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11-letter words containing n, p, d

  • led printer — (printer)   (Or "LED page printer") A printer which is similar in operation to a laser printer, but where an array of LEDs is used in place of the laser.
  • leopardskin — the skin of a leopard
  • lepidosiren — a lungfish, Lepidosiren paradoxa, of the Amazon, having an eel-shaped body.
  • lip molding — a bead surrounding the opening of a drawer.
  • lip-reading — the reading or understanding, as by a deaf person, of spoken words from the movements of another's lips without hearing the sounds made.
  • lis pendens — a pending suit listed on the court docket.
  • lithopedion — (medical) A calcium-encased foetus that occurs in ectopic abdominal pregnancies when the foetus dies and is not reabsorbed by the maternal body, whereby the maternal system encases the foreign body (foetus) in calcium to isolate it.
  • loop window — a tall, narrow window.
  • lymph gland — any of the glandlike masses of tissue in the lymphatic vessels containing cells that become lymphocytes.
  • lymph nodes — any of the glandlike masses of tissue in the lymphatic vessels containing cells that become lymphocytes.
  • lymphonodus — (anatomy) lymph node.
  • madreporian — Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.
  • maiden pink — a turf-forming plant, Dianthus deltoides , found from western Europe to eastern Asia, having red or pink flowers.
  • manipulated — Simple past tense and past participle of manipulate.
  • map-reading — the act or skill of interpreting the significance of a geographical map
  • mishappened — Simple past tense and past participle of mishappen.
  • mispleading — a mistake in pleading, as a misjoinder of parties or a misstatement of a cause of action.
  • misspending — Present participle of misspend.
  • model plane — a small-scale model of an aircraft, which may or may not be able to fly
  • mom and pop — a small family-owned private business enterprise
  • mom-and-pop — of or relating to a small retail business, usually owned and operated by members of a family: a mom-and-pop grocery.
  • monodelphic — having a sole set of reproductive organs
  • monographed — Simple past tense and past participle of monograph.
  • monopolised — Simple past tense and past participle of monopolise.
  • monopolized — Simple past tense and past participle of monopolize.
  • mope around — If you mope around or mope about a place, you wander around there not doing anything, looking and feeling unhappy.
  • mpls domain — (networking)   A portion of a network that contains devices that understand MPLS.
  • mudspringer — mudskipper.
  • namedropper — A person who name-drops.
  • nasal drops — Nasal drops are medicine that you put directly in your nose one drop at a time.
  • needlepoint — embroidery upon canvas, usually with uniform spacing of stitches in a pattern.
  • neuropodium — (zoology) The ventral lobe or branch of a parapodium.
  • nodal point — either of two points on the axis of a lens or other optical system, determined by extending an incident oblique ray and the corresponding refracted ray to the axis for the pair of rays that are parallel outside the optical system.
  • nonadaptive — serving or able to adapt; showing or contributing to adaptation: the adaptive coloring of a chameleon.
  • noncompound — not compound
  • noncomputed — Not computed.
  • nondescript — of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind: a nondescript novel; a nondescript color.
  • nudist camp — a resort where nudism is practiced
  • numeric pad — a separate section on some computer keyboards, grouping together numeric keys and those for mathematical or other special functions in an arrangement like that of a calculator.
  • odd pricing — a strategy whereby retail prices are set at levels a little less than a round number, for example $19.99, £8.98, £99.95
  • odd-pinnate — pinnate with an odd terminal leaflet.
  • odontograph — an instrument for laying out the forms of gear teeth or ratchets.
  • odontopathy — (pathology) Any disease that affects the teeth.
  • odontophore — a structure in the mouth of most mollusks over which the radula is drawn backward and forward in the process of breaking up food.
  • odynophagia — Severe pain in mouth or esophagus when attempting to swallow.
  • old persian — an ancient West Iranian language attested by cuneiform inscriptions. Abbreviation: OPers.
  • old spanish — the Spanish language of the 12th to the 16th centuries. Abbreviation: OSp.
  • open dating — the practice of putting a freshness date on food packages.
  • open ground — uncovered or unobstructed ground in a wide open space
  • open-handed — generous; liberal: openhanded hospitality.
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