10-letter words containing c, a, p, e
- cane piece — (in the Caribbean) a field of sugar cane, esp a peasant's isolated field
- canephoros — in ancient Greece, any of the maidens who carried on her head a basket holding the sacred things used at feasts
- cantaloupe — A cantaloupe is a type of melon.
- cap sleeve — a very short sleeve on a woman's dress, blouse, etc., fashioned by lengthening only the outer shoulder area of the garment to form a caplike extension
- capable of — susceptible of; admitting of; open to
- capacitate — to make legally competent
- capacities — the ability to receive or contain: This hotel has a large capacity.
- capacitive — of electrical capacitance
- cape blanc — a headland in N Tunisia: the northernmost point of Africa
- cape coast — a seaport in S Ghana, on the Gulf of Guinea, 75 miles (121 km) SW of Accra.
- cape coral — city in SW Fla.: pop. 102,000
- cape dutch — (in South Africa) a distinctive style of furniture or architecture
- cape flats — the strip of low-lying land in South Africa joining the Cape Peninsula proper to the African mainland
- cape smoke — South African brandy
- cape verde — a cape in Senegal, near Dakar: the westernmost point of Africa
- cape wrath — a promontory at the NW extremity of the Scottish mainland
- cape-wrath — Cape, a high promontory in NW Scotland: most NW point on mainland.
- capillaire — a syrup flavoured with maidenhair fern or orange flower water
- capistrate — (zoology, rare) hooded; cowled.
- capitalise — to write or print in capital letters letters or with an initial capital letter.
- capitalize — If you capitalize on a situation, you use it to gain some advantage for yourself.
- capitative — Per head; capitatim.
- capitellum — an enlarged knoblike structure at the end of a bone that forms an articulation with another bone; capitulum
- capitoline — of or relating to the Capitoline or the temple of Jupiter
- capitulate — If you capitulate, you stop resisting and do what someone else wants you to do.
- capnophile — (biology) A microorganism that requires or grows best in presence of high concentrations of carbon dioxide.
- caporegime — the second in command to a capo; Mafia lieutenant.
- capraesque — relating to or in the style of the movies of Frank Capra, focusing on courage and its positive effects and the triumph of the underdog.
- capreolate — possessing or resembling tendrils
- capsizable — able to be capsized
- capsomeres — Plural form of capsomere.
- capsulated — Enclosed in a capsule.
- capsulised — Simple past tense and past participle of capsulise.
- capsulized — Simple past tense and past participle of capsulize.
- capsulizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of capsulize.
- captivance — captivity
- captivated — Simple past tense and past participle of captivate.
- captivates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of captivate.
- capturable — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- carbapenem — (organic compound) Any of a class of broad-spectrum beta-lactam antibiotics that are resistant to enzymatic hydrolysis.
- card creep — chip creep
- cardphones — Plural form of cardphone.
- cardplayer — a person who plays cards
- careership — An approach to career-related decision-making, combining rationality, interactions with others, and responses to sometimes unpredictable events.
- carpe diem — enjoy the pleasures of the moment, without concern for the future
- carpellary — (botany) Of or pertaining to carpels.
- carpellate — having carpels.
- carpenters — Plural form of carpenter.
- carpentier — Georges (ʒɔrʒ), known as Gorgeous Georges. 1894–1975, French boxer: world light-heavyweight champion (1920–22)
- carpetable — Suitable for being carpeted.