11-letter words containing o, n, p, a
- corporating — Present participle of corporate.
- corporation — A corporation is a large business or company.
- cotransport — the transport of one solute across a membrane from a region of low concentration of another solute to a region of high concentration of that solute
- counterpace — a countermove
- counterpane — A counterpane is a decorative cover on a bed.
- counterpart — Someone's or something's counterpart is another person or thing that has a similar function or position in a different place.
- counterplan — an opposing plan
- counterplay — a positive or aggressive action by the defending side, esp in chess
- counterplea — a reply to a plea
- coupon rate — The coupon rate is the interest rate on a bond calculated on the number of coupons per year.
- cow parsnip — any tall coarse umbelliferous plant of the genus Heracleum, such as H. sphondylium of Europe and Asia, having thick stems and flattened clusters of white or purple flowers
- cow-spanker — a dairy farmer
- cramponning — climbing using crampons
- craniograph — an instrument that outlines the skull.
- craniopagus — the condition of Siamese twins joined at the head
- craniophore — a device that holds a skull in place for measuring.
- cranioscopy — the study of the features of the human skull
- crap around — Vulgar. excrement. an act of defecation.
- crepitation — the act of crepitating
- cryptomonad — any of various protozoalike algae of the phylum Cryptophyta usually having two flagella, common in both marine and freshwater environments where they appear along the shore as algal blooms, some also occurring as intestinal parasites.
- ctenophoran — of a ctenophore
- 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
- cuspidation — decoration using cusps
- cyano group — the univalent group CN; cyanogen.
- cymophanous — lustrous; brilliant
- cytopharynx — the gullet of a protozoan.
- 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
- damping off — any of various diseases of plants, esp the collapse and death of seedlings caused by the parasitic fungus Pythium debaryanum and related fungi in conditions of excessive moisture
- damping-off — a disease of seedlings, occurring either before or immediately after emerging from the soil, characterized by rotting of the stem at soil level and eventual collapse of the plant, caused by any of several soil fungi.
- dap fortran — ["Efficient High Speed Computing with the Distributed Array Processor", P.M. Flanders et al, pp.113-127 (1977)].
- 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)
- deploration — the act of deploring
- deplumation — to deprive of feathers; pluck.
- deportation — the act of expelling an alien from a country; expulsion
- depravation — to make morally bad or evil; vitiate; corrupt.
- deprecation — to express earnest disapproval of.
- depredation — The depredations of a person, animal, or force are their harmful actions, which usually involve taking or damaging something.
- deprivation — If you suffer deprivation, you do not have or are prevented from having something that you want or need.
- deprotonate — (chemistry, ergative) To remove one or more protons from (a molecule).
- deputations — Plural form of deputation.
- dermopteran — flying lemur
- desperation — Desperation is the feeling that you have when you are in such a bad situation that you will try anything to change it.
- deuteranope — a person suffering from deuteranopia
- diamorphine — heroin.
- diaphonical — Diacoustic; diaphonic.
- diophantine — Alternative capitalization of Diophantine.
- diphthongal — Pertaining to a diphthong.
- diphthongia — diplophonia.
- diplophonia — a condition in which the voice simultaneously produces two sounds of different pitch.