12-letter words containing c, i, p, a
- bicarpellary — (of an ovary) having two carpels
- bicycle path — a path designed for bicyclists
- biographical — Biographical facts, notes, or details are concerned with the events in someone's life.
- bishop's-cap — any of a genus (Mitella) of small woodland plants of the saxifrage family, with two-lobed seedcases shaped like a bishop's hat
- black prince — Edward2 (Prince of Wales)
- blister pack — a type of packet in which small items are displayed and sold, consisting of a transparent dome of plastic or similar material mounted on a firm backing such as cardboard
- brain-picker — the act of obtaining information or ideas by questioning another person.
- branch point — Electricity. a point in an electric network at which three or more conductors meet.
- buck private — a common soldier
- bumping race — (esp at Oxford and Cambridge) a race in which rowing eights start an equal distance one behind the other and each tries to bump the boat in front
- cacophonical — cacophonous
- cacophonious — cacophonous
- caesalpinoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Caesalpinoideae, a mainly tropical subfamily of leguminous plants that have irregular flowers: includes carob, senna, brazil, cassia, and poinciana
- calendar api — Calendar Application Programming Interface
- caliper rule — a graduated rule with one sliding jaw and one that is stationary
- calligraphed — Simple past tense and past participle of calligraph.
- calligrapher — A calligrapher is a person skilled in the art of calligraphy.
- calligraphic — fancy penmanship, especially highly decorative handwriting, as with a great many flourishes: She appreciated the calligraphy of the 18th century.
- camber piece — a centering for a flat arch, slightly crowned to allow for settling of the arch.
- camp bastion — a large British military base in Helmand province, Afghanistan, built in 2006
- camp meeting — a religious meeting held in a large tent or outdoors, often lasting several days
- camp springs — a city in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
- campaign hat — a felt hat with a broad, stiff brim and four dents in the crown, formerly worn by personnel in the U.S. Army and Marine Corps.
- camphorating — Present participle of camphorate.
- camping site — A camping site is the same as a campsite.
- campo formio — a village in NE Italy, in Friuli-Venezia Giulia: scene of the signing of a treaty in 1797 that ended the war between revolutionary France and Austria
- campodeiform — resembling insects of the genus Campodea
- campshedding — to line (the bank of a river) with campshot.
- cancerphobia — an excessive fear of getting cancer
- candied peel — fruit skin which has been impregnated or encrusted with sugar or syrup, esp that of citrus fruits
- candy stripe — a pattern of bright stripes of one color against a plain background, used chiefly in fabrics.
- canine corps — a military or law enforcement body which uses dogs for the detection of explosives or drugs or for security, tracking, etc
- cap spinning — a spinning process in which woolen yarn is twisted and wound onto a revolving bobbin located within a stationary cap, much used in the Bradford spinning process.
- capabilities — the quality of being capable; capacity; ability: His capability was unquestionable.
- capacitances — Plural form of capacitance.
- capacitating — Present participle of capacitate.
- capacitation — to make capable; enable.
- capacitively — (physics, electronics) In relation to or in terms of capacitance.
- caparisoning — Present participle of caparison.
- cape comorin — a headland at the southernmost point of India, in Tamil Nadu state
- cape jasmine — a widely cultivated gardenia shrub, Gardenia jasminoides
- cape sounion — Cape, a cape in E central Greece, SE of Athens, at the tip of the Attica peninsula, in W Aegean Sea.
- caper family — the plant family Capparidaceae (or Capparaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having alternate, simple, or palmate leaves, irregular flowers with four petals, and fruit in the form of elongated capsules or berries, including the caper and cleome.
- capercaillie — a large European woodland grouse, Tetrao urogallus, having a black plumage and fan-shaped tail in the male
- capercailzie — Alternative form of capercaillie.
- capillaceous — having numerous filaments resembling hairs or threads
- capital city — the seat of government of a country or other political unit
- capital cost — a cost incurred on the purchase of land, buildings, construction and equipment to be used in the production of goods or the rendering of services
- capital gain — the amount by which the selling price of a financial asset exceeds its cost
- capital levy — a tax on capital or property as contrasted with a tax on income