12-letter words containing c, a, p, e, r
- archiphoneme — an abstract linguistic unit representing two or more phonemes when the distinction between these has been neutralized: conventionally shown by a capital letter within slashes, as /T/ for /t/ and /d/ in German Rat and Rad
- arena chapel — a private chapel in Padua containing a fresco cycle painted (1305–06) by Giotto.
- arthroscopes — Plural form of arthroscope.
- asking price — The asking price of something is the price which the person selling it says that they want for it, although they may accept less.
- aspect ratio — the ratio of width to height of the picture on a television or cinema screen
- at any price — If you want something at any price, you are determined to get it, even if unpleasant things happen as a result.
- atmospherics — Atmospherics are elements in something such as a piece of music or a book which create a certain atmosphere.
- atomic power — nuclear power.
- b-s particle — a neutral meson with a mass 10,507 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 1.6 X 10 -12 seconds.
- bach trumpet — a modern small three-valved trumpet for playing clarino passages in Bach's music
- bachelor pad — a flat in which a bachelor lives
- bachelorship — the state of being a bachelor; bachelorhood
- back-slapper — the practice of making a loud and effusive display of friendliness, cordiality, etc., as by slapping persons on the back.
- backpressure — a resistant pressure exerted by liquid or gas against the forward motion or flow of an exhaust or pipe system: Careful control of backpressure ensures an even supply of oil from the well.
- bald cypress — a tree, Taxodium distichum, of swampy areas of the southern U.S., having featherlike needles and cone-shaped projections growing up from the roots, yielding a hardwood used in construction, shipbuilding, etc.
- bankruptcies — Plural form of bankruptcy.
- barbecue pit — a trench in which wood or charcoal is burned for barbecuing
- barge couple — either of a pair of outside rafters along the gable end of a roof
- baroreceptor — a collection of sensory nerve endings, principally in the carotid sinuses and the aortic arch, that monitor blood pressure changes in the body
- bicarpellary — (of an ovary) having two carpels
- black copper — a regulus of 95-percent-pure copper, produced in a blast furnace by smelting oxidized copper ores.
- black papers — unofficial papers criticizing government policy
- black pepper — Black pepper is pepper which is dark in colour and has been made from the dried berries of the pepper plant, including their black outer cases.
- black pewter — pewter composed of 60 percent tin and 40 percent lead.
- black powder — gunpowder as used in sports involving modern muzzleloading firearms
- black prince — Edward2 (Prince of Wales)
- black spruce — a coniferous tree, Picea mariana, of the northern regions of North America, growing mostly in cold bogs and having dark green needles
- blister pack — a type of packet in which small items are displayed and sold, consisting of a transparent dome of plastic or similar material mounted on a firm backing such as cardboard
- bobbery pack — a mixed pack of hunting dogs, often not belonging to any of the hound breeds
- boot-scraper — a contraption consisting of an upright metal shape formerly placed outside some houses to enable people to scrape the mud from their boots before going in
- brachycephal — a person with a brachycephalic head
- bracket lamp — a wall light that is attached to the wall by a bracket
- brain-picker — the act of obtaining information or ideas by questioning another person.
- branch depot — one of a several depots receiving stock from the same central supplier
- buck private — a common soldier
- bumping race — (esp at Oxford and Cambridge) a race in which rowing eights start an equal distance one behind the other and each tries to bump the boat in front
- calendar api — Calendar Application Programming Interface
- caliper rule — a graduated rule with one sliding jaw and one that is stationary
- calligraphed — Simple past tense and past participle of calligraph.
- calligrapher — A calligrapher is a person skilled in the art of calligraphy.
- caloreceptor — a receptor stimulated by heat.
- camber piece — a centering for a flat arch, slightly crowned to allow for settling of the arch.
- camelopardus — a faint extensive constellation in the N hemisphere close to Ursa Major and Cassiopeia
- camera phone — A camera phone is a mobile phone that can also take photographs.
- camerapeople — a person who operates a camera, especially a movie or TV camera.
- cameraperson — a camera operator
- camper truck — a pickup truck having a camper mounted on the truck body.
- camphor tree — a lauraceous evergreen E Asian tree, Cinnamomum camphora, whose aromatic wood yields camphor
- 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