11-letter words containing l, a, p, r, o
- bush parole — an escape from prison.
- butorphanol — a narcotic analgesic, C 21 H 29 NO 2 , administered by injection to treat moderate to severe pain.
- 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.
- 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
- camel corps — a brigade of infantry mounted on camels used by the British army in various campaigns
- camelopards — Plural form of camelopard.
- campesterol — (organic compound) A phytosterol, found in many vegetable oils, related to sitosterol.
- camphor oil — a colorless liquid obtained from the wood of the camphor tree by distillation and separation from the solid camphor, used in varnish, soaps, and shoe polish, and in medicine chiefly as a rubefacient.
- candlepower — the luminous intensity of a source of light in a given direction: now expressed in candelas but formerly in terms of the international candle
- cape collar — a soft, wide, circular collar that covers the shoulders and the upper arms like a cape.
- capilliform — Having the form of a hair.
- caprolactam — a white crystalline cyclic imine used in the manufacture of nylon. Formula: C5H10NHCO
- cardiolipin — a lipid purified from bovine heart and used as an antigen for reacting with reagin, the Wassermann antibody, in the Wassermann diagnostic test for syphilis.
- cargo plane — a plane carrying cargo
- carpet plot — the graphed values of a function of more than one variable, read from an ordinate at points located by the intersection of curves of constant values of each of the variables
- cartophilic — relating to cartophily
- cattle prod — A cattle prod is an object shaped like a long stick. Farmers make cattle move in a particular direction by pushing the cattle prod against the bodies of the animals.
- cephalogram — An X-ray of the craniofacial area.
- ceroplastic — relating to wax modelling
- chairpeople — a person who presides over a meeting, committee, board, etc.
- chloroplast — a plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments, occurring in plants and algae that carry out photosynthesis
- chromeplate — to plate with chromium.
- chromoplasm — chromatin.
- chromoplast — a coloured plastid in a plant cell, esp one containing carotenoids
- circumpolar — (of a star or constellation) visible above the horizon at all times at a specified locality on the earth's surface
- clapboarded — Simple past tense and past participle of clapboard.
- cleistocarp — cleistothecium.
- cleptocracy — Alternative form of kleptocracy.
- clorazepate — a benzodiazepine, C 16 H 13 ClN 2 O 4 , used in the treatment of chronic anxiety states and as an adjunct in the treatment of alcohol withdrawal.
- coleopteral — of or relating to the Coleoptera
- coleopteran — any of the insects of the cosmopolitan order Coleoptera, in which the forewings are modified to form shell-like protective elytra. The order includes the beetles and weevils
- collagraphy — A printmaking process in which materials are applied to a rigid substrate (such as cardboard or wood).
- color phase — a variant, atypical coloration of fur, feathers, skin, etc. occurring in an individual or an animal group
- compilatory — of or relating to a compilation or compiler
- complainers — Plural form of complainer.
- comportable — (obsolete) suitable; consistent.
- comprisable — to include or contain: The Soviet Union comprised several socialist republics.
- contraplete — either of two opposed and complementary elements in a relationship.
- coplanarity — being or operating in the same plane.
- copper-leaf — a Pacific Islands plant, Acalypha wilkesiana, of the spurge family, having showy, bronzy-green, usually red-mottled foliage and grown as an ornamental or houseplant.
- copperplate — a polished copper plate on which a design has been etched or engraved
- coprincipal — a joint principal
- coprolagnia — sexual arousal that is produced by the thought or sight of feces.
- coprolaliac — of or relating to coprolalia
- coprophilia — an abnormal interest in faeces and their evacuation
- coral plant — a South American tree, Jatropha multifida, of the spurge family, having showy, scarlet flowers.
- corivalship — the state of being mutual rivals
- corporality — the state or quality of being material or having a body; bodily existence or substance
- corporately — of, for, or belonging to a corporation or corporations: a corporate executive; She considers the new federal subsidy just corporate welfare.
- corporeally — of the nature of the physical body; bodily.