11-letter words containing p, n, e
- displeasing — to incur the dissatisfaction, dislike, or disapproval of; offend; annoy: His reply displeased the judge.
- disportment — to divert or amuse (oneself).
- dissepiment — Anatomy, Zoology. a partition or septum in a tissue.
- diterpenoid — (chemistry) a terpenoid having a C20 skeleton.
- donkeypunch — Alternative form of donkey punch.
- donner pass — a mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada, in E California. 7135 feet (2175 meters) high.
- donor sperm — sperm which has been voluntarily given for use in the insemination of another person
- donut peach — fruit
- door opener — a mechanism that automatically opens a door, as of a garage, when actuated by a radio transmitter, electric eye, or other device.
- doorpersons — Plural form of doorperson.
- downpayment — an initial amount paid at the time of purchase, in installment buying, time sales, etc.
- drawing pen — a pen with a fine nib used for drawing
- dressing-up — When children play at dressing-up, they put on special or different clothes and pretend to be different people.
- drop a line — send a message
- drop astern — to fall back to the stern (of another vessel)
- drop behind — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- dues-paying — gaining experience, especially by hard and often unpleasant or uncongenial work: He spent his dues-paying years as a cocktail pianist.
- dumpishness — the state of being downhearted and dejected
- duplex scan — a scan that uses sound waves to show how well the blood is flowing in arteries
- duplicident — (of certain animals, such as rabbits) having two pairs of incisors in the upper jaw
- dyspareunia — painful coitus.
- earthperson — a human inhabitant or native of the planet Earth.
- east punjab — the eastern part of the former province of Punjab, in British India: now part of Punjab state, India.
- easthampton — a city in W Massachusetts.
- edrophonium — a substance, C 10 H 16 BrNO, used to reverse certain muscle-relaxing agents, such as tubocurarine, in surgical procedures: also used in the diagnosis of myasthenia gravis.
- elecampanes — Plural form of elecampane.
- elephantine — Of, resembling, or characteristic of an elephant or elephants, especially in being large, clumsy, or awkward.
- eleven-plus — The eleven-plus is an exam which was taken by children in Britain at about the age of eleven, in order to decide which secondary school they should go to.
- emancipated — Free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberated.
- emancipates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of emancipate.
- emancipator — A person who emancipates.
- embonpoints — Plural form of embonpoint.
- empanelling — Present participle of empanel.
- empanelment — Alternative form of impanelment.
- emparlaunce — an act of parleying or conferring
- empathising — Present participle of empathise.
- empathizing — Present participle of empathize.
- emphasising — Present participle of emphasise.
- emphasizing — Present participle of emphasize.
- empiecement — a decorative piece of material inserted in an item of clothing
- emplacement — A structure on or in which something is firmly placed.
- employments — Plural form of employment.
- empowerment — The granting of political, social or economic power to an individual or group.
- encampments — Plural form of encampment.
- encapsulate — Enclose (something) in or as if in a capsule.
- encaptivate — To captivate.
- encapturing — Present participle of encapture.
- encephaloid — resembling the brain or brain matter
- encephaloma — a brain tumour
- enciphering — Present participle of encipher.