11-letter words containing o, n, p, a
- expectation — A strong belief that something will happen or be the case in the future.
- expectorant — A medicine that promotes the secretion of sputum by the air passages, used especially to treat coughs.
- expirations — Plural form of expiration.
- expiscation — the act of fishing out or finding out by investigation
- explanation — A statement or account that makes something clear.
- explanatory — Serving to explain something.
- explication — The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation.
- exploration — The action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it.
- expoliation — Obsolete form of exspoliation.
- exponential — Of or expressed by a mathematical exponent.
- exportation — The act of exporting; the act of conveying or sending commodities abroad or to another country, in the course of commerce.
- expugnation — The act of taking by assault; conquest.
- expurgation — The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous.
- extirpation — The act of extirpating or uprooting.
- extra point — conversion (sense 3)
- fair-spoken — speaking or spoken in a courteous, civil, or plausible manner; smooth-spoken.
- fernando po — a former name of Bioko.
- flagpersons — Plural form of flagperson.
- flap-dragon — an old game in which the players snatch raisins, plums, etc., out of burning brandy, and eat them.
- flash point — Also, flashing point. Physical Chemistry. the lowest temperature at which a liquid in a specified apparatus will give off sufficient vapor to ignite momentarily on application of a flame.
- flashpoints — Plural form of flashpoint.
- floatplanes — Plural form of floatplane.
- flood plain — a nearly flat plain along the course of a stream or river that is naturally subject to flooding.
- floodplains — Plural form of floodplain.
- foam piping — Foam piping is a system of tubes which delivers a mass of very small bubbles to the base of tanks for protection from fire.
- focal plane — a plane through a focal point and normal to the axis of a lens, mirror, or other optical system. Compare principal plane.
- focal point — Also called principal focus. Optics. either of two points on the axis of a mirror, lens, or other optical system, one point being such that rays diverging from it are deviated parallel to the axis upon refraction or reflection by the system and the other point being such that rays parallel to the axis of the system converge to the point upon refraction or reflection by the system.
- forcipation — the state or condition of being forcipated
- foremanship — The position of a foreman.
- forepayment — prepayment
- forte-piano — loud and then immediately soft
- fortepianos — Plural form of fortepiano.
- francophile — friendly to or having a strong liking for France or the French.
- francophobe — Also, Francophobic. fearing or hating France, the French people, and French culture, products, etc.
- francophone — Also, Francophonic [frang-kuh-fon-ik] /ˌfræŋ kəˈfɒn ɪk/ (Show IPA). speaking French, especially as a member of a French-speaking population.
- frappuccino — Iced cappuccino.
- gang plough — a plough having two or more shares, coulters, and mouldboards designed to work simultaneously
- genioplasty — Mentoplasty.
- genotypical — the genetic makeup of an organism or group of organisms with reference to a single trait, set of traits, or an entire complex of traits.
- glaucophane — a sodium-rich monoclinic mineral of the amphibole family, usually metamorphic.
- gloss paint — Gloss paint is paint that forms a shiny surface when it dries.
- goalkeeping — The art of a goalkeeper.
- gonadotrope — a gonadotropic substance.
- gonycampsis — abnormal curvature of the knee.
- grade point — Education. a numerical equivalent to a received letter grade, usually 0 for F, 1 for D, 2 for C, 3 for B, and 4 for A, that is multiplied by the number of credits for the course: used to compute a grade point average.
- gramophones — Plural form of gramophone.
- grand opera — a serious, usually tragic, opera in which most of the text is set to music.
- grand piano — a piano having the frame supported horizontally on three legs.
- graphomania — The compulsion to write books.
- graphophone — a phonograph for recording and reproducing sounds on wax records.