11-letter words containing c, a, p
- pastry chef — cook who specializes in patisserie
- pasty-faced — having a pale, unhealthy, sallow complexion: an awkward, pasty-faced youth.
- pataphysics — a supposed branch of philosophy or science that studies imaginary phenomena beyond the realm of metaphysics; the science of imaginary solutions.
- patch quilt — a patchwork quilt
- patch space — An unused block of bits left in a binary so that it can later be modified by insertion of machine-language instructions there (typically, the patch space is modified to contain new code, and the superseded code is patched to contain a jump or call to the patch space). The widening use of HLLs has made this term rare; it is now primarily historical outside IBM shops. See patch, zap, hook.
- pate a chou — French Cookery. cream puff paste.
- path pascal — Parallel extension of Pascal. Processes have shared access to data objects. Constraints on their synchronisation are specified in a path expression.
- pathoformic — Pathology. pertaining to the beginning of a disease, especially to symptoms that occur in the preliminary stages of mental disease.
- patriarchal — of or relating to a patriarch, the male head of a family, tribe, community, church, order, etc.: my father's conservative, patriarchal ways.
- patricianly — a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat.
- patriclinic — inherited from the father; more like the father than the mother
- patroclinic — inherited from the father; more like the father than the mother
- patsy cline — Patsy (Virginia Patterson Hensley) 1932–63, U.S. country singer.
- pawn ticket — a receipt given for goods left with a pawnbroker.
- pay a claim — If an insurer pays a claim, it pays money to a policyholder because a loss or risk occurs against which they were insured.
- pc-talk iii — (communications, tool) An MS-DOS communications program by Andrew Fluegelman.
- peace corps — a civilian organization, sponsored by the U.S. government, that sends volunteers to instruct citizens of underdeveloped countries in the execution of industrial, agricultural, educational, and health programs.
- peace envoy — someone sent on a mission to end conflict or bring peace
- peace lobby — a lobby for peace or the end of conflict
- peace river — a river in W Canada, flowing NE from the Rocky Mountains in E British Columbia through Alberta to the Slave River. 1050 miles (1690 km) long.
- peace talks — negotiations aimed at ending conflict
- peacekeeper — a person who maintains or restores peace and amity; mediator: Mother was the peacekeeper in our family.
- peacemaking — a person, group, or nation that tries to make peace, especially by reconciling parties who disagree, quarrel, or fight.
- peach melba — a dessert consisting of cooked peach halves served with vanilla ice cream and Melba sauce.
- peach stone — the stone in the centre of the fruit the peach
- peachy keen — peachy (def 2).
- peachy-keen — peachy (def 2).
- peacock ore — bornite.
- peano curve — a curve that passes through every point of a two-dimensional region.
- pearl perch — an edible marine fish, Glaucosoma scapulare, of eastern Australian coastal waters.
- pearlescent — having an iridescent luster resembling that of pearl; nacreous: healthy skin with a pearlescent glow.
- pecan patty — a praline made with pecans.
- peche melba — peach Melba.
- pechora sea — the SE part of the Barents Sea, northwest of Russia
- pectic acid — any of several water-insoluble products of the hydrolysis of pectin esters.
- pectinately — in a pectinate manner
- peculiarity — a trait, manner, characteristic, or habit that is odd or unusual.
- peculiarize — to make peculiar, unusual, distinguished, etc.
- pecuniarily — of or relating to money: pecuniary difficulties.
- pedagogical — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
- pedal cycle — a cycle that is propelled by operating the pedals, as opposed to a motorcycle
- pedanticise — to be pedantic
- pedanticism — pedantry.
- pedanticize — to be pedantic
- pedantocrat — a pedantic ruler
- pedicellate — having a pedicel or pedicels.
- pediculated — having a stalk or stalks
- pedological — the scientific study of the nature and development of children.
- pedophiliac — pedophile.
- pedunculate — having a peduncle.