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12-letter words containing c, a, i, p, r, n

  • chairmanship — The chairmanship of a committee or organization is the fact of being its chairperson. Someone's chairmanship can also mean the period during which they are chairperson.
  • chairpersons — Plural form of chairperson.
  • chapter ring — a ringlike band on the dial of a clock that bears the numerals or other symbols of the hours.
  • cheddar pink — a low, mat-forming European plant, Dianthus gratianopolitanus, of the pink family, having solitary, fragrant, rose-colored flowers with fringed petals.
  • cheeseparing — penny-pinching; stingy
  • chip carving — wood carving, usually executed with a knife and characterized by small incisions and simple geometrical patterns.
  • chiropterans — Plural form of chiropteran.
  • christophany — an appearance or emergence of Christ following his crucifixion
  • chronophobia — Fear of the passing of time, or more generally of time itself.
  • cinder patch — a defect on steel caused by the accidental picking up of matter, as from the bottom of a soaking pit.
  • clapboarding — Present participle of clapboard.
  • clomipramine — A tricyclic, heterocyclic drug used to treat depression, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
  • co-parenting — a divorced or separated parent who shares equally with the other parent in the custody and care of a child.
  • coat protein — any protein that is a constituent of the capsid of a virus.
  • collar point — a point midway between the heart point and top of an escutcheon.
  • compartition — (obsolete) The act of dividing into parts or compartments.
  • compaternity — the relationship between the godparents of a child or between the godparents and the child's parents.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • contraptions — Plural form of contraption.
  • cooperations — an act or instance of working or acting together for a common purpose or benefit; joint action.
  • copy-reading — to work on (copy) as a copyreader.
  • corporations — Plural form of corporation.
  • craftmanship — Alternative form of craftsmanship.
  • craniography — examination of the skull as depicted by craniographs, photographs, and charts.
  • cranioplasty — Surgical repair of a defect or deformity in the skull.
  • crapehanging — the practice of hanging crape, esp as a sign of mourning
  • crawling peg — a method of stabilizing exchange rates, prices, etc, by maintaining a fixed level for a specified period or until the level has persisted at an upper or lower limit for a specified period and then permitting a predetermined incremental rise or fall
  • crazy paving — Crazy paving is pieces of stone of different shapes fitted together to make a path or flat area.
  • crucian carp — a common cyprinid, Carassius carassius, that closely resembles the wild form of goldfish, occurring in streams in most parts of Europe and northern Asia.
  • 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
  • depreciating — Present participle of depreciate.
  • depreciation — the reduction in value of a fixed asset due to use, obsolescence, etc
  • dictyopteran — any insect of the order Dictyoptera, which comprises the cockroaches and mantises
  • dinaric alps — a mountain range in W Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Serbia: connected with the main Alpine system by the Julian Alps. Highest peak: Troglav, 1913 m (6277 ft)
  • disciplinary — of, for, or constituting discipline; enforcing or administering discipline: disciplinary action.
  • discrepances — Plural form of discrepance.
  • dopaminergic — activated by or sensitive to dopamine.
  • drop curtain — a curtain that is lowered into position from the flies.
  • ear piercing — hole in ear for jewellery
  • ear-piercing — extremely harsh and irritating to the ear: ear-piercing noise.
  • emancipators — Plural form of emancipator.
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