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.
- 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.
- branchiopod — any crustacean of the mainly freshwater subclass Branchiopoda, having flattened limblike appendages for swimming, feeding, and respiration. The group includes the water fleas
- bupivacaine — a local anaesthetic of long duration, used for nerve blocks
- cacophonies — Plural form of cacophony.
- 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
- campaigners — Plural form of campaigner.
- campaigning — Military. military operations for a specific objective. Obsolete. the military operations of an army in the field for one season.
- campaniform — shaped like a bell
- campestrian — Relating to open fields; growing in a field, or open ground.
- caniapiscau — a river in NE Quebec, Canada, flowing NW to the Larch River (Mélèzes) 575 miles (925 km) long.
- canophilist — a person who loves dogs
- canopic jar — (in ancient Egypt) one of four containers with tops in the form of animal heads of the gods, for holding the entrails of a mummy
- canopic urn — an urn used in ancient Egypt to hold and preserve the internal organs of the mummified dead
- cap in hand — If you go cap in hand to someone, you ask them very humbly to give you something or to do something for you.
- cap-haitien — a port in N Haiti: capital during the French colonial period. Pop: 134 000 (2005 est)
- capacitance — the property of a system that enables it to store electric charge
- caparisoned — (of a horse) Having a richly ornamented harness.
- cape pigeon — a species of seagoing petrel, Daption capensis, with characteristic white wing patches: a common winter visitor off the coasts of southern Africa: family Diomedeidae
- capernoited — capricious
- capernoitie — the head
- capitations — Plural form of capitation.
- cappadocian — of or relating to Cappadocia or its inhabitants
- capping fee — a fee paid for a day of hunting with an association of hunters of which one is not a member.
- cappuccinos — Plural form of cappuccino.
- capri pants — women's tight-fitting trousers
- capricornia — the regions of Australia in the tropic of Capricorn
- capricornus — a faint zodiacal constellation in the S hemisphere, lying between Sagittarius and Aquarius
- capsulation — enclosed in or formed into a capsule.