11-letter words containing n, p, l
- aplanospore — a nonmotile asexual spore produced by certain algae and fungi
- 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
- apollonicon — a large chamber organ with keyboards and barrels
- apologising — to offer an apology or excuse for some fault, insult, failure, or injury: He apologized for accusing her falsely.
- apologizing — Present participle of apologize.
- appalachian — of, from, or relating to the Appalachian Mountains
- appallingly — causing dismay or horror: an appalling accident; an appalling lack of manners.
- apparelling — Present participle of apparel.
- apparelment — the action of preparing or making ready
- appeal fund — money raised for charity, a hospital, etc by means of an appeal
- appealingly — evoking or attracting interest, desire, curiosity, sympathy, or the like; attractive.
- appeasingly — in an appeasing manner
- appellation — An appellation is a name or title that a person, place, or thing is given.
- appendiceal — of or relating to the vermiform appendix.
- appenzeller — a cow's milk cheese, originally made in the canton of Appenzell in Switzerland.
- apple green — a bright light green or moderate yellowish-green
- apple grunt — Chiefly Eastern Massachusetts. apple pandowdy. Compare grunt (def 6).
- appleringie — an aromatic shrubby wormwood, Artemisia abrotanum, of South Europe, having finely dissected leaves and small drooping heads of yellowish flowers
- application — An application for something such as a job or membership of an organization is a formal written request for it.
- appointable — to name or assign to a position, an office, or the like; designate: to appoint a new treasurer; to appoint a judge to the bench.
- approvingly — to speak or think favorably of; pronounce or consider agreeable or good; judge favorably: to approve the policies of the administration.
- aptitudinal — capability; ability; innate or acquired capacity for something; talent: She has a special aptitude for mathematics.
- aquaplaning — loss of contact with the road because of surface water
- argand lamp — an oil lamp with a chimney, having a tubular wick that permits air to reach the center of the flame.
- arolla pine — a five-needled pine tree, Pinus cembra, found esp in mountain regions of Central Europe and yielding edible seeds
- asplanchnic — having no gut
- banana peel — A banana peel is the same as a banana skin.
- banana plug — a small single-conductor electrical plug having a curved metal spring along its shank forming a clip to hold it in its socket
- bandywallop — an imaginary town, far from civilization
- batch plant — a manufacturing plant where concrete is mixed before being transported to a construction site ready to be poured.
- battle plan — the strategy to be used in a military engagement.
- battleplane — an airplane designed for combat; warplane.
- bedaux-plan — a system of payment for work on the basis of the number of points of work done in a given amount of time, each point representing one minute of work on a given job at a normal rate of speed.
- beilan pass — a mountain pass in SE Turkey near Syria. 2395 feet (730 meters).
- bellerophon — a hero of Corinth who performed many deeds with the help of the winged horse Pegasus, notably the killing of the monster Chimera
- beneplacito — an indication of approval
- black japan — a black bituminous varnish
- blanca peak — highest peak of the Sangre de Cristo range, S Colo.: 14,317 ft (4,364 m)
- blaspheming — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
- blind-stamp — to emboss or impress (the cover or spine of a book) without using ink or foil.
- block plane — a carpenter's small plane used to cut across the end grain of wood
- block print — a design printed by means of one or more blocks of wood or metal.
- bloodsprent — spattered or stained with blood
- blue pencil — deletion, alteration, or censorship of the contents of a book or other work
- blue-pencil — to alter, abridge, or cancel with or as with a pencil that has blue lead, as in editing a manuscript.
- bontempelli — Massimo. 1878–1960, Italian dramatist, poet, novelist, and critic. His works include the play Nostra Dea (1925) and the novel The Faithful Lover (1953)
- 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.
- budget plan — the planning of one's spending