12-letter words containing o, n, c, p
- 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
- common topaz — topaz (def 2).
- commonplaces — Plural form of commonplace.
- companionate — resembling, appropriate to, or acting as a companion
- companionway — A companionway is a staircase or ladder that leads from one deck to another on a ship.
- company time — the regular hours during which employees are expected to work
- company town — a town built by a company for its employees
- compartition — (obsolete) The act of dividing into parts or compartments.
- 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.
- compaternity — the relationship between the godparents of a child or between the godparents and the child's parents.
- compellation — appellation
- compellingly — in a way that demands attention and interest
- 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.
- compiliation — Misspelling of compilation.
- complacently — pleased, especially with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: The voters are too complacent to change the government.
- complainable — That may be complained of.
- complainants — Plural form of complainant.
- complainings — complaints
- complaintive — Tending to complain, characterized by complaining.
- complaisance — deference to the wishes of others; willing compliance
- complanation — the act of flattening or making level
- complections — Plural form of complection.
- complemental — complementary; completing.
- complemented — having a complement or complements.
- complementer — something that completes or makes perfect: A good wine is a complement to a good meal.
- completement — (obsolete) Act of completing or perfecting; completion.
- completeness — complete
- complexation — the formation of a complex
- complexional — Relating to complexion.
- complexioned — of a specified complexion
- compliancies — compliance (defs 1, 2, 4).
- complicating — to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
- complication — A complication is a problem or difficulty that makes a situation harder to deal with.
- complimental — complimentary
- complimented — Simple past tense and past participle of compliment.
- complimenter — a person who compliments
- componential — a constituent part; element; ingredient.
- componentize — (transitive) To split into separate components.
- comportation — (obsolete) The act of bringing together.
- comportments — Plural form of comportment.
- composedness — The state or quality of being composed.
- compositions — Plural form of composition.