12-letter words containing c, a, p, e
- subduplicate — of the square root of ratios
- subopercular — of or relating to the suboperculum
- subspecialty — a lesser or minor specialty: a cinematographer with a subspecialty of portrait photography.
- suckers' gap — a temporary improvement, occurring between two periods of inclement weather, which deceives people into acting in expectation of continued fine weather
- suicide pact — an agreement between two or more people to commit suicide together.
- super pascal — (language) A Pascal variant used in the reference below. Super Pascal adds non-numeric labels, a return statement and expressions as names of types.
- supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
- supercapital — a member situated between a capital and the spring of an arch, as a dosseret.
- supercarrier — a large aircraft carrier
- supercharged — equipped with a supercharger.
- supercharger — a mechanism for forcing air into an internal-combustion engine in order to increase engine power.
- superciliary — of or relating to the eyebrow.
- superelastic — capable of returning to its original length, shape, etc., after being stretched, deformed, compressed, or expanded: an elastic waistband; elastic fiber.
- superglacial — on the surface of a glacier.
- superhelical — of, relating to, or consisting of a superhelix
- supernacular — relating to supernaculum
- supernaculum — a highly regarded liquor, to be drunk to the very last drop
- superorganic — of or relating to the structure of cultural elements within society conceived as independent of and superior to the individual members of society.
- superplastic — (of some metals and alloys) having the capacity to undergo extreme deformation at high temperatures.
- superspecial — extra special
- switch plate — a plate, usually of metal, ceramic, or plastic, covering a switch so that the knob or toggle protrudes.
- sycophantize — to act the sycophant
- tampico hemp — a stiff fiber obtained from the leaves of various species of Agave, as A. falcata or A. sisalana.
- tape machine — a tape recorder.
- target price — anticipated retail cost
- tau particle — an unstable, negatively charged lepton with a mass of c. 1,777 MeV/c2 (or c. 3,490 times that of an electron) and a mean lifetime of 2.2 ×10-13 second
- team captain — the captain of a sporting team
- technography — the description and study of the arts and sciences in their geographical and ethnic distribution and historical development.
- technophilia — a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.
- technophobia — abnormal fear of or anxiety about the effects of advanced technology.
- tenths-place — next after ninth; being the ordinal number for ten.
- terephthalic — relating to, designating, or derived from terephthalic acid or its derivatives
- tetramorphic — (in art) of or related to a composite representation of the four evangelists' symbols
- tezcatlipoca — an Aztec god.
- the cenotaph — the monument in Whitehall, London, honouring the dead of both World Wars: designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens: erected in 1920
- the pandects — a digest of Roman civil law in fifty books, compiled for the emperor Justinian in the 6th cent. a.d.; the Digest
- the preacher — the author of Ecclesiastes or the book of Ecclesiastes
- theanthropic — of or relating to both God or a god and human beings; both divine and human.
- therapeutics — a therapeutic substance.
- thoracoscope — an instrument used for examining the pleural cavity
- time capsule — a receptacle containing documents or objects typical of the current period, placed in the earth or in a cornerstone for discovery in the future.
- to keep pace — If something keeps pace with something else that is changing, it changes quickly in response to it.
- tracheophyte — any plant of the former division Tracheophyta, comprising all the vascular plants.
- tracheoscopy — examination of the interior of the trachea, as with a laryngoscope.
- trachypterus — a dealfish or ribbonfish
- tracing tape — (on a building site) one of several lines stretched between batter boards to outline the foundations.
- trailer camp — an area where house trailers may be parked, usually having running water, electrical outlets, etc.
- transparence — Also, transparence. the quality or state of being transparent.
- transparency — Also, transparence. the quality or state of being transparent.
- tricephalous — with three heads