12-letter words containing n, i, p, l
- explanations — Plural form of explanation.
- explantation — The act of explanting.
- explications — Plural form of explication.
- explicitness — The state or characteristic of being explicit.
- exploitation — The action or fact of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work.
- explorations — Plural form of exploration.
- expositional — Explained in clear terms, as in writing.
- expressional — Of or pertaining to expression, either in language, the face or the arts.
- exspoliation — (obsolete) spoliation.
- feel no pain — physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- felt-tip pen — a pen that holds quick-drying ink conveyed to a writing surface by means of a felt nib.
- film company — a company dedicated to the making of motion pictures
- fishing pole — a long, slender rod of wood or other material with a line and hook fastened to one end for use in catching fish.
- flag captain — the captain of a flagship
- flavoprotein — an enzyme, containing riboflavin and linked chemically with a protein, active in the oxidation of foods in animal cells.
- fleet prison — (formerly) a London prison, esp used for holding debtors
- flop forging — forging of both sides of a piece from the same die, the sides being identical.
- fluphenazine — a potent tranquilizer, C 22 H 26 F 3 N 3 OS, derived from phenothiazine and used in various forms for the management of certain neurological or psychotic disorders and for short-term treatment of acute anxiety.
- folsom point — a flint point characteristic of the Folsom tradition, typically leaf-shaped and fluted, with small basal extensions, and used on a projectile, as a spear, for hunting game.
- francophilia — Alternative capitalization of Francophilia.
- fuddling cup — an English earthenware drinking vessel of the 17th and 18th centuries, having the form of a cluster of three or more cups communicating at their bottoms in such a way that the entire vessel can be drained from any of them.
- gallinippers — Plural form of gallinipper.
- gas pipeline — a system of transmission for gaseous material, esp natural gas
- generalships — Plural form of generalship.
- geopotential — the difference between the potential energy of a mass at a given altitude and the potential energy of an identical mass at sea level, equivalent to the energy required to move the mass from sea level to the given altitude.
- germanophile — a person who is friendly toward or admires or studies Germany or German culture.
- gerontophile — someone who is sexually attracted to old people
- giant planet — any of the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, characterized by large mass, low density, and an extensive atmosphere
- glockenspiel — a musical instrument composed of a set of graduated steel bars mounted in a frame and struck with hammers, used especially in bands.
- glucoprotein — glycoprotein.
- glycoprotein — any of a group of complex proteins, as mucin, containing a carbohydrate combined with a simple protein.
- gold-plating — the incorporation of costly and unnecessary features or refinements into a product or structure.
- great plains — a semiarid region E of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. and Canada.
- hair implant — the insertion of synthetic fibers or human hair into the scalp to cover baldness.
- haliplankton — plankton living in sea water
- handclapping — The activity of clapping hands, especially as part of a musical performance.
- handicapable — (politically correct) disabled or handicapped.
- haptoglobins — Plural form of haptoglobin.
- helmsmanship — the skill or function of a helmsman
- help on with — If you help someone on with an item of clothing, you help them put it on.
- helping hand — aid; assistance: to give the destitute a helping hand.
- helping verb — auxiliary verb.
- hemiplankton — plankton that spend part of their life cycle in a vegetative state on the sea bottom, riverbed, etc. (opposed to holoplankton).
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- hiding place — location where sb is concealed
- hispaniolize — to make someone Spanish in their cultural attitudes, values, speech, etc
- hispanophile — an admirer of Hispanic culture or the Spanish language.
- holopneustic — having all the spiracles open, as the tracheal systems of most insects.
- hopkinsville — a city in S Kentucky.
- hydroplaning — a seaplane.