12-letter words containing n, o, p
- captiousness — The state of being captious.
- carbon paper — Carbon paper is thin paper with a dark substance on one side. You use it to make copies of letters, bills, and other papers.
- carpetmonger — a person who frequently visits women's boudoirs
- carpool lane — a lane of a major road or motorway that is reserved for vehicles with a minimum number of passengers, designed to encourage carpooling
- catch points — railway points designed to derail a train running back in the wrong direction to prevent collision with a following train
- cattleperson — Someone who works with, or rears cattle.
- cefoperazone — A cephalosporin antibiotic.
- centrosphere — the portion of the centrosome surrounding the centriole; center of an aster
- ceratopsians — Plural form of ceratopsian.
- chairpersons — Plural form of chairperson.
- championship — A championship is a competition to find the best player or team in a particular sport.
- change point — a point to which a foresight and backsight are taken in levelling; turning point
- changepocket — a small pocket or compartment for holding coins.
- channel port — one of the English or French ports on the English Channel
- chicken coop — a coop for chickens.
- chilpancingo — a town in S Mexico, capital of Guerrero state, in the Sierra Madre del Sur. Pop: 166 000 (2005 est)
- chinese copy — an exact copy of an original
- chiropterans — Plural form of chiropteran.
- chisel point — a nail or spike with the point formed by two flat inclined sides meeting at a sharp angle.
- chlorophenol — any of three isomers having the formula C 6 H 5 ClO, derived from chlorine and phenol, used chiefly as intermediates in the manufacture of dyes.
- chloropicrin — a colourless insoluble toxic lachrymatory liquid used as a pesticide and a tear gas; nitrotrichloromethane. Formula: CCl3NO2
- chlorospinel — a variety of spinel used as a gem, colored grass-green by the presence of copper.
- chondrophore — a medusoid hydrozoan that resembles a jellyfish
- chordophones — Plural form of chordophone.
- chordophonic — of or relating to a chordophone
- chota nagpur — a plateau in E India, mainly in Jharkhand state since 2000: forested, with rich mineral resources and much heavy industry; produces chiefly lac (world's leading supplier), coal (half India's total output), and mica
- christophany — an appearance or emergence of Christ following his crucifixion
- christophene — chayote.
- chronographs — Plural form of chronograph.
- chronography — an arrangement of past events
- chronophobia — Fear of the passing of time, or more generally of time itself.
- chronoscopes — Plural form of chronoscope.
- chronotropic — affecting the rate or timing of a physiologic process, as the heart rate.
- chrysophanol — (organic compound) A chemical compound found in rhubarb.
- chthonophagy — (disease) Alternative form of chthonophagia.
- churchperson — A person involved with the church; a churchgoer or cleric.
- chymotrypsin — a powerful proteolytic enzyme secreted from the pancreas in the form of chymotrypsinogen, being converted to the active form by trypsin
- cinque ports — an association of ports on the SE coast of England, originally consisting of Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich, which from late Anglo-Saxon times provided ships for the king's service in return for the profits of justice in their courts. The Cinque Ports declined with the growth of other ports and surrendered their charters in 1685
- city company — (in Britain) a corporation that represents one of the historic trade guilds of London
- clap eyes on — to catch sight of
- clapboarding — Present participle of clapboard.
- cleptomaniac — kleptomania.
- clergyperson — a member of the clergy
- clomipramine — A tricyclic, heterocyclic drug used to treat depression, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
- 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)
- clovis point — flint projectile dating from the 10th millennium bc
- co-dependent — A co-dependent person is in an unsatisfactory relationship with someone who is ill or an addict, but does not want the relationship to end.
- co-opetition — cooperation between competitors in business, esp in the computer industry
- co-ownership — the fact or state of being one of the joint owners of something
- co-parenting — a divorced or separated parent who shares equally with the other parent in the custody and care of a child.