11-letter words containing p, l, e, n, c
- exculpation — The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that which exculpates; excuse.
- expectantly — In an expectant manner.
- expectingly — in an expecting manner
- explicating — Present participle of explicate.
- explication — The act of opening, unfolding, or explaining; explanation; exposition; interpretation.
- flyspecking — A technique for painting furniture with flicked drops of paint.
- focal plane — a plane through a focal point and normal to the axis of a lens, mirror, or other optical system. Compare principal plane.
- francophile — friendly to or having a strong liking for France or the French.
- 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.
- heckelphone — A woodwind instrument resembling a large oboe, with a range about an octave lower.
- hypocentral — (geology) Of or pertaining to the hypocentre of an earthquake.
- iconophiles — a connoisseur of icons or images.
- implacental — Zoology. having no placenta, as a monotreme or marsupial.
- in close-up — If you see something in close-up, you see it in great detail in a photograph or piece of film which has been taken very near to the subject.
- in lockstep — When members of the armed forces march in lockstep, they march very close to each other.
- in place of — instead of, replacing
- incapsulate — Alternative form of encapsulate.
- inceptively — In an inceptive manner.
- incipiently — beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage: an incipient cold.
- incompleted — Incomplete, uncompleted.
- incompletes — Plural form of incomplete.
- incorporeal — not corporeal or material; insubstantial.
- 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.
- inescapable — incapable of being escaped, ignored, or avoided; ineluctable: inescapable responsibilities.
- inescapably — incapable of being escaped, ignored, or avoided; ineluctable: inescapable responsibilities.
- insculpture — an inscription or carving
- inspectable — to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically: to inspect every part of the motor.
- intercouple — two of the same sort considered together; pair.
- intercupola — the space between an inner and an outer dome.
- intersplice — (transitive) To splice between; to intercut (e.g. a scene in a film).
- isenthalpic — pertaining to or characterized by constant enthalpy.
- knoop scale — a scale of hardness based on the indentation made in the material to be tested by a diamond point.
- kohl pencil — a thin cylindrical cosmetic instrument used to darken the area around the eyes
- landscapers — Plural form of landscaper.
- lapidescent — in the process of changing into stone
- lead pencil — a writing or drawing implement made of graphite in a wooden or metal holder.
- leap second — Coordinated Universal Time
- leprechauns — a dwarf or sprite.
- long splice — a splice for forming a united rope narrow enough to pass through a block, made by unlaying the ends of two ropes for a considerable distance, overlapping the strands so as to make pairs of one strand from each rope, unlaying one of each pair, twisting the other strand into its place in the united rope, and tucking the yarns of the unlaid strand separately into place.
- lunarscapes — Plural form of lunarscape.
- lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
- lychnoscope — lowside window.
- mantelpiece — a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- mantlepiece — mantel.
- mimic panel — a panel simulating the geographical layout of a television studio, railway points system, traffic interchange, etc, in which small indicator lamps display the selected state of the lighting circuits, signalling, traffic lights, etc
- monodelphic — having a sole set of reproductive organs
- nailclipper — a small mechanical device for clipping the fingernails or toenails.
- narcoleptic — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
- nazca plate — a tectonic division of the earth's crust, coincident with the suboceanic Peru Basin, and bounded on the north by the Cocos Plate, separated from the South American Plate by the Peru-Chile Trench, from the Pacific Plate by the East Pacific Rise, and from the Antarctic Plate by the Chile Rise.