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13-letter words containing c, a, p, o, n

  • cacophonously — In a cacophonous manner.
  • cainotophobia — Alternative form of cainophobia.
  • camerapersons — Plural form of cameraperson.
  • campaniliform — Alternative form of campaniform.
  • campanologist — the principles or art of making bells, bell ringing, etc.
  • camping stool — a stool which is suitable for use in temporary quarters, on holiday, etc, esp by being portable and easy to set up
  • camping stove — a portable stove powered by butane gas canisters, designed to be used for cooking while camping
  • cancerophobia — a morbid dread of being afflicted by cancer
  • capaciousness — capable of holding much; spacious or roomy: a capacious storage bin.
  • cape pondweed — an aquatic plant, Aponogeton distachyus, of the Cape of Good Hope, having floating leaves and tiny, fragrant white flowers.
  • cape province — a former province of S South Africa; replaced in 1994 by the new provinces of Northern Cape, Western Cape, Eastern Cape and part of North-West. Capital: Cape Town
  • cape-province — a cape in S Africa, in the SW Republic of South Africa.
  • capello index — a player rating website backed by Fabio Capello in which marks are awarded to football players in the top teams according to their performance in key skills of the game
  • capitate bone — the largest and central bone of the carpus, articulating with the second, third, and fourth metacarpal bones.
  • capitulations — Plural form of capitulation.
  • caprification — a method of pollinating the edible fig by hanging branches of caprifig flowers in edible fig trees. Parasitic wasps in the caprifig flowers transfer pollen to the edible fig flowers
  • capsaicinoids — Plural form of capsaicinoid.
  • capsulization — The act or process of capsulizing.
  • carcinophobia — Inordinate dread of contracting cancer.
  • carpenterworm — the larva of the carpenterworm moth.
  • carton-pierre — papier-mâché decorated in imitation of wood, stone, or metal, and chiefly used for ornamental statuary or decorative motifs.
  • cartoon strip — A cartoon strip is a series of drawings that tells a story.
  • caryophyllene — (organic compound) A sesquiterpene (containing a cyclobutane ring) found in the essential oils of several plants such as clove and pepper.
  • case in point — a specific, appropriate, or relevant instance or example
  • cephalization — (in the evolution of animals) development of a head by the concentration of feeding and sensory organs and nervous tissue at the anterior end
  • cephaloridine — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
  • cephalosporin — any of a group of broad-spectrum antibiotics obtained from fungi of the genus Cephalosporium
  • cerebrospinal — of or relating to the brain and spinal cord
  • ceruloplasmin — a protein responsible for copper detoxification, found in the blood
  • championships — Plural form of championship.
  • chaperoneship — State or position of chaperone.
  • chart-topping — very popular; coming top in the charts
  • chronographic — a timepiece fitted with a recording device, as a stylus and rotating drum, used to mark the exact instant of an occurrence, especially in astronomy.
  • chronotherapy — an endeavour to readjust the body clock to enable a person to waken earlier by going to sleep later and later every day until the required waking hour is achieved
  • chthonophagia — (disease) A disease characterized by the impulsive consumption of dirt, observed in some parts of the southern United States as well as the West Indies.
  • cinematograph — a combined camera, printer, and projector
  • ciprofloxacin — a broad-spectrum antibiotic used against Gram-negative bacteria. It is effective against anthrax
  • clamp down on — a device, usually of some rigid material, for strengthening or supporting objects or fastening them together.
  • cleptomaniacs — kleptomania.
  • clinopinacoid — (in monoclinic crystals) the plane that is parallel to both the vertical and the inclined lateral axes
  • close company — a company under the control of its directors or fewer than five independent participants
  • coastal plain — a plain extending along a coast.
  • cochairperson — a person who cochairs an organization
  • coconspirator — a fellow conspirator
  • code napoleon — the civil code of France, promulgated between 1804 and 1810, comprising the main body of French civil law
  • cognitive map — a mental map of one's environment
  • coin-operated — (of a machine) operated by the insertion of a coin
  • command paper — (in Britain) a government document that is presented to Parliament, in theory by royal command
  • commandership — a person who commands.
  • common prayer — the liturgy of public services of the Church of England, esp Morning and Evening Prayer
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