11-letter words containing a, c, p, u
- cardophagus — a donkey
- carnaptious — ill-tempered or cantankerous
- carpogonium — the female sex organ of red algae, consisting of a swollen base containing the ovum and a long neck down which the male gametes pass
- carpophorus — an epithet of both Demeter and her daughter, Persephone, meaning “fruit-bearer.”.
- catapultier — a person who fires a catapult
- catapulting — Present participle of catapult.
- catch up on — to engage in more (work, sleep, etc.) so as to compensate for earlier neglect
- cattywampus — catawampus
- champertous — a sharing in the proceeds of litigation by one who agrees with either the plaintiff or defendant to help promote it or carry it on.
- chapultepec — a rocky hill in Mexico City: captured (Sept., 1847) in an American assault led by Gen. Winfield Scott in the Mexican War
- chinquapins — Plural form of chinquapin.
- chou pastry — cream puff paste.
- chupacabras — Plural form of chupacabra.
- circumpolar — (of a star or constellation) visible above the horizon at all times at a specified locality on the earth's surface
- clapped out — (of machinery or appliances) worn-out; dilapidated.
- clapped-out — If you describe a person or a machine as clapped-out, you mean that they are old and no longer able to work properly.
- clean up on — to defeat; beat
- cloudscapes — Plural form of cloudscape.
- clubmanship — the status of belonging to an active club
- cluj-napoca — city in Transylvania, NW Romania: pop. 322,000
- comeuppance — If you say that someone has got their comeuppance, you approve of the fact that they have been punished or have suffered for something wrong that they have done.
- compurgator — one who testified in a compurgation
- computation — Computation is mathematical calculation.
- computative — of, relating to, or involving computation
- computerate — If someone is computerate, they have enough skill and knowledge to be able to use a computer.
- constuprate — to rape or violate
- contour map — a map that indicates the physical features of the land; topographic map
- cornucopian — Classical Mythology. a horn containing food, drink, etc., in endless supply, said to have been a horn of the goat Amalthaea.
- cornucopias — Plural form of cornucopia.
- corpuscular — Biology. an unattached cell, especially of a kind that floats freely, as a blood or lymph cell.
- corruptable — Able to be corrupted.
- counterpace — a countermove
- counterpane — A counterpane is a decorative cover on a bed.
- counterpart — Someone's or something's counterpart is another person or thing that has a similar function or position in a different place.
- counterplan — an opposing plan
- counterplay — a positive or aggressive action by the defending side, esp in chess
- counterplea — a reply to a plea
- coup d'état — When there is a coup d'état, a group of people seize power in a country.
- coup d’état — When there is a coup d’état, a group of people seize power in a country.
- coupon rate — The coupon rate is the interest rate on a bond calculated on the number of coupons per year.
- craniopagus — the condition of Siamese twins joined at the head
- crap around — Vulgar. excrement. an act of defecation.
- crapulosity — the quality of being crapulous or crapulent
- crapulously — In a crapulous manner.
- creophagous — flesh-eating or carnivorous
- crepuscular — Crepuscular means relating to twilight.
- cuckoo wasp — any of several small, metallic-green or -blue wasps of the family Chrysididae that deposit their eggs in nests of other wasps.
- culpability — guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness.
- culture gap — a divide between two social groups that have different cultures
- cupellation — the process of recovering precious metals from lead by melting the alloy in a cupel and oxidizing the lead by means of an air blast