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12-letter words containing m, o, p, s

  • chemotropism — the growth response of an organism, esp a plant, to a chemical stimulus
  • chromatopsia — an irregularity in the ability to see colours properly
  • chromophores — Plural form of chromophore.
  • chromoplasts — Plural form of chromoplast.
  • chromosphere — a gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere extending from the photosphere to the corona and visible during a total eclipse of the sun
  • chymotrypsin — a powerful proteolytic enzyme secreted from the pancreas in the form of chymotrypsinogen, being converted to the active form by trypsin
  • cladosporium — any of the species of fungi in the genus Cladosporium
  • clonic spasm — Pathology. a sudden, abnormal, involuntary muscular contraction, consisting of a continued muscular contraction (tonic spasm) or of a series of alternating muscular contractions and relaxations (clonic spasm)
  • combat pants — trousers: military style
  • come to pass — to take place
  • comeuppances — Plural form of comeuppance.
  • comfort stop — a short break on a journey to allow travellers to go to the toilet
  • comma splice — comma fault.
  • command post — A command post is a place from which a commander in the army controls and organizes his forces.
  • common pleas — in some U.S. states, a court having general and original jurisdiction over civil and criminal trials
  • common snipe — a bird, Gallinago gallinago, of marshes and river banks, having a long straight bill: family Scolopacidae (sandpipers, etc), order Charadriiformes
  • commonplaces — Plural form of commonplace.
  • compact disc — Compact discs are small shiny discs that contain music or computer information. The abbreviation CD is also used.
  • compact disk — an optical disk approximately 4.75 inches (12 cm) in diameter, on which a program, data, music, etc., is digitally encoded for a laser beam to scan, decode, and transmit to a playback system, computer monitor, or television set. Abbreviation: CD.
  • comparatists — Plural form of comparatist.
  • comparatives — Plural form of comparative.
  • compartments — Plural form of compartment.
  • compass card — a compass in the form of a card that rotates so that "0°" or "North" points to magnetic north
  • compass rose — a circle or decorative device printed on a map or chart showing the points of the compass measured from true north and usually magnetic north
  • compassioned — a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.
  • compensating — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
  • compensation — Compensation is money that someone who has experienced loss or suffering claims from the person or organization responsible, or from the state.
  • compensative — serving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury.
  • compensatory — Compensatory payments involve money paid as compensation.
  • competencies — Plural form of competency.
  • competitions — Plural form of competition.
  • compilations — Plural form of compilation.
  • complainants — Plural form of complainant.
  • complainings — complaints
  • complaisance — deference to the wishes of others; willing compliance
  • complections — Plural form of complection.
  • completeness — complete
  • complex salt — a salt that contains one or more complex ions
  • complexifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of complexify.
  • complexities — The complexities of something are the many complicated factors involved in it.
  • compliancies — compliance (defs 1, 2, 4).
  • complicities — Plural form of complicity.
  • complicitous — having complicity
  • comportments — Plural form of comportment.
  • composedness — The state or quality of being composed.
  • compositions — Plural form of composition.
  • compost heap — an outdoor pile of compostabale material that degrades into compost
  • compressedly — in a compressed manner
  • compressible — If something is compressible, its volume can change when pressure is applied to it.
  • compressions — Plural form of compression.
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