12-letter words containing c, i, r, p
- electrophile — (chemistry) a compound or functional group that is attractive to, and accepts electrons, especially accepting an electron pair from a nucleophile to form a bond.
- electrophori — Plural form of electrophorus.
- electrotypic — relating to, or resulting from, electrotypy
- emancipators — Plural form of emancipator.
- emancipatory — Of or pertaining to emancipation or to an emancipator.
- emancipatrix — A woman, girl, or any other entity treated as female who emancipates; a female emancipator.
- empyreumatic — relating to empyreuma
- encipherment — The act or process of enciphering; encryption.
- entropically — By means of or in relation to entropy.
- epicureanism — An ancient school of philosophy founded in Athens by Epicurus. The school rejected determinism and advocated hedonism (pleasure as the highest good), but of a restrained kind: mental pleasure was regarded more highly than physical, and the ultimate pleasure was held to be freedom from anxiety and mental pain, esp. that arising from needless fear of death and of the gods.
- epicuticular — Relating to the epicuticle.
- epigrammatic — Of the nature or in the style of an epigram; concise, clever, and amusing.
- epigraphical — Epigraphic.
- epirrhematic — relating to epirrhema
- ethnographic — Relating to ethnography.
- euphorically — In a euphoric manner.
- eutrophicate — (ecology, intransitive) To become eutrophic.
- executorship — The office or position of an executor.
- experiencing — Present participle of experience.
- extracampine — (psychiatry, of hallucination) Beyond the possible sensory field.
- extrahepatic — Originating or occurring outside the liver.
- factory ship — a whaling ship equipped to process killed whales and to transport the oil and by-products.
- fiber optics — the branch of optics that deals with the transmission of light through transparent fibers, as in the form of pulses for the transmission of data or communications, or through fiber bundles for the transmission of images.
- fibre optics — optical fibre
- fire company — a company of firefighters.
- fluoroscopic — of or relating to the fluoroscope or fluoroscopy.
- fort pickens — Andrew, 1739–1817, American Revolutionary general.
- francophilia — Alternative capitalization of Francophilia.
- francophobia — the phenomenon of hating French speakers, culture, or people
- frontispiece — an illustrated leaf preceding the title page of a book.
- fruit-picker — a person or a tool that picks fruit from trees
- garlic press — kitchen tool for crushing garlic
- garrison cap — overseas cap.
- gastroscopic — Of or pertaining to gastroscopy.
- geographical — of or relating to geography.
- gift receipt — A gift receipt shows proof of purchase but leaves out the amount spent. It can be used to return goods given as a gift.
- glacier peak — a volcanic mountain in NW central Washington, in the Cascade range. 10,541 feet (3213 meters).
- glucoprotein — glycoprotein.
- glycerolipid — (organic chemistry) Any lipid based on glycerol.
- glycoprotein — any of a group of complex proteins, as mucin, containing a carbohydrate combined with a simple protein.
- gonadotropic — pertaining to substances formed in the anterior pituitary gland that affect the activity of the ovary or testis.
- gospel choir — a choir performing gospel music
- grace period — a period of time after a payment becomes due, as of a loan or life-insurance premium, before one is subject to penalties or late charges or before the loan or policy is canceled.
- grape picker — someone who picks grapes
- graphic arts — any of the fine or applied visual arts based on drawing or the use of line, as opposed to colour or relief, on a plane surface, esp illustration and printmaking of all kinds
- graphophonic — a phonograph for recording and reproducing sounds on wax records.
- h paul grice — H(erbert) Paul, 1913–88, English philosopher.
- hagiographic — Of or pertaining to hagiography.
- hammer price — the price offered as the winning bid in a public auction
- handicappers — Plural form of handicapper.