11-letter words containing o, c, t, p
- captivation — to attract and hold the attention or interest of, as by beauty or excellence; enchant: Her blue eyes and red hair captivated him.
- cardiopathy — a heart disease or disorder
- cargo pants — Cargo pants are large, loose pants with lots of pockets.
- carnaptious — ill-tempered or cantankerous
- carpet moth — any of several geometrid moths with black- (or brown-)and-white mottled wings
- carpet plot — the graphed values of a function of more than one variable, read from an ordinate at points located by the intersection of curves of constant values of each of the variables
- carpet-bomb — to drop many bombs on (an area) to prepare for advancing ground forces
- cartography — Cartography is the art or activity of drawing maps and geographical charts.
- cartophilic — relating to cartophily
- caryopteris — any of various shrubs with small blue or white flowers of the genus Caryopteris, all found in S and E Asia
- cataphonics — catacoustics
- catastrophe — A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage.
- catastrophy — Alternative form of catastrophe.
- catch up on — to engage in more (work, sleep, etc.) so as to compensate for earlier neglect
- cattle prod — A cattle prod is an object shaped like a long stick. Farmers make cattle move in a particular direction by pushing the cattle prod against the bodies of the animals.
- cattle-stop — a grid of metal bars covering a hollow or hole dug in a roadway, intended to prevent the passage of livestock while allowing vehicles, etc, to pass unhindered
- centipoises — Plural form of centipoise.
- cephalothin — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
- cephalotomy — the dissection of the head
- ceratopsian — resembling or belonging to the Ceratopsia, a suborder of herbivorous dinosaurs characterized by their parrot-like beaks, horns, and neck frills
- ceroplastic — relating to wax modelling
- chamber pot — A chamber pot is a round container shaped like a very large cup. Chamber pots used to be kept in bedrooms so that people could urinate in them instead of having to leave their room during the night.
- chamber-pot — a portable container, especially for urine, used in bedrooms.
- champertous — a sharing in the proceeds of litigation by one who agrees with either the plaintiff or defendant to help promote it or carry it on.
- checkerspot — any of several butterflies of the genus Melitaea, having black wings with yellowish-brown, checkerlike markings.
- checkpoints — Plural form of checkpoint.
- cherepovets — city in NE Russia, on the Rybinsk Reservoir: pop. 319,000
- chiloplasty — cheiloplasty.
- chimney pot — A chimney pot is a short pipe which is fixed on top of a chimney.
- chiropodist — A chiropodist is a person whose job is to treat and care for people's feet.
- chiropteran — of, relating to, or belonging to the Chiroptera, an order of placental mammals comprising the bats
- chlorophyte — A lower plant of the division Chlorophyta, which comprises the green algae.
- chloroplast — a plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments, occurring in plants and algae that carry out photosynthesis
- choke point — a place of greatest congestion and often hazard; bottleneck.
- chokepoints — Plural form of chokepoint.
- chop stroke — (in tennis, cricket, etc.) a stroke made with a sharp downward movement of the racket, bat, etc., imparting a backspin to the ball.
- chou pastry — cream puff paste.
- christopher — Saint. 3rd century ad, Christian martyr; patron saint of travellers
- chrome tape — magnetic recording tape coated with chrome dioxide
- chromeplate — to plate with chromium.
- chromoplast — a coloured plastid in a plant cell, esp one containing carotenoids
- chrysophyte — any of the golden alga species
- chug report — (humour) From "chug" - to drink heavily. A bug report whose the submitter is thought to have had one too many. Not as bad as a drug report.
- cladoptosis — the annual shedding of twigs or branches instead of leaves, as in certain cypresses.
- clapped out — (of machinery or appliances) worn-out; dilapidated.
- clapped-out — If you describe a person or a machine as clapped-out, you mean that they are old and no longer able to work properly.
- cleethorpes — a resort in E England, in North East Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire. Pop: 31 853 (2001)
- cleistocarp — cleistothecium.
- cleptocracy — Alternative form of kleptocracy.
- cleptomania — kleptomania