11-letter words containing n, o, p, a, r
- antipyrotic — relieving the pain and stimulating the healing of burns.
- antistrophe — the second of two movements made by a chorus during the performance of a choral ode
- aplanospore — a nonmotile asexual spore produced by certain algae and fungi
- apoferritin — a homogeneous protein, found especially in the intestinal mucosa and the liver, that interacts with a ferric hydroxide-ferric phosphate complex to form ferritin.
- apollinaire — Guillaume (ɡijom), real name Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzki. 1880–1918, French poet, novelist, and dramatist, regarded as a precursor of surrealism; author of Alcoöls (1913) and Calligrammes (1918)
- apollinaris — an effervescent mineral water
- 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.
- apparations — Plural form of apparation.
- apparitions — Plural form of apparition.
- 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.
- apprecation — (obsolete) Earnest prayer; devout wish.
- 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.
- 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
- araneomorph — (zoology) Any of the Araneomorphae, a suborder of spiders whose fangs cross with a pinching action.
- arolla pine — a five-needled pine tree, Pinus cembra, found esp in mountain regions of Central Europe and yielding edible seeds
- arsonphobia — Pyrophobia.
- arthropodan — relating to arthropods
- artophorion — pyx (def 1a).
- ascriptions — Plural form of ascription.
- asperations — Plural form of asperation.
- aspergation — the action of sprinkling, suffusing or irrigating with water
- aspirations — a strong desire, longing, or aim; ambition: intellectual aspirations.
- asportation — the removal or taking away of something
- astrophyton — The giant basket star, an early Mesozoic invertebrate.
- atriopeptin — any of several peptide hormones that are released by the atria of the heart in response to an abnormal increase in blood volume and that modulate blood pressure and the excretion of sodium, potassium, and water. Abbreviation: ANF.
- bar-hopping — Informal. to go to a succession of bars or nightclubs, with a brief stay at each.
- basepersons — Plural form of baseperson.
- bean sprout — Bean sprouts are small, long, thin shoots grown from beans. They are frequently used in Chinese cookery.
- bipartition — divided into or consisting of two parts.
- bonapartism — a political system resembling the rules of the Bonapartes, esp Napoleon I and Napoleon III: centralized government by a military dictator, who enjoys popular support given expression in plebiscites
- bonapartist — an adherent of the Bonapartes or their policies.
- box spanner — a spanner consisting of a steel cylinder with a hexagonal end that fits over a nut: used esp to turn nuts in positions that are recessed or difficult of access
- boy soprano — a young male singer whose voice is in the soprano range and has not yet broken, esp one who performs solo
- branchiopod — any crustacean of the mainly freshwater subclass Branchiopoda, having flattened limblike appendages for swimming, feeding, and respiration. The group includes the water fleas
- break point — a point which allows the receiving player to break the service of the server
- broiler pan — a pan for broiling food
- broken play — an improvised offensive play that results when the originally planned play has failed to be executed properly.
- brown paper — a coarse unbleached paper used for wrapping