11-letter words containing p, a, n, d, e
- epaminondas — ?418–362 bc, Greek Theban statesman and general: defeated the Spartans at Leuctra (371) and Mantinea (362) and restored power in Greece to Thebes
- epoxidation — (organic chemistry) Any reaction that converts a compound (especially an alkene) into an epoxide.
- expandables — Plural form of expandable.
- expendables — Plural form of expendable.
- explanandum — That which is to be explained.
- fernando po — a former name of Bioko.
- flank speed — the maximum possible speed of a ship.
- frankpledge — a system of dividing a community into tithings or groups of ten men, each member of which was responsible for the conduct of the other members of his group and for the assurance that a member charged with a breach of the law would be produced at court.
- garden path — paved walkway
- garden pink — the plant Dianthus plumarius
- garden-path — noting or pertaining to a sentence that is easily parsed incorrectly because its beginning suggests it has an interpretation that it clearly does not have.
- glide plane — a symmetry element of a space group such that a reflection of the lattice with respect to the plane and a translation of the lattice parallel to the plane bring the lattice back to its original position.
- gonadotrope — a gonadotropic substance.
- 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.
- grand opera — a serious, usually tragic, opera in which most of the text is set to music.
- grandnephew — a son of one's nephew or niece.
- grandparent — a parent of a parent.
- hammer pond — an artificial pond for maintaining a head of water at a water mill.
- hand puppet — a puppet made of a hollow head sewn or glued to material that fits over the hand, concealing the fingers and thumb, which manipulate it.
- hand-picked — to pick by hand.
- handicapped — Sometimes Offensive. physically or mentally disabled.
- handicapper — Horse Racing. a racetrack official or employee who assigns the weight a horse must carry in a race. a person employed, as by a newspaper, to make predictions on the outcomes of horse races.
- handyperson — a person who is practiced at doing maintenance work.
- heating pad — a flexible fabric-covered pad containing insulated electrical heating elements for applying heat especially to the body.
- heparinized — Simple past tense and past participle of heparinize.
- heptahedron — a solid figure having seven faces.
- heptandrous — (of a flower) having seven stamens
- horn-spread — (of a horned creature) the distance between the outermost tips of the horns.
- houppelande — (in the Middle Ages) a robe or long tunic, belted or with a fitted bodice, usually having full trailing sleeves and often trimmed or lined with fur.
- hydroplaned — Simple past tense and past participle of hydroplane.
- hydroplaner — a person who pilots a hydroplane, especially a professional speedboat racer.
- hydroplanes — Plural form of hydroplane.
- hyperdorian — of or related to the mode above the Dorian mode in ancient Greek music
- hyperlydian — relating to the highest scale or mode in ancient Greek music
- hypnopaedia — Teaching (or learning) by subconscious means.
- ideal point — the point at infinity in projective geometry at which parallel lines intersect.
- impassioned — filled with intense feeling or passion; passionate; ardent.
- impedimenta — Equipment for an activity or expedition, especially when considered as bulky or an encumbrance.
- impregnated — to make pregnant; get with child or young.
- in jeopardy — in danger, at risk
- inadaptable — lacking the ability to adapt
- incompassed — Simple past tense and past participle of incompass.
- index plate — a plate perforated with rows of different numbers of equally spaced holes as a guide for indexing work.
- india paper — a fine, thin, opaque paper made in Asia, used chiefly in the production of thin-paper editions and for impressions of engravings.
- indian hemp — a North American dogbane, Apocynum cannabinum, having erect clusters of greenish-white flowers and a root with laxative and emetic properties.
- indian pipe — a leafless, pearly white, saprophytic plant, Monotropa uniflora, of North America and Asia, having a solitary white flower and resembling a tobacco pipe.
- indian poke — false hellebore.
- induplicate — folded or rolled inward: said of the parts of the calyx or corolla when the edges are bent abruptly toward the axis, or of leaves in vernation when the edges are rolled inward and then arranged about the axis without overlapping.
- inspissated — Simple past tense and past participle of inspissate.
- interspaced — Simple past tense and past participle of interspace.