14-letter words containing c, a, p
- container port — a port that is adapted or built for the use of cargo containers
- container ship — A container ship is a ship that is designed for carrying goods that are packed in large metal or wooden boxes.
- contemperation — the act of contempering
- contemperature — the action of mixing together harmoniously or proportionately
- contemplatable — That can be contemplated.
- contemplations — Plural form of contemplation.
- contemplatives — Plural form of contemplative.
- contemporanean — contemporary
- contemporaries — existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz.
- contemporarily — existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz.
- contraceptives — A device or drug serving to prevent pregnancy.
- contract price — a price for goods or services named in a contract
- contraposition — the act of placing opposite or against, esp in contrast or antithesis
- contrapositive — placed opposite or against
- contrapuntally — of or relating to counterpoint.
- contrapuntists — Plural form of contrapuntist.
- cooperationist — an act or instance of working or acting together for a common purpose or benefit; joint action.
- copper cyanide — a creamy-white, highly poisonous, water-insoluble powder, CuCN, used chiefly in electroplating and in organic synthesis.
- copper sulfate — a blue, crystalline substance, CuSO4·5H2O, that effloresces and turns white when heated; blue vitriol: used in making pigments, germicides, batteries, etc.
- copperfastened — Simple past tense and past participle of copperfasten.
- copy and paste — to copy (information in a computer document) and put it somewhere else in the document
- cornucopia leg — a leg used on pieces in the Directoire and Empire styles, curving downward from the piece and curving upward again to a point and having a foot or caster at the lowest part of the curve.
- corporate bond — a bond issued by a corporation in order to increase its capital
- corporate park — office park.
- corporate rate — A corporate rate is the amount of money a hotel charges guests who are staying there because they are traveling for business reasons. It is usually less than the normal amount.
- corporatocracy — Rule by corporations.
- corpuscularian — an adherent of corpuscular theory
- corpuscularism — (philosophy) Ideology that discusses reality and change in terms of particles (corpuscles) and their motion.
- corpuscularity — the state of being corpuscular
- cosmographical — Of or pertaining to cosmography.
- cosmopolitical — relating to all polities
- cotemporaneous — contemporaneous
- count palatine — originally an official who administered the king's domains or his justice
- counterexample — an example or fact that is inconsistent with a hypothesis and may be used in argument against it
- counterparties — Plural form of counterparty.
- counterprogram — to schedule (a broadcast on radio or television) to compete with one on another station.
- coup de maitre — a masterstroke; stroke of genius
- courier parent — a person who applies for residency in Canada with the aim of gaining residency for his or her offspring
- court cupboard — a wooden stand with two or three tiers, used in the 16th and 17th centuries to display pewter, silver, etc
- cowper's gland — either of two small glands with ducts opening into the male urethra: during sexual excitement they secrete a mucous substance
- crack the whip — to assert one's authority, esp to put people under pressure to work harder
- crepe marocain — a crepe fabric made of silk, wool, or rayon, or a combination of these fibers, and distinguished by a strong rib effect, used in the manufacture of dresses and women's suits; a heavy Canton crepe.
- critical point — the point on a phase diagram that represents the critical state of a substance
- critical speed — Critical speed is the speed at which unwanted vibration happens when a vessel is rotating.
- croagh patrick — a mountain in NW Republic of Ireland, in Mayo: a place of pilgrimage as Saint Patrick is said to have prayed and fasted there. Height: 765 m (2510 ft)
- cross-platform — (software, hardware) A term that describes a language, software application or hardware device that works on more than one system platform (e.g. Unix, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh). E.g. Netscape Navigator, Java.
- crown imperial — a liliaceous garden plant, Fritillaria imperialis, with a cluster of leaves and orange bell-shaped flowers at the top of the stem
- cryoprotectant — an agent which prevents cell damage caused by cryopreservation
- cryptaesthetic — of or relating to cryptaesthesia
- cryptanalytics — cryptanalysis (def 1).