0%

11-letter words containing n, e, c, p

  • 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
  • cameraphone — a mobile phone incorporating a camera
  • campaigners — Plural form of campaigner.
  • campanulate — (esp of flower corollas) shaped like a bell
  • campbeltown — a seaport on the Kintyre peninsula, in SW Scotland: resort.
  • campestrian — Relating to open fields; growing in a field, or open ground.
  • 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
  • candy apple — A candy apple is an apple coated with hard, red sugar syrup and fixed on a stick.
  • cantaloupes — Plural form of cantaloupe.
  • cap-haitien — a port in N Haiti: capital during the French colonial period. Pop: 134 000 (2005 est)
  • capableness — The state or quality of being capable.
  • capacitance — the property of a system that enables it to store electric charge
  • caparisoned — (of a horse) Having a richly ornamented harness.
  • cape blanco — a peninsula in Mauritania, on the Atlantic coast
  • cape breton — an island forming the NE part of Nova Scotia, in SE Canada. 3970 sq. mi. (10,280 sq. km).
  • cape colony — the name from 1652 until 1910 of the former Cape Province of South Africa
  • 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
  • capped pawn — a pawn that has been singled out or marked by a strong player as the one with which he or she intends to effect checkmate in giving a weaker opponent odds.
  • capping fee — a fee paid for a day of hunting with an association of hunters of which one is not a member.
  • captionless — (of a cartoon) having no caption
  • carbapenems — Plural form of carbapenem.
  • cargo plane — a plane carrying cargo
  • carpentaria — Gulf ofarm of the Arafura Sea, indenting the N coast of Australia: c. 480 mi (772 km) long; 400 mi (644 km) wide
  • carpinteria — a town in SW California.
  • caspian sea — a salt lake between SE Europe and Asia: the largest inland sea in the world; fed mainly by the River Volga. Area: 394 299 sq km (152 239 sq miles)
  • celery pine — a New Zealand gymnosperm tree, Phyllocladus trichomanoides, with celerylike shoots and useful wood: family Phyllocladaceae
  • cenospecies — a species related to another by the ability to interbreed
  • center jump — a jump ball between the centers of the opposing teams, held in the circle at the center of the court, as at the beginning of each period.
  • centerpiece — The centerpiece of something is the best or most interesting part of it.
  • centerpunch — to mark with a center punch.
  • centipoises — Plural form of centipoise.
  • centre pass — a push or hit made in any direction to start the game or to restart the game after a goal has been scored
  • centrepiece — The centrepiece of something is the best or most interesting part of it.
  • centripetal — acting, moving, or tending to move towards a centre
  • cephalothin — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
  • ceratopsian — resembling or belonging to the Ceratopsia, a suborder of herbivorous dinosaurs characterized by their parrot-like beaks, horns, and neck frills
  • chain plate — any of the metal plates secured to the hull of a sailing vessel or elsewhere to hold shrouds and backstays at their lower ends.
  • chainplates — Plural form of chainplate.
  • chairperson — The chairperson of a meeting, committee, or organization is the person in charge of it.
  • championess — a female champion
  • channel-hop — to change television channels repeatedly using a remote control device
  • chaperonage — The state of being a chaperon.
  • chaperoning — a person, usually a married or older woman, who, for propriety, accompanies a young unmarried woman in public or who attends a party of young unmarried men and women.
  • chaperonins — Plural form of chaperonin.
  • charpentier — Gustave (ɡystav). 1860–1956, French composer, whose best-known work is the opera Louise (1900)
  • cheap money — money lent at a low rate of interest
  • check up on — to examine the record, character, etc. of; investigate
  • checkpoints — Plural form of checkpoint.
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?