11-letter words containing e, s, p, o
- bush parole — an escape from prison.
- c-odescript — (language) A Liana interpreter, embeddable in C and C++ programs.
- cacoepistic — Of or relating to mispronounced words.
- cacophonies — Plural form of cacophony.
- cadet corps — a group of school pupils receiving elementary military training in a school corps
- camel corps — a brigade of infantry mounted on camels used by the British army in various campaigns
- camelopards — Plural form of camelopard.
- campesterol — (organic compound) A phytosterol, found in many vegetable oils, related to sitosterol.
- camphorates — Plural form of camphorate.
- cantaloupes — Plural form of cantaloupe.
- caparisoned — (of a horse) Having a richly ornamented harness.
- cape-glossa — Cape, a promontory in SW Albania.
- captionless — (of a cartoon) having no caption
- carpophores — Plural form of carpophore.
- carpospores — Plural form of carpospore.
- caryopteris — any of various shrubs with small blue or white flowers of the genus Caryopteris, all found in S and E Asia
- catastrophe — A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage.
- cattle-stop — a grid of metal bars covering a hollow or hole dug in a roadway, intended to prevent the passage of livestock while allowing vehicles, etc, to pass unhindered
- cenospecies — a species related to another by the ability to interbreed
- centipoises — Plural form of centipoise.
- cephalopods — Plural form of cephalopod.
- ceratopsian — resembling or belonging to the Ceratopsia, a suborder of herbivorous dinosaurs characterized by their parrot-like beaks, horns, and neck frills
- ceroplastic — relating to wax modelling
- chairperson — The chairperson of a meeting, committee, or organization is the person in charge of it.
- champertous — a sharing in the proceeds of litigation by one who agrees with either the plaintiff or defendant to help promote it or carry it on.
- championess — a female champion
- chaperonins — Plural form of chaperonin.
- checkerspot — any of several butterflies of the genus Melitaea, having black wings with yellowish-brown, checkerlike markings.
- checkpoints — Plural form of checkpoint.
- chemosphere — an atmospheric zone about 19 to 80 km (11.8 to 49.7 mi) above the earth's surface, in which photochemical reactions take place
- cherepovets — city in NE Russia, on the Rybinsk Reservoir: pop. 319,000
- chisel plow — a soil tillage device pulled by a tractor or animal, used to break up and stir soil a foot or more beneath the surface without turning it.
- chokepoints — Plural form of chokepoint.
- chop stroke — (in tennis, cricket, etc.) a stroke made with a sharp downward movement of the racket, bat, etc., imparting a backspin to the ball.
- christopher — Saint. 3rd century ad, Christian martyr; patron saint of travellers
- chromascope — An instrument for showing the optical effects of colour.
- chromoscope — a piece of equipment that is used to examine different aspects of colour including, for example, intensity
- chronoscope — an instrument that registers small intervals of time on a dial, cathode-ray tube, etc
- chrysophyte — any of the golden alga species
- chrysoprase — an apple-green variety of chalcedony: a gemstone
- cinemascope — an anamorphic process of wide-screen film projection in which an image of approximately twice the usual width is squeezed into a 35mm frame and then screened by a projector having complementary lenses
- cleethorpes — a resort in E England, in North East Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire. Pop: 31 853 (2001)
- cleistocarp — cleistothecium.
- clock speed — clock rate
- clodhoppers — a large heavy shoe or boot
- close up/to — If you look at something close up or close to, you look at it when you are very near to it.
- closed plan — an office floor plan consisting of fully enclosed office spaces.
- closed shop — If a factory, shop, or other business is a closed shop, the employees must be members of a particular trade union.
- closed-loop — of or relating to a processing system in which effluents are recycled, that is, treated and returned for reuse.
- clothes peg — A clothes peg is a small device which you use to fasten clothes to a washing line.