12-letter words containing a, p, o, r
- camerapeople — a person who operates a camera, especially a movie or TV camera.
- cameraperson — a camera operator
- camphor ball — mothball
- camphor tree — a lauraceous evergreen E Asian tree, Cinnamomum camphora, whose aromatic wood yields camphor
- camphorating — Present participle of camphorate.
- campo formio — a village in NE Italy, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia: scene of the signing of a treaty in 1797 that ended the war between revolutionary France and Austria
- campo grande — a city in SW Brazil, capital of Mato Grosso do Sul state on the São Paulo–Corumbá railway: market centre. Pop: 746 000 (2005 est)
- campodeiform — resembling insects of the genus Campodea
- cancerphobia — an excessive fear of getting cancer
- canine corps — a military or law enforcement body which uses dogs for the detection of explosives or drugs or for security, tracking, etc
- canton crepe — a fine crinkled silk or rayon crepe fabric, slightly heavier than crepe de Chine
- caparisoning — Present participle of caparison.
- cape colored — a South African of mixed European and African or Malayan ancestry.
- cape comorin — a headland at the southernmost point of India, in Tamil Nadu state
- cape nordkyn — a cape in N Norway: the northernmost point of the European mainland
- cape ortegal — a cape in NW Spain, projecting into the Bay of Biscay
- cape sparrow — a sparrow, Passer melanurus, very common in southern Africa: family Ploceidae
- cape-froward — Cape, a cape in S Chile, on the Strait of Magellan: southernmost point of mainland South America.
- capitulatory — the act of capitulating.
- 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.
- capricornean — born under or characteristic of Capricorn
- capricornian — a person born under the sign of Capricorn, usually between December 22nd and January 19th.
- caproic acid — oily acid found in milk
- carbon paper — Carbon paper is thin paper with a dark substance on one side. You use it to make copies of letters, bills, and other papers.
- cardiographs — Plural form of cardiograph.
- cardiography — electrocardiograph.
- cardiophobia — An inordinate fear of heart disease.
- cardioplegia — deliberate arrest of the action of the heart, as by hypothermia or the injection of chemicals, to enable complex heart surgery to be carried out
- cargo pocket — a large patch pocket, usually pleated at the sides and often having a flap.
- carisoprodol — a crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 12 H 24 N 2 O 4 , used as a muscle relaxant.
- carpetmonger — a person who frequently visits women's boudoirs
- carpool lane — a lane of a major road or motorway that is reserved for vehicles with a minimum number of passengers, designed to encourage carpooling
- carpophagous — feeding on fruit
- cartographer — A cartographer is a person whose job is drawing maps.
- cartographic — Of or pertaining to the making of maps.
- catadioptric — involving a combination of reflecting and refracting components
- cataphoreses — Plural form of cataphoresis.
- cataphoresis — electrophoresis
- catastrophal — (rare) Catastrophic.
- catastrophes — Plural form of catastrophe.
- catastrophic — Something that is catastrophic involves or causes a sudden terrible disaster.
- cathodograph — a picture taken using cathode rays
- cattleperson — Someone who works with, or rears cattle.
- cefoperazone — A cephalosporin antibiotic.
- cephalometer — an instrument for positioning the human head for X-ray examination in cephalometry
- cephalometry — measurement of the dimensions of the human head by radiography: used mainly in orthodontics
- ceramography — the study, analysis, and preparation of ceramic microstructures, usually for industrial use
- ceratopsians — Plural form of ceratopsian.
- cerebropathy — A hypochondriacal condition verging upon insanity, occurring in those whose brains have been unduly taxed.
- ceroplastics — the art of wax modelling