12-letter words containing a, p, o, i, n
- company time — the regular hours during which employees are expected to work
- compartition — (obsolete) The act of dividing into parts or compartments.
- compassioned — a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.
- compaternity — the relationship between the godparents of a child or between the godparents and the child's parents.
- compellation — appellation
- compensating — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- compensation — Compensation is money that someone who has experienced loss or suffering claims from the person or organization responsible, or from the state.
- compensative — serving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury.
- compilations — Plural form of compilation.
- compiliation — Misspelling of compilation.
- complainable — That may be complained of.
- complainants — Plural form of complainant.
- complainings — complaints
- complaintive — Tending to complain, characterized by complaining.
- complaisance — deference to the wishes of others; willing compliance
- complanation — the act of flattening or making level
- complexation — the formation of a complex
- complexional — Relating to complexion.
- compliancies — compliance (defs 1, 2, 4).
- complicating — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
- complication — A complication is a problem or difficulty that makes a situation harder to deal with.
- complimental — complimentary
- componential — a constituent part; element; ingredient.
- comportation — (obsolete) The act of bringing together.
- compurgation — (formerly) a method of trial whereby a defendant might be acquitted if a sufficient number of persons swore to his innocence
- computations — Plural form of computation.
- conceptional — the act of conceiving; the state of being conceived.
- conduplicate — folded lengthways on itself
- conspiracies — Plural form of conspiracy.
- conspiracist — a person who believes in or supports a conspiracy theory.
- conspiration — a conspiracy
- conspirators — Plural form of conspirator.
- conspiratory — the act of conspiring.
- constipating — to cause constipation in; make costive.
- constipation — Constipation is a medical condition which causes people to have difficulty getting rid of solid waste from their body.
- contraptions — Plural form of contraption.
- cooperations — an act or instance of working or acting together for a common purpose or benefit; joint action.
- copy machine — A copy machine is the same as a copier.
- copy-reading — to work on (copy) as a copyreader.
- corporations — Plural form of corporation.
- cosmopolitan — A cosmopolitan place or society is full of people from many different countries and cultures.
- cottian alps — a mountain range in SW Europe, between NW Italy and SE France: part of the Alps. Highest peak: Monte Viso, 3841 m (12 600 ft)
- coup de main — an attack that achieves complete surprise
- craniography — examination of the skull as depicted by craniographs, photographs, and charts.
- cranioplasty — Surgical repair of a defect or deformity in the skull.
- cryptogamian — of or relating to cryptogams
- cryptomnesia — the reappearance of a suppressed or forgotten memory which is mistaken for a new experience
- cuprammonium — an ion of copper oxide used (in solution) in the manufacture of rayon and other man-made fibres
- curtain pole — a pole from which a curtain is hung in front of a window, door, etc
- danger point — the point at which something ceases to be safe