11-letter words containing n, p, l
- counterplea — a reply to a plea
- counterplot — a plot designed to frustrate another plot
- counterploy — an opposing or retaliatory ploy
- counterpole — The exact opposite.
- cripplingly — Offensive. a term used to refer to a person who is partially or totally unable to use one or more limbs. an animal that is similarly disabled; a lame animal. Offensive. a person who is disabled or impaired in any way: a mental cripple.
- 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
- datum plane — the horizontal plane from which heights and depths are calculated
- 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)
- delphiniums — Plural form of delphinium.
- demand-pull — designating or having to do with a form of inflation in which prices are driven up by an excess demand for goods and services, relative to their supply
- 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.
- dental lisp — a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- dental pulp — pulp (def 4).
- dependables — Plural form of dependable.
- dependently — relying on someone or something else for aid, support, etc.
- dependingly — As having dependence.
- deplanement — Disembarking from an aircraft.
- deploration — the act of deploring
- deploringly — In a deploring manner.
- deployments — Plural form of deployment.
- deplumation — to deprive of feathers; pluck.
- depollution — to eliminate, clean up, or decrease pollution in (an area).
- depravingly — in a depraving manner
- des plaines — city in NE Ill.: suburb of Chicago: pop. 59,000
- desparingly — In a despairing manner.
- despisingly — in a despising manner; contemptuously
- despoilment — The act of despoiling; a plundering; despoliation.
- development — Development is the gradual growth or formation of something.
- diaphonical — Diacoustic; diaphonic.
- digital pen — a pen-like device that enables a person to enter information into a digital electronic device by writing on a screen
- dinnerplate — A plate on which dinner can be served.
- diphthongal — Pertaining to a diphthong.
- diplophonia — a condition in which the voice simultaneously produces two sounds of different pitch.
- diplophonic — a condition in which the voice simultaneously produces two sounds of different pitch.
- disciplinal — Relating to discipline, i.e. order and/or punishment.
- disciplined — having or exhibiting discipline; rigorous: paintings characterized by a disciplined technique.
- discipliner — Agent noun of discipline: one who disciplines.
- disciplines — Plural form of discipline.
- dispensable — capable of being dispensed with or done without; not necessary or essential.
- dispensably — in a dispensable manner
- dispensible — dispensable.
- dispeopling — Present participle of dispeople.
- displanting — Present participle of displant.