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12-letter words containing c, o, p, l

  • barge couple — either of a pair of outside rafters along the gable end of a roof
  • bibliophilic — pertaining to a bibliophile
  • bicycle shop — a shop that sells and usually repairs bicycles and bicycle parts
  • bimorph cell — a piezoelectric transducer consisting of two crystals cemented together, used in microphones, headphones, loudspeakers, etc. to convert vibrations into a voltage output or to convert a signal voltage into vibrations that can produce audible sounds
  • biographical — Biographical facts, notes, or details are concerned with the events in someone's life.
  • black copper — a regulus of 95-percent-pure copper, produced in a blast furnace by smelting oxidized copper ores.
  • black poplar — a Eurasian tree, Populus nigra
  • black powder — gunpowder as used in sports involving modern muzzleloading firearms
  • black sapote — a tropical American tree, Diospyros digyna, related to the persimmon, having sweet, edible, green fruit that turns black when ripe.
  • body politic — The body politic is all the people of a nation when they are considered as a complete political group.
  • bouillon cup — a small, bowl-shaped vessel, with two handles, in which bouillon is served.
  • bulldog clip — A bulldog clip is a metal clip with a spring lever that opens and closes two flat pieces of metal. It is used for holding papers together.
  • cacophonical — 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
  • caloreceptor — a receptor stimulated by heat.
  • camelopardus — a faint extensive constellation in the N hemisphere close to Ursa Major and Cassiopeia
  • camerapeople — a person who operates a camera, especially a movie or TV camera.
  • camphor ball — mothball
  • cancelpoodle — (messaging)   (Or Cancelbunny) A manifestation of the Cancelmoose in the form of a more selective (and probably not automated) way to cancel Usenet articles. The term became common during the alt.religion.scientology wars of the mid-90s, during which Cancelpoodles were used. The "poodle" part is an allusion to one of the parties obliquely involved in the fray, who an earlier well-known witticism had compared to "a psychotic poodle".
  • cape buffalo — a large, black, nearly hairless, very fierce buffalo (Syncerus caffer) of South Africa, with horns joined at the bases to form a helmetlike structure
  • cape colored — a South African of mixed European and African or Malayan ancestry.
  • cape delgado — a headland on the NE coast of Mozambique
  • cape ortegal — a cape in NW Spain, projecting into the Bay of Biscay
  • cape-lookout — Cape, a sandy reef in the Outer Banks, off E North Carolina, SW of Cape Hatteras: lighthouse.
  • capillaceous — having numerous filaments resembling hairs or threads
  • 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 loss — A capital loss is a loss on investment property.
  • capitol hill — the area around the Capitol in Washington, DC
  • capitol peak — a mountain in W central Colorado, in the Elk range of the Rocky Mountains. 14,130 feet (4310 meters).
  • capitulation — the act of capitulating
  • capitulatory — the act of capitulating.
  • capped elbow — a swelling of the elbow of a horse due to irritation caused by the hoof striking the elbow when lying down.
  • capriciously — subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic: He's such a capricious boss I never know how he'll react.
  • cardioplegia — deliberate arrest of the action of the heart, as by hypothermia or the injection of chemicals, to enable complex heart surgery to be carried out
  • carisoprodol — a crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 12 H 24 N 2 O 4 , used as a muscle relaxant.
  • carpool lane — a lane of a major road or motorway that is reserved for vehicles with a minimum number of passengers, designed to encourage carpooling
  • castile soap — a hard soap made from olive oil and sodium hydroxide
  • catastrophal — (rare) Catastrophic.
  • cattleperson — Someone who works with, or rears cattle.
  • cebocephalic — Exhibiting or relating to cebocephaly.
  • cephalometer — an instrument for positioning the human head for X-ray examination in cephalometry
  • cephalometry — measurement of the dimensions of the human head by radiography: used mainly in orthodontics
  • cephalopodic — relating to or resembling a cephalopod
  • ceroplastics — the art of wax modelling
  • chalcography — the art of engraving on copper or brass
  • chalcopyrite — a widely distributed yellow mineral consisting of a sulphide of copper and iron in tetragonal crystalline form: the principal ore of copper. Formula: CuFeS2
  • channel port — one of the English or French ports on the English Channel
  • chartophylax — an official who serves chiefly as the chancellor and archivist of a diocese.
  • cheiloplasty — plastic surgery of the lip.
  • childproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of childproof.
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