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15-letter words containing o, c, i, p, t, e

  • copper arsenite — a yellowish-green, water-insoluble, poisonous powder, CuHAsO 3 , used chiefly as a pigment and as an insecticide.
  • copy protection — a routine that is included in a program by its publisher to prevent the software from being duplicated except for a single backup copy.
  • corporate image — the way an organization is presented to or perceived by its members and the public
  • correction tape — a tape that can be placed over a written or typed mistake, on which the correct form can be written or typed, thereby covering the mistake underneath
  • corruptibleness — The state or quality of being corruptible.
  • cosmopolitanize — to make cosmopolitan.
  • cottage pudding — plain cake covered with a sweet sauce
  • countercampaign — a campaign responding to another campaign
  • counterpetition — a formal request for legal action submitted to a court by a respondent who has received a petition
  • counterplotting — Present participle of counterplot.
  • counterpointing — Present participle of counterpoint.
  • counterpunching — Present participle of counterpunch.
  • county palatine — the lands of a count palatine
  • courting couple — a pair of lovers
  • cpu info center — (processor)   An old website at the University of California at Berkeley describing many different computers and their performance.
  • critical period — a period in a lifetime during which a specific stage of development usually occurs. If it fails to do so, it cannot readily occur afterwards
  • cross-pollinate — to subject or be subjected to cross-pollination
  • crossopterygian — any bony fish of the subclass Crossopterygii, having fleshy limblike pectoral fins. The group, now mostly extinct, contains the ancestors of the amphibians
  • cryoprecipitate — a precipitate obtained by controlled thawing of a previously frozen substance. Factor VIII, for treating haemophilia, is often obtained as a cryoprecipitate from frozen blood
  • cut (up) didoes — to behave in mischievous or silly way
  • cyclopentadiene — a colourless liquid unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon obtained in the cracking of petroleum hydrocarbons and the distillation of coal tar: used in the manufacture of plastics and insecticides. Formula: C5H6
  • cytophotometric — of or relating to cytophotometry
  • data processing — Data processing is the series of operations that are carried out on data, especially by computers, in order to present, interpret, or obtain information.
  • data protection — (in Britain) safeguards for individuals relating to personal data stored on a computer
  • deception table — a table of the 18th century made so as to conceal its true function, as in serving as a cabinet for a chamber pot.
  • decomposability — (uncountable) The condition of being decomposable.
  • decompositional — Of or pertaining to decomposition.
  • dephlogisticate — to reduce or remove inflammation from
  • deposit account — A deposit account is a type of bank account where the money in it earns interest.
  • dermatoglyphics — the lines forming a skin pattern, esp on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
  • descriptionless — Without a description.
  • despecification — The act of generalizing, or making less specific.
  • dictation speed — a speed of speaking that enables someone to take down what is being said
  • direct coupling — conductive coupling between electronic circuits, as opposed to inductive or capacitative coupling
  • direct positive — a positive obtained from another positive without an intermediate step.
  • disincorporated — Simple past tense and past participle of disincorporate.
  • duplicitousness — The state or condition of being duplicitous.
  • durchkomponiert — having a different tune for each section rather than having repeated melodies
  • east providence — a town in NE Rhode Island, near Providence.
  • eclipse scotoma — a blind spot; a permanent or temporary area of depressed or absent vision caused by viewing the sun directly
  • editio princeps — first edition.
  • egyptian clover — a Mediterranean clover, Trifolium alexandrinum, grown as a forage crop and to improve the soil in the southwestern US and the Nile valley
  • electing a pope — (electronics, humour)   (From the smoke signals given out when the guys in funny hats choose a new Pope) Causing an integrated circuit or other electronic component to emit smoke by passing too much current through it. See magic smoke.
  • electrodeposits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of electrodeposit.
  • electron optics — the study and use of beams of electrons and of their deflection and focusing by electric and magnetic fields
  • electrophoresis — The movement of charged particles in a fluid or gel under the influence of an electric field.
  • electrophoretic — Of, pertaining to, or produced by electrophoresis.
  • electropositive — Electrically positive.
  • elegiac couplet — a couplet composed of a dactylic hexameter followed by a dactylic pentameter
  • eleutherophobic — afraid of freedom
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