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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.
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