12-letter words containing c, o, i, n, p
- cancerphobia — an excessive fear of getting cancer
- canine corps — a military or law enforcement body which uses dogs for the detection of explosives or drugs or for security, tracking, etc
- capacitation — to make capable; enable.
- caparisoning — Present participle of caparison.
- cape comorin — a headland at the southernmost point of India, in Tamil Nadu state
- cape sounion — Cape, a cape in E central Greece, SE of Athens, at the tip of the Attica peninsula, in W Aegean Sea.
- capitulation — the act of capitulating
- capricornean — born under or characteristic of Capricorn
- capricornian — a person born under the sign of Capricorn, usually between December 22nd and January 19th.
- capsaicinoid — (organic chemistry) Any of a class of irritant compounds, related to capsaicin, that are responsible for the heat of chilli peppers.
- captiousness — The state of being captious.
- catch points — railway points designed to derail a train running back in the wrong direction to prevent collision with a following train
- ceratopsians — Plural form of ceratopsian.
- chairpersons — Plural form of chairperson.
- championship — A championship is a competition to find the best player or team in a particular sport.
- change point — a point to which a foresight and backsight are taken in levelling; turning point
- chicken coop — a coop for chickens.
- chilpancingo — a town in S Mexico, capital of Guerrero state, in the Sierra Madre del Sur. Pop: 166 000 (2005 est)
- chinese copy — an exact copy of an original
- chiropterans — Plural form of chiropteran.
- chisel point — a nail or spike with the point formed by two flat inclined sides meeting at a sharp angle.
- chloropicrin — a colourless insoluble toxic lachrymatory liquid used as a pesticide and a tear gas; nitrotrichloromethane. Formula: CCl3NO2
- chlorospinel — a variety of spinel used as a gem, colored grass-green by the presence of copper.
- chordophonic — of or relating to a chordophone
- christophany — an appearance or emergence of Christ following his crucifixion
- christophene — chayote.
- chronophobia — Fear of the passing of time, or more generally of time itself.
- chronotropic — affecting the rate or timing of a physiologic process, as the heart rate.
- chymotrypsin — a powerful proteolytic enzyme secreted from the pancreas in the form of chymotrypsinogen, being converted to the active form by trypsin
- cinque ports — an association of ports on the SE coast of England, originally consisting of Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich, which from late Anglo-Saxon times provided ships for the king's service in return for the profits of justice in their courts. The Cinque Ports declined with the growth of other ports and surrendered their charters in 1685
- city company — (in Britain) a corporation that represents one of the historic trade guilds of London
- clapboarding — Present participle of clapboard.
- cleptomaniac — kleptomania.
- clomipramine — A tricyclic, heterocyclic drug used to treat depression, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
- clonic spasm — Pathology. a sudden, abnormal, involuntary muscular contraction, consisting of a continued muscular contraction (tonic spasm) or of a series of alternating muscular contractions and relaxations (clonic spasm)
- clovis point — flint projectile dating from the 10th millennium bc
- co-opetition — cooperation between competitors in business, esp in the computer industry
- co-ownership — the fact or state of being one of the joint owners of something
- co-parenting — a divorced or separated parent who shares equally with the other parent in the custody and care of a child.
- co-president — a person who shares the highest position in an organization with another person
- co-recipient — one of two or more recipients, as of an award.
- coadaptation — the state of two or more things adapting to one another
- coat protein — any protein that is a constituent of the capsid of a virus.
- coenospecies — a collection of related species able to hybridize
- collar point — a point midway between the heart point and top of an escutcheon.
- common snipe — a bird, Gallinago gallinago, of marshes and river banks, having a long straight bill: family Scolopacidae (sandpipers, etc), order Charadriiformes
- companionate — resembling, appropriate to, or acting as a companion
- companionway — A companionway is a staircase or ladder that leads from one deck to another on a ship.
- company time — the regular hours during which employees are expected to work
- compartition — (obsolete) The act of dividing into parts or compartments.