11-letter words containing p, e, a, n
- fingerplate — a metal plate fixed to a door next to the handle or keyhole to protect the surface
- flagpersons — Plural form of flagperson.
- flank speed — the maximum possible speed of a ship.
- floatplanes — Plural form of floatplane.
- focal plane — a plane through a focal point and normal to the axis of a lens, mirror, or other optical system. Compare principal plane.
- 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.
- 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.
- franks peak — a mountain in NW Wyoming: highest peak in the Absaroka Range of the Rocky Mountains. 13,153 feet (4009 meters).
- french harp — harmonica (def 1).
- funeral pie — a traditional pie made with a black filling of raisins and lemon juice and presented to a bereaved family.
- funny paper — funny1 (def 7b).
- gallinipper — any of various insects that sting or bite, especially a large American mosquito, Psorophora ciliata.
- gamekeeping — a person employed, as on an estate or game preserve, to prevent poaching and provide a natural environment conducive to the propagation of game, as by thinning brush, scattering food after a snowstorm, and the like.
- 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.
- gatekeeping — The activity of controlling, and usually limiting, general access to something.
- generalship — skill as commander of a large military force or unit.
- 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.
- gingersnaps — Plural form of gingersnap.
- glans penis — the head of the penis (glans penis) or of the clitoris (glans clitoris)
- glaucophane — a sodium-rich monoclinic mineral of the amphibole family, usually metamorphic.
- 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.
- goalkeeping — The art of a goalkeeper.
- 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.
- gramophones — Plural form of gramophone.
- 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.
- graphicness — The quality of being graphic: grotesqueness or vividness.
- graphophone — a phonograph for recording and reproducing sounds on wax records.
- grass snipe — the pectoral sandpiper.
- greasepaint — an oily mixture of melted tallow or grease and a pigment, used by actors, clowns, etc., for making up their faces.
- green paper — a report presenting the policy proposals of the government, to be discussed in Parliament.
- 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.
- 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.