13-letter words containing a, p, e, r, n, c
- caryophyllene — (organic compound) A sesquiterpene (containing a cyclobutane ring) found in the essential oils of several plants such as clove and pepper.
- center spread — the pair of pages facing each other at the center of a magazine or newspaper, printed and made up as a single unit.
- central islip — a town on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- centre spread — the pair of two facing pages in the middle of a magazine, newspaper, etc, often illustrated
- centripetally — Towards a centre or axis.
- century plant — an agave, Agave americana, native to tropical America but naturalized elsewhere, having very large spiny greyish leaves and greenish flowers on a tall fleshy stalk. It blooms only once in its life, after 10 to 30 years (formerly thought to flower after a century)
- cephaloridine — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
- cephalosporin — any of a group of broad-spectrum antibiotics obtained from fungi of the genus Cephalosporium
- cerebrospinal — of or relating to the brain and spinal cord
- ceruloplasmin — a protein responsible for copper detoxification, found in the blood
- chain printer — a line printer in which the type is on a continuous chain, used to print computer output
- chaperoneship — State or position of chaperone.
- charter plane — a plane that has been chartered
- chronotherapy — an endeavour to readjust the body clock to enable a person to waken earlier by going to sleep later and later every day until the required waking hour is achieved
- cinematograph — a combined camera, printer, and projector
- cochairperson — a person who cochairs an organization
- coin-operated — (of a machine) operated by the insertion of a coin
- command paper — (in Britain) a government document that is presented to Parliament, in theory by royal command
- commandership — a person who commands.
- common prayer — the liturgy of public services of the Church of England, esp Morning and Evening Prayer
- company grade — military rank applying to army officers below major, as second and first lieutenants and captains.
- company store — a retail store operated by a company for the convenience of the employees, who are required to buy from the store.
- compare notes — to exchange opinions
- compartimento — any of the 18 administrative districts into which Italy is divided.
- compartmental — divided into compartments: a compartmental office; a compartmental agency.
- compartmented — Divided into compartments.
- complementary — Complementary things are different from each other but make a good combination.
- complimentary — If you are complimentary about something, you express admiration for it.
- compressional — relating to compression
- concert party — a musical entertainment popular in the early 20th century, esp one at a British seaside resort
- concord grape — a variety of grape with purple-black fruit covered with a bluish bloom
- conspiratress — a woman who conspires
- contact paper — Photography. sensitized paper on which a contact print is made.
- containerport — a shipping port specially equipped to handle containerized cargo
- containership — a ship specially designed or equipped for carrying containerized cargo
- contemplators — Plural form of contemplator.
- contracepting — to prevent the conception of (offspring).
- contraception — Contraception refers to methods of preventing pregnancy.
- contraceptive — A contraceptive method or device is a method or a device which a woman uses to prevent herself from becoming pregnant.
- contre-partie — (in buhlwork) an inlay composed of a design in tortoise shell on a background of brass.
- control panel — the part of a machine or piece of equipment that houses the controls
- convertiplane — an aircraft that can land and take off vertically by temporarily directing its propulsive thrust downwards
- copartnership — a partnership or association between two equals, esp in a business enterprise
- copper-fasten — to make (a bargain or agreement) binding
- cor pulmonale — pulmonary heart disease: a serious heart condition in which there is enlargement and failure of the right ventricle resulting from lung disease
- corporateness — the state of being a corporate body
- corporealness — The state or quality of being corporeal.
- corsican pine — a pine tree, a variant of the black pine Pinus nigra var maritime, originally native to Corsica and neighbouring Mediterranean regions
- cotransporter — (biochemistry) An integral membrane protein that actively transports molecules by using the concentration gradient of one molecule or ion concentration to force the other molecule or ion against its gradient.
- counterplayer — a person who makes a counterplay