11-letter words containing p
- apophysitis — (pathology) Inflammation of an apophysis, a bony tubercle.
- apoproteins — Plural form of apoprotein.
- aposiopeses — Plural form of aposiopesis.
- aposiopesis — the device of suddenly breaking off in the middle of a sentence as if unwilling to continue
- aposiopetic — Of or pertaining to aposiopesis.
- apostatized — Simple past tense and past participle of apostatize.
- apostlebird — an omnivorous bird, Struthidea cinerea, of eastern Australia, that has chiefly dark gray-brown plumage with white tail markings and is noted for its habit of traveling in groups of about 12 related individuals.
- apostleship — the position or duty of an apostle
- apostolates — Plural form of apostolate.
- apostolical — Apostolic.
- apostrophes — Plural form of apostrophe.
- apostrophic — a digression in the form of an address to someone not present, or to a personified object or idea, as “O Death, where is thy sting?”.
- apostrophus — a symbol resembling a reversed letter C used in Roman numerals to denote large numbers
- apotheosise — Alternative spelling of apotheosize.
- apotheosize — to deify
- apotropaism — the use of ritual or magic to ward off evil or bad luck
- appalachian — of, from, or relating to the Appalachian Mountains
- appallingly — causing dismay or horror: an appalling accident; an appalling lack of manners.
- apparatchik — An apparatchik is someone who works for a government or a political party and who obeys orders.
- apparations — Plural form of apparation.
- apparatuses — Plural form of apparatus.
- apparelling — Present participle of apparel.
- apparelment — the action of preparing or making ready
- apparitions — Plural form of apparition.
- appartement — an apartment
- appeachment — an accusation or criminal charge
- appeal fund — money raised for charity, a hospital, etc by means of an appeal
- appeal play — Baseball. an appeal by the team in the field to the umpire regarding a possible base-running infraction, such as failure to touch a base or leaving it to score before a fly is caught, that is considered only when the defending team tags the runner or base in question before making the appeal.
- appealingly — evoking or attracting interest, desire, curiosity, sympathy, or the like; attractive.
- appearances — the act or fact of appearing, as to the eye or mind or before the public: the unannounced appearance of dinner guests; the last appearance of Caruso in Aïda; her first appearance at a stockholders' meeting.
- appeasement — Appeasement means giving people what they want to prevent them from harming you or being angry with you.
- appeasingly — in an appeasing manner
- appellation — An appellation is a name or title that a person, place, or thing is given.
- appellative — an identifying name or title; appellation
- appendences — attached or suspended; annexed.
- appendiceal — of or relating to the vermiform appendix.
- appenzeller — a cow's milk cheese, originally made in the canton of Appenzell in Switzerland.
- apperceived — Simple past tense and past participle of apperceive.
- appertained — Past participle of appertain.
- appertinent — (obsolete) That which belongs to something else; an appurtenant.
- applaudable — worthy of being applauded
- applaudably — in an applaudable manner
- apple cider — non-alcoholic juice drink
- apple dowdy — Chiefly New England. a deep-dish apple pie or cobbler, usually sweetened with molasses.
- apple green — a bright light green or moderate yellowish-green
- apple grunt — Chiefly Eastern Massachusetts. apple pandowdy. Compare grunt (def 6).
- apple sauce — Apple sauce is a type of sauce made from puréed cooked apples.
- appleringie — an aromatic shrubby wormwood, Artemisia abrotanum, of South Europe, having finely dissected leaves and small drooping heads of yellowish flowers
- applescript — (language) An object-oriented shell language for the Macintosh, approximately a superset of HyperTalk.
- application — An application for something such as a job or membership of an organization is a formal written request for it.