12-letter words containing a, c, p, s
- capacitances — Plural form of capacitance.
- caparisoning — Present participle of caparison.
- cape agulhas — a headland in South Africa, the southernmost point of the African continent
- cape jasmine — a widely cultivated gardenia shrub, Gardenia jasminoides
- cape sounion — Cape, a cape in E central Greece, SE of Athens, at the tip of the Attica peninsula, in W Aegean Sea.
- cape sparrow — a sparrow, Passer melanurus, very common in southern Africa: family Ploceidae
- caper spurge — a spurge, Euphorbia lathyris, producing latex that is considered a possible source of crude oil and gasoline.
- capillaceous — having numerous filaments resembling hairs or threads
- capital cost — a cost incurred on the purchase of land, buildings, construction and equipment to be used in the production of goods or the rendering of services
- capital loss — A capital loss is a loss on investment property.
- capital ship — one of the largest and most heavily armed ships in a naval fleet
- capitalising — Present participle of capitalise.
- capitalistic — Capitalistic means supporting or based on the principles of capitalism.
- capitularies — Plural form of capitulary.
- capriciously — subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic: He's such a capricious boss I never know how he'll react.
- capsaicinoid — (organic chemistry) Any of a class of irritant compounds, related to capsaicin, that are responsible for the heat of chilli peppers.
- captiousness — The state of being captious.
- car expenses — incidental money spent on the operation of a car during the performance of a job, commission, etc, usually reimbursed by an employer or allowable against tax
- cardinalship — The office (or term of office) of a cardinal.
- cardiographs — Plural form of cardiograph.
- carisoprodol — a crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 12 H 24 N 2 O 4 , used as a muscle relaxant.
- carpet grass — either of two grasses, Axonopus affinis or A. compressus, native to tropical and subtropical America.
- carpet shark — any of various sharks of the family Orectolobidae, having two dorsal fins and a patterned back, typically marked with white and brown
- carpet snake — a large nonvenomous Australian snake, Morelia variegata, having a carpetlike pattern on its back
- carpet tiles — small pieces of carpeting laid as tiles to cover a floor
- carpophagous — feeding on fruit
- cash payment — an immediate payment in cash
- cash receipt — A cash receipt is a proof of purchase issued when the buyer has paid in cash.
- cashew apple — the soft, swollen, pear-shaped stalk of the cashew tree, to which a cashew nut is attached: used in preserves and wine.
- cassiopeia a — a very strong radio and X-ray source in the constellation Cassiopeia, identified as the remnant of a supernova thought to have occurred in the late 17th century
- castile soap — a hard soap made from olive oil and sodium hydroxide
- cataphoreses — Plural form of cataphoresis.
- cataphoresis — electrophoresis
- cataphysical — perverse; contrary to nature
- catastrophal — (rare) Catastrophic.
- catastrophes — Plural form of catastrophe.
- catastrophic — Something that is catastrophic involves or causes a sudden terrible disaster.
- catch phrase — a phrase that attracts or is meant to attract attention.
- catch points — railway points designed to derail a train running back in the wrong direction to prevent collision with a following train
- catch-phrase — A catch-phrase is a sentence or phrase which becomes popular or well-known, often because it is frequently used by a famous person.
- catchphrases — Plural form of catchphrase.
- caterpillars — Plural form of caterpillar.
- caterpillers — Archaic spelling of caterpillarst; Plural form of caterpiller.
- cattleperson — Someone who works with, or rears cattle.
- cedar rapids — a city in the US, in E Iowa. Pop: 122 542 (2003 est)
- ceratopsians — Plural form of ceratopsian.
- ceroplastics — the art of wax modelling
- chairmanship — The chairmanship of a committee or organization is the fact of being its chairperson. Someone's chairmanship can also mean the period during which they are chairperson.
- chairpersons — Plural form of chairperson.
- chalk stripe — (on a fabric) a pattern of thin white lines on a dark ground.