12-letter words containing c, p
- bathyscaphes — Plural form of bathyscaphe.
- battle clasp — clasp (def 4).
- be expecting — to be pregnant
- be no picnic — If you say that an experience, task, or activity is no picnic, you mean that it is quite difficult or unpleasant.
- beam compass — an instrument for drawing large circles or arcs, consisting of a horizontal beam along which two vertical legs slide
- bell captain — a person in charge of a group of bellhops
- besom pocket — an interior pocket with edging or stitching around the opening.
- bespectacled — Someone who is bespectacled is wearing glasses.
- beyond price — invaluable or priceless
- bibliophilic — pertaining to a bibliophile
- bicarpellary — (of an ovary) having two carpels
- bicycle clip — one of a pair of clips worn around the ankles by cyclists to keep the trousers tight and out of the chain
- bicycle path — a path designed for bicyclists
- bicycle pump — a hand pump for pumping air into the tyres of a bicycle
- 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
- biocomputing — the application of computing to problems in biology, biochemistry, and genetics
- biographical — Biographical facts, notes, or details are concerned with the events in someone's life.
- biopesticide — a naturally occurring or derived substance or an organism that controls pests by nontoxic means
- 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 copper — a regulus of 95-percent-pure copper, produced in a blast furnace by smelting oxidized copper ores.
- 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
- bobbery pack — a mixed pack of hunting dogs, often not belonging to any of the hound breeds
- body politic — The body politic is all the people of a nation when they are considered as a complete political group.
- boot-scraper — a contraption consisting of an upright metal shape formerly placed outside some houses to enable people to scrape the mud from their boots before going in
- bouillon cup — a small, bowl-shaped vessel, with two handles, in which bouillon is served.
- brachycephal — a person with a brachycephalic head
- brachygraphy — shorthand; stenography
- bracket lamp — a wall light that is attached to the wall by a bracket
- brain-picker — the act of obtaining information or ideas by questioning another person.
- branch depot — one of a several depots receiving stock from the same central supplier
- branch plant — a plant or factory in Canada belonging to a company whose headquarters are in another country
- branch point — Electricity. a point in an electric network at which three or more conductors meet.
- bronchoscope — an instrument for examining and providing access to the interior of the bronchial tubes
- bronchoscopy — an examination by means of a bronchoscope.
- bronchospasm — an abnormal contraction of the bronchi resulting in restriction of the airway
- buck private — a common soldier
- buck's party — a party for men only, esp one held for a man before he is married
- 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.
- 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
- butcher shop — a shop in which meat, poultry, and sometimes fish are sold.