11-letter words containing o, p, u
- cardophagus — a donkey
- carnaptious — ill-tempered or cantankerous
- carpogonium — the female sex organ of red algae, consisting of a swollen base containing the ovum and a long neck down which the male gametes pass
- carpophorus — an epithet of both Demeter and her daughter, Persephone, meaning “fruit-bearer.”.
- catch up on — to engage in more (work, sleep, etc.) so as to compensate for earlier neglect
- 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.
- check up on — to examine the record, character, etc. of; investigate
- cheek pouch — a membranous pouch inside the mouth of many rodents and some other mammals: used for holding food
- chenopodium — (botany) Any member of the flowering plant genus Chenopodium.
- chou pastry — cream puff paste.
- 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.
- circumpolar — (of a star or constellation) visible above the horizon at all times at a specified locality on the earth's surface
- 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.
- clean up on — to defeat; beat
- close up/to — If you look at something close up or close to, you look at it when you are very near to it.
- cloudscapes — Plural form of cloudscape.
- cluj-napoca — city in Transylvania, NW Romania: pop. 322,000
- co-producer — to produce (a motion picture, play, etc.) in collaboration with others.
- colourpoint — a breed of domestic cat
- colporteurs — Plural form of colporteur.
- come up for — When someone or something comes up for consideration or action of some kind, the time arrives when they have to be considered or dealt with.
- comeuppance — If you say that someone has got their comeuppance, you approve of the fact that they have been punished or have suffered for something wrong that they have done.
- compendious — containing or stating the essentials of a subject in a concise form; succinct
- compendiums — Plural form of compendium.
- compositous — relating to or belonging to the plant family Asteraceae
- compounding — the addition of interest on interest already earned or charged
- compressure — the act of compressing.
- compulsions — Plural form of compulsion.
- compulsitor — a thing, such as a mandate, that compels
- compulsives — Plural form of compulsive.
- compunction — If you say that someone has no compunction about doing something, you mean that they do it without feeling ashamed or guilty.
- compurgator — one who testified in a compurgation
- computation — Computation is mathematical calculation.
- computative — of, relating to, or involving computation
- computerate — If someone is computerate, they have enough skill and knowledge to be able to use a computer.
- computerdom — the computer industry
- computerese — the jargon and terminology associated with computers
- computerise — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of computerize.
- computerist — a computer user
- computerize — To computerize a system, process, or type of work means to arrange for a lot of the work to be done by computer.
- computernik — a person who is very interested in, and knowledgeable about, computers
- conceptious — prolific or fruitful
- conceptuses — Plural form of conceptus.
- cone pulley — (on a lathe) a pulley consisting of a conelike arrangement of graduated, concentric pulleys for driving the headstock at different speeds.
- conspicious — Misspelling of conspicuous.
- conspicuity — conspicuousness
- conspicuous — If someone or something is conspicuous, people can see or notice them very easily.
- constuprate — to rape or violate
- consumption — The consumption of fuel or natural resources is the amount of them that is used or the act of using them.