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12-letter words containing i, t, p

  • brevipennate — (of flightless birds) short-winged
  • bridal party — the people who accompany the bride as she comes to her wedding
  • bridge party — a gathering for the purpose of playing bridge
  • bright spark — If you say that some bright spark had a particular idea or did something, you mean that their idea or action was clever, or that it seemed clever but was silly in some way.
  • bubble point — the temperature at which bubbles just start to appear in a heated liquid mixture
  • buck private — a common soldier
  • bullet point — A bullet point is one of a series of important items for discussion or action in a document, usually marked by a square or round symbol.
  • bully pulpit — If someone in a prominent job or position publicly expresses their opinions about a particular subject, you can say that they are using their job or position as a bully pulpit.
  • bypass ratio — the ratio of the amount of air that bypasses the combustion chambers of an aircraft gas turbine to that passing through them
  • camp bastion — a large British military base in Helmand province, Afghanistan, built in 2006
  • camp meeting — a religious meeting held in a large tent or outdoors, often lasting several days
  • campaign hat — a felt hat with a broad, stiff brim and four dents in the crown, formerly worn by personnel in the U.S. Army and Marine Corps.
  • camphorating — Present participle of camphorate.
  • camping site — A camping site is the same as a campsite.
  • candy stripe — a pattern of bright stripes of one color against a plain background, used chiefly in fabrics.
  • capabilities — the quality of being capable; capacity; ability: His capability was unquestionable.
  • capacitances — Plural form of capacitance.
  • capacitating — Present participle of capacitate.
  • capacitation — to make capable; enable.
  • capacitively — (physics, electronics) In relation to or in terms of capacitance.
  • 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
  • capitalising — Present participle of capitalise.
  • capitalistic — Capitalistic means supporting or based on the principles of capitalism.
  • capitalizing — Present participle of capitalize.
  • 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).
  • capitularies — Plural form of capitulary.
  • capitulating — Present participle of capitulate.
  • capitulation — the act of capitulating
  • capitulatory — the act of capitulating.
  • captain jack — (Kintpuash) 1837?–73, Modoc leader.
  • captiousness — The state of being captious.
  • captive-bred — bred in captivity
  • carpentering — a person who builds or repairs wooden structures, as houses, scaffolds, or shelving.
  • carpet tiles — small pieces of carpeting laid as tiles to cover a floor
  • carry permit — a license to carry a handgun on one's person.
  • cartographic — Of or pertaining to the making of maps.
  • cash receipt — A cash receipt is a proof of purchase issued when the buyer has paid in cash.
  • castile soap — a hard soap made from olive oil and sodium hydroxide
  • catadioptric — involving a combination of reflecting and refracting components
  • cataphoresis — electrophoresis
  • cataphractic — relating to or resembling a cataphract
  • cataphysical — perverse; contrary to nature
  • catastrophic — Something that is catastrophic involves or causes a sudden terrible disaster.
  • catch points — railway points designed to derail a train running back in the wrong direction to prevent collision with a following train
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