11-letter words containing n, p, d
- grandparent — a parent of a parent.
- green pound — a unit of account used in calculating Britain's contributions to and payments from the Community Agricultural Fund of the EU
- ground loop — a sharp horizontal loop performed, usually involuntarily, while touching the ground.
- ground pine — any of several species of club moss, especially Lycopodium obscurum or L. complanatum.
- ground pink — a plant, Linanthus dianthiflorus, of southern California, having pink or white flowers.
- ground plan — Also called groundplot. the plan of a floor of a building.
- ground plum — a prostrate milk vetch, Astragalus crassicarpus, of the legume family, growing in the prairie regions of North America.
- groundspeed — the speed of an aircraft with reference to the ground.
- gudgeon pin — wrist pin.
- hammer pond — an artificial pond for maintaining a head of water at a water mill.
- hand puppet — a puppet made of a hollow head sewn or glued to material that fits over the hand, concealing the fingers and thumb, which manipulate it.
- hand-picked — to pick by hand.
- handicapped — Sometimes Offensive. physically or mentally disabled.
- handicapper — Horse Racing. a racetrack official or employee who assigns the weight a horse must carry in a race. a person employed, as by a newspaper, to make predictions on the outcomes of horse races.
- handpicking — to pick by hand.
- handsprings — Plural form of handspring.
- handyperson — a person who is practiced at doing maintenance work.
- hard porn's — hard-core pornography.
- hardscaping — Hardscape.
- heating pad — a flexible fabric-covered pad containing insulated electrical heating elements for applying heat especially to the body.
- heparinized — Simple past tense and past participle of heparinize.
- heptahedron — a solid figure having seven faces.
- heptandrous — (of a flower) having seven stamens
- holding-pen — a tank for the temporary storage of a substance.
- hopping mad — working energetically; busily engaged: He kept the staff hopping in order to get the report finished.
- horn-spread — (of a horned creature) the distance between the outermost tips of the horns.
- horned pout — a bullhead, especially the brown bullhead.
- houppelande — (in the Middle Ages) a robe or long tunic, belted or with a fitted bodice, usually having full trailing sleeves and often trimmed or lined with fur.
- humperdinck — Engelbert [eng-uh l-bert;; English eng-guh l-burt] /ˈɛŋ əlˌbɛrt;; English ˈɛŋ gəlˌbɜrt/ (Show IPA), 1854–1921, German composer.
- hydnocarpic — of or relating to hydnocarpic acid
- hydrophones — Plural form of hydrophone.
- hydrophyton — a branched plant-like structure which supports colonial animals such as zooids
- hydroplaned — Simple past tense and past participle of hydroplane.
- hydroplaner — a person who pilots a hydroplane, especially a professional speedboat racer.
- hydroplanes — Plural form of hydroplane.
- hydroponics — the cultivation of plants by placing the roots in liquid nutrient solutions rather than in soil; soilless growth of plants. Compare aeroculture, geoponics (def 2).
- hyperdorian — of or related to the mode above the Dorian mode in ancient Greek music
- hyperextend — Forcefully extend (a limb or joint ) beyond its normal limits, either in exercise or therapy or so as to cause injury.
- hyperlinked — Simple past tense and past participle of hyperlink.
- hyperlydian — relating to the highest scale or mode in ancient Greek music
- hypermodern — of or relating to present and recent time; not ancient or remote: modern city life.
- hypnopaedia — Teaching (or learning) by subconscious means.
- hypodynamia — diminished strength; adynamia.
- hypodynamic — diminished strength; adynamia.
- ideal point — the point at infinity in projective geometry at which parallel lines intersect.
- idempotence — (mathematics, computing) A quality of an action such that repetitions of the action have no further effect on outcome \u2013 being idempotent.
- idempotency — the state of being idempotent
- impassioned — filled with intense feeling or passion; passionate; ardent.
- impedimenta — Equipment for an activity or expedition, especially when considered as bulky or an encumbrance.
- impediments — A hindrance or obstruction in doing something.