11-letter words containing n, a, p
- apologising — to offer an apology or excuse for some fault, insult, failure, or injury: He apologized for accusing her falsely.
- apologizing — Present participle of apologize.
- apomorphine — a white crystalline alkaloid, derived from morphine, that is used medicinally as an emetic, as an expectorant, and in Parkinson's disease. Formula: C17H17NO2
- aponeuroses — Plural form of aponeurosis.
- aponeurosis — a white fibrous sheet of tissue by which certain muscles are attached to bones
- aponeurotic — a whitish, fibrous membrane that connects a muscle to a bone or fascia.
- apoproteins — Plural form of apoprotein.
- appalachian — of, from, or relating to the Appalachian Mountains
- appallingly — causing dismay or horror: an appalling accident; an appalling lack of manners.
- apparations — Plural form of apparation.
- apparelling — Present participle of apparel.
- apparelment — the action of preparing or making ready
- apparitions — Plural form of apparition.
- appartement — an apartment
- appeachment — an accusation or criminal charge
- appeal fund — money raised for charity, a hospital, etc by means of an appeal
- appealingly — evoking or attracting interest, desire, curiosity, sympathy, or the like; attractive.
- 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.
- appeasement — Appeasement means giving people what they want to prevent them from harming you or being angry with you.
- appeasingly — in an appeasing manner
- appellation — An appellation is a name or title that a person, place, or thing is given.
- appendences — attached or suspended; annexed.
- appendiceal — of or relating to the vermiform appendix.
- appenzeller — a cow's milk cheese, originally made in the canton of Appenzell in Switzerland.
- appertained — Past participle of appertain.
- appertinent — (obsolete) That which belongs to something else; an appurtenant.
- apple green — a bright light green or moderate yellowish-green
- apple grunt — Chiefly Eastern Massachusetts. apple pandowdy. Compare grunt (def 6).
- appleringie — an aromatic shrubby wormwood, Artemisia abrotanum, of South Europe, having finely dissected leaves and small drooping heads of yellowish flowers
- application — An application for something such as a job or membership of an organization is a formal written request for it.
- appointable — to name or assign to a position, an office, or the like; designate: to appoint a new treasurer; to appoint a judge to the bench.
- appointment — The appointment of a person to a particular job is the choice of that person to do it.
- apportioned — to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution: to apportion expenses among the three men.
- apportioner — to distribute or allocate proportionally; divide and assign according to some rule of proportional distribution: to apportion expenses among the three men.
- appositions — Plural form of apposition.
- apprecation — (obsolete) Earnest prayer; devout wish.
- apprehended — Simple past tense and past participle of apprehend.
- apprehender — Agent noun of apprehend; one who apprehends.
- 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
- approbating — Present participle of approbate.
- approbation — Approbation is approval of something or agreement to it.
- appropinque — to approach
- approvement — (obsolete, Old English law) Improvement of common lands by converting them for advantage of the landlord.
- approvingly — to speak or think favorably of; pronounce or consider agreeable or good; judge favorably: to approve the policies of the administration.
- approximant — an articulation in which one articulator is close to another, but not sufficiently so to form a stop or a fricative.
- appurtenant — relating, belonging, or accessory
- apron piece — (in a staircase) a header receiving the ends of rough strings, carriage pieces, and the joists of landings.
- apron stage — a stage that projects into the auditorium so that the audience sit on three sides of it