11-letter words containing n, p, t
- centrepiece — The centrepiece of something is the best or most interesting part of it.
- centripetal — acting, moving, or tending to move towards a centre
- cephalothin — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
- ceratopsian — resembling or belonging to the Ceratopsia, a suborder of herbivorous dinosaurs characterized by their parrot-like beaks, horns, and neck frills
- chain plate — any of the metal plates secured to the hull of a sailing vessel or elsewhere to hold shrouds and backstays at their lower ends.
- chainplates — Plural form of chainplate.
- charpentier — Gustave (ɡystav). 1860–1956, French composer, whose best-known work is the opera Louise (1900)
- checkpoints — Plural form of checkpoint.
- chimney pot — A chimney pot is a short pipe which is fixed on top of a chimney.
- chiropteran — of, relating to, or belonging to the Chiroptera, an order of placental mammals comprising the bats
- choke point — a place of greatest congestion and often hazard; bottleneck.
- chokepoints — Plural form of chokepoint.
- citizenship — If you have citizenship of a country, you are legally accepted as belonging to it.
- cleptomania — kleptomania
- clothes-pin — a device, such as a forked piece of wood or plastic, for fastening articles to a clothesline.
- clothespins — Plural form of clothespin.
- codependent — A codependent person is in an unsatisfactory relationship with someone who is ill or an addict, but does not want the relationship to end.
- coleopteran — any of the insects of the cosmopolitan order Coleoptera, in which the forewings are modified to form shell-like protective elytra. The order includes the beetles and weevils
- coleopteron — a member of a large order of insects having the front wings modified as hard wing-cases, and comprising the beetles and weevils
- colourpoint — a breed of domestic cat
- compactness — joined or packed together; closely and firmly united; dense; solid: compact soil.
- compaginate — to join or unite
- compartment — A compartment is one of the separate spaces into which a railway carriage is divided.
- compensated — Simple past tense and past participle of compensate.
- compensates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compensate.
- compensator — a person or thing that compensates
- competences — Plural form of competence.
- competently — having suitable or sufficient skill, knowledge, experience, etc., for some purpose; properly qualified: He is perfectly competent to manage the bank branch.
- competition — Competition is a situation in which two or more people or groups are trying to get something which not everyone can have.
- compilating — Present participle of compilate.
- compilation — A compilation is a book, CD, or programme that contains many different items that have been gathered together, usually ones which have already appeared in other places.
- compilement — a compilation
- complainant — A complainant is a person who starts a court case in a court of law.
- complaineth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'complain'.
- complaisant — If you are complaisant, you are willing to accept what other people are doing without complaining.
- complecting — Present participle of complect.
- complection — the natural color, texture, and appearance of the skin, especially of the face: a clear, smooth, rosy complexion.
- complements — Plural form of complement.
- completions — Plural form of completion.
- compliantly — complying; obeying, obliging, or yielding, especially in a submissive way: a man with a compliant nature.
- compliments — a greeting of respect or regard
- complotting — a plot involving several participants; conspiracy.
- componental — of, relating to, or having components
- componentry — the components of a machine, vehicle, stereo system, etc.
- comportance — comportment
- comportment — conduct; bearing
- compositing — made up of disparate or separate parts or elements; compound: a composite drawing; a composite philosophy.
- composition — When you talk about the composition of something, you are referring to the way in which its various parts are put together and arranged.
- compost bin — a container designed to expedite the development of compost
- compotation — the act of drinking together in a company