11-letter words containing ap
- apricot jam — a sweet preserve made from apricots
- aprioristic — belief in, or reliance upon, a priori reasoning, arguments, or principles.
- apron piece — (in a staircase) a header receiving the ends of rough strings, carriage pieces, and the joists of landings.
- apron stage — a stage that projects into the auditorium so that the audience sit on three sides of it
- aptitudinal — capability; ability; innate or acquired capacity for something; talent: She has a special aptitude for mathematics.
- aquaplaning — loss of contact with the road because of surface water
- areographic — relating to areography
- art therapy — a type of psychotherapy that encourages the expression of emotions through artistic activities such as painting, drawing, or sculpture; psychotherapy based on the belief that the creative process involved in the making of art is healing and life-enhancing.
- astraphobia — a fear of thunder and lightning
- astrography — The art of describing or delineating the stars; a description or mapping of the heavens.
- attapulgite — a clay mineral, basic hydrous silicate of magnesium and aluminum, the active ingredient of fuller's earth.
- autographed — Simple past tense and past participle of autograph.
- autographic — of, for, or like an autograph or autographs
- backslapped — Simple past tense and past participle of backslap.
- backslapper — a person who backslaps; a hearty jovial person
- baptismally — In a baptismal way; through baptism.
- baptistries — Plural form of baptistry.
- barbary ape — a tailless macaque, Macaca sylvana, that inhabits rocky cliffs and forests in NW Africa and Gibraltar: family Cercopithecidae, order Primates
- barbed tape — wire with razor-sharp edges or projections, placed in coils as a barrier along the tops of fences or walls, as at a prison.
- barographic — Measured using a barograph.
- bathing cap — a tight rubber cap worn by a swimmer to keep the hair dry
- bathygraphy — The scientific description of the depth of the ocean.
- bathyscaphe — a navigable, submersible vessel for exploring the depths of the ocean, having a separate, overhead chamber filled with gasoline for buoyancy and iron or steel weights for ballast.
- beam weapon — a laser-beam or particle-beam weapon.
- bearing cap — A bearing cap is a rigid, semi-circular part that fits around one half of a bearing and secures it.
- bell-shaped — shaped like a bell
- bible paper — a thin tough opaque paper used for Bibles, prayer books, and reference books
- bibliograph — to put in a bibliography.
- biographize — to write a biography of (someone)
- bitmap font — a font format in which letters and symbols are stored as a pattern of dots
- black japan — a black bituminous varnish
- black maple — a tree, Acer saccharum nigrum, of eastern and central North America, having furrowed, blackish bark and yellow-green flowers.
- boat-shaped — shaped like a boat
- bon appetit — enjoy your meal
- bonapartism — a political system resembling the rules of the Bonapartes, esp Napoleon I and Napoleon III: centralized government by a military dictator, who enjoys popular support given expression in plebiscites
- bonapartist — an adherent of the Bonapartes or their policies.
- bossnapping — kidnapping a company executive as part of industrial action
- brahmaputra — a river in S Asia, rising in SW Tibet as the Tsangpo and flowing through the Himalayas and NE India to join the Ganges at its delta in Bangladesh. Length: about 2900 km (1800 miles)
- brandy snap — Brandy snaps are very thin crisp biscuits in the shape of hollow cylinders. They are flavoured with ginger and are often filled with cream.
- brickshaped — resembling the shape of a brick
- brown paper — a coarse unbleached paper used for wrapping
- bubble wrap — a type of polythene wrapping containing many small air pockets, used as a protective covering when transporting breakable goods
- cacographic — Displaying the properties of bad spelling or bad handwriting or both.
- calligraphy — Calligraphy is the art of producing beautiful handwriting using a brush or a special pen.
- cameraphone — a mobile phone incorporating a camera
- candy apple — A candy apple is an apple coated with hard, red sugar syrup and fixed on a stick.
- caniapiscau — a river in NE Quebec, Canada, flowing NW to the Larch River (Mélèzes) 575 miles (925 km) long.
- cap in hand — If you go cap in hand to someone, you ask them very humbly to give you something or to do something for you.
- cap-haitien — a port in N Haiti: capital during the French colonial period. Pop: 134 000 (2005 est)
- capableness — The state or quality of being capable.