12-letter words containing c, p, l
- black papers — unofficial papers criticizing government policy
- black pepper — Black pepper is pepper which is dark in colour and has been made from the dried berries of the pepper plant, including their black outer cases.
- black pewter — pewter composed of 60 percent tin and 40 percent lead.
- black plague — Great Plague.
- black poplar — a Eurasian tree, Populus nigra
- black powder — gunpowder as used in sports involving modern muzzleloading firearms
- black prince — Edward2 (Prince of Wales)
- black sapote — a tropical American tree, Diospyros digyna, related to the persimmon, having sweet, edible, green fruit that turns black when ripe.
- black spruce — a coniferous tree, Picea mariana, of the northern regions of North America, growing mostly in cold bogs and having dark green needles
- 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
- 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.
- brachycephal — a person with a brachycephalic head
- bracket lamp — a wall light that is attached to the wall by a bracket
- branch plant — a plant or factory in Canada belonging to a company whose headquarters are in another country
- 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.
- cabbage palm — a West Indian palm, Roystonea (or Oreodoxa) oleracea, whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage
- 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
- calcutta cup — a trophy competed for annually by England and Scotland since 1879
- 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.
- 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.
- camp lejeune — a U.S. Marine Corps base in SE North Carolina SE of Jacksonville on Onslow Bay.
- 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".
- candied peel — fruit skin which has been impregnated or encrusted with sugar or syrup, esp that of citrus fruits
- capabilities — the quality of being capable; capacity; ability: His capability was unquestionable.
- capacitively — (physics, electronics) In relation to or in terms of capacitance.
- cape agulhas — a headland in South Africa, the southernmost point of the African continent
- 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.
- 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
- capital loss — A capital loss is a loss on investment property.
- capital ship — one of the largest and most heavily armed ships in a naval fleet