12-letter words containing a, p, o, r
- collar point — a point midway between the heart point and top of an escutcheon.
- college park — a city in N Georgia.
- colour phase — a seasonal change in the coloration of some animals
- colporrhaphy — (surgery) suturing of a defect in the wall of the vagina.
- cometography — the scientific description and recording of comets
- comparatists — Plural form of comparatist.
- comparatives — Plural form of comparative.
- compartition — (obsolete) The act of dividing into parts or compartments.
- compartments — Plural form of compartment.
- compass card — a compass in the form of a card that rotates so that "0°" or "North" points to magnetic north
- compass rose — a circle or decorative device printed on a map or chart showing the points of the compass measured from true north and usually magnetic north
- compaternity — the relationship between the godparents of a child or between the godparents and the child's parents.
- compatriotic — Of or relating to compatriots.
- compensatory — Compensatory payments involve money paid as compensation.
- comportation — (obsolete) The act of bringing together.
- compulsatory — compulsory
- compurgation — (formerly) a method of trial whereby a defendant might be acquitted if a sufficient number of persons swore to his innocence
- computer age — modern society regarded as the period when the widespread use of computers has fundamentally changed people's lives
- computer law — a body of law arising out of the special conditions relating to the use of computers, as in computer crime or software copyright.
- concorporate — united into a single body
- 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.
- contemplator — to look at or view with continued attention; observe or study thoughtfully: to contemplate the stars.
- contemporary — Contemporary things are modern and relate to the present time.
- contrapposto — (in the visual arts) a curving or asymmetrical arrangement of the human figure with the shoulders, hips, and legs in different planes
- contraptions — Plural form of contraption.
- contrapuntal — characterized by counterpoint
- cooperations — an act or instance of working or acting together for a common purpose or benefit; joint action.
- cooperatives — Plural form of cooperative.
- copperfasten — (transitive, historical) To protect the timbers [of a ship] with plates of copper secured with copper nails or bolts.
- copperplates — Plural form of copperplate.
- coprophagist — a person who eats excrement
- coprophagous — (esp of certain beetles) feeding on dung
- coprophiliac — of or relating to coprophilia
- copy-reading — to work on (copy) as a copyreader.
- coram populo — in the presence of the people; publicly
- coronagraphs — Plural form of coronagraph.
- corporations — Plural form of corporation.
- corporealism — materialism
- corporealist — a materialist
- corporeality — the state or quality of being corporeal; bodily existence
- corporealize — to make corporeal
- corrivalship — the position of a corrival
- cosmographer — (astrophysics) A scientist specializing in understanding and describing the nature of the universe.
- cosmographic — Of or pertaining to cosmography.
- cotemporally — At the same time.
- coulrophobia — an abnormal fear of clowns.