11-letter words containing c, a, t, n, p
- calyptrogen — a layer of rapidly dividing cells at the tip of a plant root, from which the root cap is formed. It occurs in grasses and many other plants
- campanulate — (esp of flower corollas) shaped like a bell
- campbeltown — a seaport on the Kintyre peninsula, in SW Scotland: resort.
- campestrian — Relating to open fields; growing in a field, or open ground.
- campo santo — a cemetery
- canophilist — a person who loves dogs
- cantaloupes — Plural form of cantaloupe.
- cap-haitien — a port in N Haiti: capital during the French colonial period. Pop: 134 000 (2005 est)
- capacitance — the property of a system that enables it to store electric charge
- cape breton — an island forming the NE part of Nova Scotia, in SE Canada. 3970 sq. mi. (10,280 sq. km).
- capernoited — capricious
- capernoitie — the head
- capitations — Plural form of capitation.
- capri pants — women's tight-fitting trousers
- capstan bar — a lever, often wooden, for turning a capstan
- capsulation — enclosed in or formed into a capsule.
- captainship — captaincy.
- captionless — (of a cartoon) having no caption
- captivating — Someone or something that is captivating fascinates or attracts you.
- captivation — to attract and hold the attention or interest of, as by beauty or excellence; enchant: Her blue eyes and red hair captivated him.
- cargo pants — Cargo pants are large, loose pants with lots of pockets.
- carnaptious — ill-tempered or cantankerous
- carpathians — a mountain range in central Europe, extending from N Slovakia to central Romania. Highest peak, Gerlachovka, 8737 feet (2663 meters).
- carpentaria — Gulf ofarm of the Arafura Sea, indenting the N coast of Australia: c. 480 mi (772 km) long; 400 mi (644 km) wide
- carpinteria — a town in SW California.
- cataphonics — catacoustics
- catapulting — Present participle of catapult.
- catch up on — to engage in more (work, sleep, etc.) so as to compensate for earlier neglect
- centre pass — a push or hit made in any direction to start the game or to restart the game after a goal has been scored
- centripetal — acting, moving, or tending to move towards a centre
- cephalothin — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
- ceratopsian — resembling or belonging to the Ceratopsia, a suborder of herbivorous dinosaurs characterized by their parrot-like beaks, horns, and neck frills
- chain plate — any of the metal plates secured to the hull of a sailing vessel or elsewhere to hold shrouds and backstays at their lower ends.
- chainplates — Plural form of chainplate.
- charpentier — Gustave (ɡystav). 1860–1956, French composer, whose best-known work is the opera Louise (1900)
- chiropteran — of, relating to, or belonging to the Chiroptera, an order of placental mammals comprising the bats
- cleptomania — kleptomania
- coleopteran — any of the insects of the cosmopolitan order Coleoptera, in which the forewings are modified to form shell-like protective elytra. The order includes the beetles and weevils
- compactness — joined or packed together; closely and firmly united; dense; solid: compact soil.
- compaginate — to join or unite
- compartment — A compartment is one of the separate spaces into which a railway carriage is divided.
- compensated — Simple past tense and past participle of compensate.
- compensates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compensate.
- compensator — a person or thing that compensates
- compilating — Present participle of compilate.
- compilation — A compilation is a book, CD, or programme that contains many different items that have been gathered together, usually ones which have already appeared in other places.
- complainant — A complainant is a person who starts a court case in a court of law.
- complaineth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'complain'.
- complaisant — If you are complaisant, you are willing to accept what other people are doing without complaining.
- compliantly — complying; obeying, obliging, or yielding, especially in a submissive way: a man with a compliant nature.