11-letter words containing c, a, m, p
- chromeplate — to plate with chromium.
- chromograph — (obsolete) chromolithograph.
- chromoplasm — chromatin.
- chromoplast — a coloured plastid in a plant cell, esp one containing carotenoids
- chymopapain — papain, esp. when injected into a slipped disk to dissolve pain-causing soft cartilage
- cinemascope — an anamorphic process of wide-screen film projection in which an image of approximately twice the usual width is squeezed into a 35mm frame and then screened by a projector having complementary lenses
- circumpolar — (of a star or constellation) visible above the horizon at all times at a specified locality on the earth's surface
- cleptomania — kleptomania
- clp(sigma*) — (language) A constraint logic programming language with regular sets.
- clubmanship — the status of belonging to an active club
- comeuppance — If you say that someone has got their comeuppance, you approve of the fact that they have been punished or have suffered for something wrong that they have done.
- comic opera — a play largely set to music, employing comic effects or situations
- comic-opera — comically vainglorious; having farcically self-important aspects: a comic-opera army, proud in its ceremonial splendor but inept on the battlefield.
- commonplace — If something is commonplace, it happens often or is often found, and is therefore not surprising.
- compactable — Capable of being compacted.
- compactedly — in a compacted manner
- compactible — able to be made compact
- compactness — joined or packed together; closely and firmly united; dense; solid: compact soil.
- compaginate — to join or unite
- companiable — sociable
- companioned — Simple past tense and past participle of companion.
- company car — A company car is a car which an employer gives to an employee to use as their own, usually as a benefit of having a particular job, or because their job involves a lot of travelling.
- company law — the area of law that deals with business enterprises
- company man — an employee who puts allegiance to the company for which he works above personal opinion or friendship
- companywide — Extending throughout a company.
- comparatist — a person who carries out comparative studies, esp a student of comparative literature or comparative linguistics
- comparative — You use comparative to show that you are judging something against a previous or different situation. For example, comparative calm is a situation which is calmer than before or calmer than the situation in other places.
- comparators — Plural form of comparator.
- comparisons — Plural form of comparison.
- compartment — A compartment is one of the separate spaces into which a railway carriage is divided.
- compass saw — a hand saw with a narrow tapered blade for making a curved cut
- compassable — Capable of being compassed or accomplished.
- compassings — contrivances or schemes
- compatriate — Misspelling of compatriot.
- compatriots — Plural form of compatriot.
- compearance — the act of appearing in court
- compellable — (of a witness) able to be made to attend court or testify.
- compensable — entitled to compensation or capable of being compensated
- compensated — Simple past tense and past participle of compensate.
- compensates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compensate.
- compensator — a person or thing that compensates
- compilating — Present participle of compilate.
- compilation — A compilation is a book, CD, or programme that contains many different items that have been gathered together, usually ones which have already appeared in other places.
- compilatory — of or relating to a compilation or compiler
- complacence — a feeling of quiet pleasure or security, often while unaware of some potential danger, defect, or the like; self-satisfaction or smug satisfaction with an existing situation, condition, etc.
- complacency — Complacency is being complacent about a situation.
- complainant — A complainant is a person who starts a court case in a court of law.
- complainers — Plural form of complainer.
- complaineth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'complain'.
- complaining — to express dissatisfaction, pain, uneasiness, censure, resentment, or grief; find fault: He complained constantly about the noise in the corridor.