11-letter words that end in en
- hla antigen — an antigen of the HLA group, designated by a letter (HLA-A, HLA-B, etc.) according to the chromosome locus on which the controlling HLA gene appears and additionally by a number (HLA-A1, HLA-A2, etc.) according to the order of discovery and identification.
- hohenlinden — a village in S Germany, in Bavaria, near Munich: French victory over the Austrians 1800.
- holding-pen — a tank for the temporary storage of a substance.
- home screen — television.
- housebroken — (of a pet) trained to avoid excreting inside the house or in improper places.
- hsinhailien — Xinhailian.
- in the open — outdoors
- infantrymen — Plural form of infantryman.
- irish linen — a fine, high-count linen handmade in Ireland and used for tablecloths, handkerchiefs, doilies, and garment trimmings.
- iron maiden — a medieval instrument of torture fashioned as a box in the shape of a woman, large enough to hold a human being, and studded with sharp spikes on the inside.
- joukahainen — a Lapp magician who tried to kill Väinämöinen.
- kelly green — a strong yellow-green.
- kingtehchen — Jingdezhen.
- knot garden — an intricately designed flower or herb garden with plants arranged to create an interlacing pattern, sometimes with fanciful topiary and carefully tended paths.
- kristiansen — Ingrid. born 1956, Norwegian long-distance runner: world 10 000 metres record holder (1986–93)
- lepidosiren — a lungfish, Lepidosiren paradoxa, of the Amazon, having an eel-shaped body.
- leukaemogen — a substance or agent which promotes the development of leukaemia
- loden-green — a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- lough allen — a lake in Ireland, in county Leitrim
- mapping pen — a pen with a fine point, used esp for drawing maps
- marking pen — marker (def 10).
- matthiessen — Peter, 1927–2014, U.S. novelist and travel writer.
- menu-driven — of or relating to software that makes extensive use of menus to enable users to choose alternatives and guide program operations.
- merchantmen — Plural form of merchantman.
- methoxsalen — a potent compound, C 1 2 H 8 O 4 , derived from the seeds of the plant Ammi majus: used in combination with certain ultraviolet radiation for the treatment of severe psoriasis.
- middlewomen — Plural form of middlewoman.
- misbefallen — Simple past tense and past participle of misbefall.
- misbegotten — unlawfully or irregularly begotten; born of unmarried parents; illegitimate: his misbegotten son.
- mountbatten — Louis (Francis Albert Victor Nicholas), 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma 1900–79, British naval commander; great-grandson of Queen Victoria. During World War II he was supreme allied commander in SE Asia (1943–46). He was the last viceroy of India (1947) and governor general (1947–48); killed by an IRA bomb
- multiscreen — Having multiple screens.
- munchhausen — Karl Friedrich Hieronymus [kahrl free-drikh hee-ey-roh-ny-moo s] /kɑrl ˈfri drɪx ˌhi eɪˈroʊ nüˌmʊs/ (Show IPA), Baron von [fuh n] /fən/ (Show IPA), 1720–97, German soldier, adventurer, and teller of tales.
- needlewomen — Plural form of needlewoman.
- night raven — a bird that cries in the night.
- nine-eleven — the 11th of September 2001, the day on which the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York were flown into and destroyed by aeroplanes hijacked by Islamic fundamentalists
- nonpathogen — An organism that is not a pathogen.
- north haven — a town in S Connecticut.
- north yemen — Republic of, a country in S Arabia, formed in 1990 by the merger of the Yemen Arab Republic and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen. 207,000 sq. mi. (536,130 sq. km). Capital: Aden.
- odd or even — any of various games of chance in which one bets on an odd or even number, as one in which two players alternately draw from a pile of an odd number of counters any desired number up to a prearranged limit, the object being to have drawn an odd number of counters at the end of the game.
- olive green — dull yellowish-green colour
- ombudswomen — Plural form of ombudswoman.
- ostpreussen — a former province in NE Germany: an enclave separated from Germany by the Polish Corridor; now divided between Poland and the Russian Federation. 14,283 sq. mi. (36,993 sq. km). Capital: Königsberg.
- outdoorsmen — Plural form of outdoorsman.
- overburthen — to overburden
- oversweeten — to sweeten too much
- overswollen — too swollen
- overtighten — to tighten too much
- overwritten — to write in too elaborate, burdensome, diffuse, or prolix a style: He overwrites his essays to the point of absurdity.
- oxyhydrogen — pertaining to or involving a mixture of oxygen and hydrogen.
- paris green — Chemistry. an emerald-green, poisonous, water-insoluble powder produced from arsenic trioxide and copper acetate: used chiefly as a pigment, insecticide, and wood preservative.
- peachy keen — peachy (def 2).