12-letter words containing n, o, s, p
- 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
- clap eyes on — to catch sight of
- clergyperson — a member of the clergy
- 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-ownership — the fact or state of being one of the joint owners of something
- co-president — a person who shares the highest position in an organization with another person
- coenospecies — a collection of related species able to hybridize
- coffee spoon — a small spoon (smaller than a teaspoon) for stirring coffee
- coleopterans — Plural form of coleopteran.
- colonoscopes — Plural form of colonoscope.
- combat pants — trousers: military style
- comeuppances — Plural form of comeuppance.
- 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.
- compartments — Plural form of compartment.
- 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
- compliancies — compliance (defs 1, 2, 4).
- comportments — Plural form of comportment.
- composedness — The state or quality of being composed.
- compositions — Plural form of composition.
- compressions — Plural form of compression.
- compromising — If you describe information or a situation as compromising, you mean that it reveals an embarrassing or guilty secret about someone.
- compunctions — Plural form of compunction.
- compunctious — causing or feeling compunction; regretful.
- computations — Plural form of computation.
- concupiscent — lustful or sensual.
- conidiospore — a conidium
- conscripting — Present participle of conscript.
- conscription — Conscription is officially making people in a particular country join the armed forces.
- conspecifics — Plural form of conspecific.
- conspectuity — vision or sight
- conspectuses — Plural form of conspectus.
- conspiracies — Plural form of conspiracy.
- conspiracist — a person who believes in or supports a conspiracy theory.