11-letter words containing p, a, n, t, e
- exemptional — Of or relating to exemption.
- expansivity — The amount a material expands or contracts per unit length due to a one-degree change in temperature.
- expatiating — Present participle of expatiate.
- expatiation — An act of expatiating.
- expectances — Plural form of expectance.
- expectantly — In an expectant manner.
- 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.
- explanative — That serves to explain; explanatory.
- explanatory — Serving to explain something.
- explicating — Present participle of explicate.
- 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.
- expurgating — Present participle of expurgate.
- expurgation — The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous.
- extirpating — Present participle of extirpate.
- extirpation — The act of extirpating or uprooting.
- extra point — conversion (sense 3)
- fault plane — a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
- fingerpaint — A form of paint designed to be applied using the fingers, especially by children.
- fingerplate — a metal plate fixed to a door next to the handle or keyhole to protect the surface
- floatplanes — Plural form of floatplane.
- forepayment — prepayment
- forte-piano — loud and then immediately soft
- fortepianos — Plural form of fortepiano.
- garden path — paved walkway
- 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.
- gatekeeping — The activity of controlling, and usually limiting, general access to something.
- genetic map — an arrangement of genes on a chromosome.
- 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.
- giant steps — a children's game in which a leader calls upon individual players to advance toward him or her in a given number and variety of steps, the object being for one person to tag the leader and for all of them to run back to the starting line without being caught by the leader. Any player who is caught becomes the leader.
- 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.
- grandparent — a parent of a parent.
- greasepaint — an oily mixture of melted tallow or grease and a pigment, used by actors, clowns, etc., for making up their faces.
- green party — a liberal political party especially in Germany focusing on environmental issues.
- green stamp — Citizens Band Radio Slang. a speeding ticket. Usually, Green Stamps. money; currency.
- gynecopathy — any disease occurring only in women.
- 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.
- happy event — the birth of a child
- harem pants — a kind of baggy trousers worn by women, made of lightweight fabric and closefitting at the ankles
- heating pad — a flexible fabric-covered pad containing insulated electrical heating elements for applying heat especially to the body.