11-letter words containing n, o, p, l
- complacence — a feeling of quiet pleasure or security, often while unaware of some potential danger, defect, or the like; self-satisfaction or smug satisfaction with an existing situation, condition, etc.
- complacency — Complacency is being complacent about a situation.
- complainant — A complainant is a person who starts a court case in a court of law.
- complainers — Plural form of complainer.
- complaineth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'complain'.
- complaining — to express dissatisfaction, pain, uneasiness, censure, resentment, or grief; find fault: He complained constantly about the noise in the corridor.
- complaisant — If you are complaisant, you are willing to accept what other people are doing without complaining.
- complecting — Present participle of complect.
- complection — the natural color, texture, and appearance of the skin, especially of the face: a clear, smooth, rosy complexion.
- complements — Plural form of complement.
- completions — Plural form of completion.
- complex ion — a charged complex. Compare complex (def 10).
- complexions — Plural form of complexion.
- complexness — The state or quality of being complex.
- compliances — Plural form of compliance.
- compliantly — complying; obeying, obliging, or yielding, especially in a submissive way: a man with a compliant nature.
- compliments — a greeting of respect or regard
- complotting — a plot involving several participants; conspiracy.
- componental — of, relating to, or having components
- compulsions — Plural form of compulsion.
- conceptacle — a flask-shaped cavity containing the reproductive organs in some algae and fungi
- condisciple — a fellow disciple or a fellow student
- cone pulley — (on a lathe) a pulley consisting of a conelike arrangement of graduated, concentric pulleys for driving the headstock at different speeds.
- contemplant — absorbed in contemplation
- contemplate — If you contemplate an action, you think about whether to do it or not.
- contraplete — either of two opposed and complementary elements in a relationship.
- coplanarity — being or operating in the same plane.
- coprincipal — a joint principal
- coprolagnia — sexual arousal that is produced by the thought or sight of feces.
- coral plant — a South American tree, Jatropha multifida, of the spurge family, having showy, scarlet flowers.
- corpulently — In a corpulent manner.
- counterplan — an opposing plan
- counterplay — a positive or aggressive action by the defending side, esp in chess
- counterplea — a reply to a plea
- counterplot — a plot designed to frustrate another plot
- counterploy — an opposing or retaliatory ploy
- counterpole — The exact opposite.
- cupellation — the process of recovering precious metals from lead by melting the alloy in a cupel and oxidizing the lead by means of an air blast
- cupronickel — any ductile corrosion-resistant copper alloy containing up to 40 per cent nickel: used in coins, condenser tubes, turbine blades, etc
- cyclopentyl — (organic chemistry) The univalent radical derived from cyclopentane by the formal removal of a hydrogen atom.
- cyclosporin — a substance, synthesized by certain soil fungi, that suppresses the immune response by disabling helper T cells, used to minimize rejection of foreign tissue transplants.
- cynophilist — a person with a love of dogs
- dalton plan — a system devised to encourage pupils to learn and develop at their own speed, using libraries and other sources to complete long assignments
- dawn patrol — a flight, especially during the early days of military aviation, undertaken at dawn or early morning in order to reconnoiter enemy positions.
- delors plan — a plan for closer European union, originated by Jacques Delors, President of the European Commission (1985–94)
- dendroglyph — the art of carving in the bark of a living tree, esp as practised by the aboriginal peoples of New Zealand
- dendrophile — One who loves trees.
- deploration — the act of deploring
- deploringly — In a deploring manner.
- deployments — Plural form of deployment.