11-letter words containing p, a, n, t
- extirpating — Present participle of extirpate.
- extirpation — The act of extirpating or uprooting.
- extra point — conversion (sense 3)
- fancy pants — Slang. fancy or snobbish; foppish; dandified.
- fancy-pants — Slang. fancy or snobbish; foppish; dandified.
- 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
- 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.
- flight plan — an oral or written report to an air traffic control facility describing the route of a projected flight.
- floatplanes — Plural form of floatplane.
- 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
- forepayment — prepayment
- forte-piano — loud and then immediately soft
- fortepianos — Plural form of fortepiano.
- gangsta rap — a type of rap music whose lyrics feature violence, sexual exploits, and the like.
- 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 panda — panda (def 1).
- 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.
- gloss paint — Gloss paint is paint that forms a shiny surface when it dries.
- gnat's piss — a very weak-tasting and unappetizing drink
- 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.
- grants pass — a city in SW Oregon.
- 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
- haptoglobin — A protein present in blood serum that binds to and removes free hemoglobin from the bloodstream.
- 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.
- hemianoptic — suffering from hemiopia, blind in half the field of vision
- hemipterans — Plural form of hemipteran.
- hepatotoxin — Any substance that causes hepatotoxicity.
- heptagynous — (of a flower) having seven pistils
- heptahedron — a solid figure having seven faces.
- heptandrous — (of a flower) having seven stamens
- heptangular — having seven angles.
- heptathlons — Plural form of heptathlon.
- heptavalent — septivalent.