15-letter words containing o, t, p, r
- corpora striata — corpus striatum
- corporate image — the way an organization is presented to or perceived by its members and the public
- corporation tax — Corporation tax is a tax that companies have to pay on the profits they make.
- corporatization — The privatization of a publicly-owned organization.
- corporification — an act or the quality of embodying
- corps de ballet — In ballet, the corps de ballet is the group of dancers who dance together, in contrast to the main dancers, who dance by themselves.
- corpus striatum — a striped mass of white and grey matter situated in front of the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere
- 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
- correspondently — in a correspondent manner
- corruptibleness — The state or quality of being corruptible.
- countercampaign — a campaign responding to another campaign
- counterexamples — Plural form of counterexample.
- 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.
- counterpressure — an opposing pressure
- counterproposal — a proposal offered as an alternative to a previous proposal
- counterpunching — Present participle of counterpunch.
- counterpurchase — barter, especially of products or materials between international companies or importers and exporters.
- counterresponse — a response or reply which opposes or answers a previous response
- country bumpkin — an awkward, simple, rustic person
- coup de theatre — a dramatic turn of events, esp in a play
- couples therapy — a counseling procedure that attempts to improve the adaptation and adjustment of two people who form a conjugal unit.
- court of appeal — A Court of Appeal is a court which deals with appeals against legal judgments.
- 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.
- craftswomanship — The body of skills, techniques, and expertise of (a) feminine craft(s).
- 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
- crossing patrol — a person who holds up the traffic so that school children can cross the road safely
- 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
- cryoprotectants — Plural form of cryoprotectant.
- cryptographical — the science or study of the techniques of secret writing, especially code and cipher systems, methods, and the like. Compare cryptanalysis (def 2).
- cryptosporidium — any parasitic sporozoan protozoan of the genus Cryptosporidium, species of which are parasites of birds and animals and can be transmitted to humans, causing severe abdominal pain and diarrhoea (cryptosporidiosis)
- cryptozoologist — an expert in cryptozoology
- crystallography — the science concerned with the formation, properties, and structure of crystals
- csk corporation — (company) The japanese company that owns CSK Software and Sega. CSK Corp. is the largest independent japanese software company.
- culture complex — a group of culture traits all interrelated and dominated by one essential trait: Nationalism is a culture complex.
- customer appeal — attractiveness to customers
- cytophotometers — Plural form of cytophotometer.
- cytophotometric — of or relating to cytophotometry
- cytotrophoblast — the thickened, inner part of the mammalian placenta nearest to the fetus, covering the chorion during early pregnancy
- dadchelor party — a party primarily attended by men and held to honour and present gifts to a prospective father
- daguerreotyping — Present participle of daguerreotype.
- daguerreotypist — an obsolete photographic process, invented in 1839, in which a picture made on a silver surface sensitized with iodine was developed by exposure to mercury vapor.
- dark adaptation — the adaptation of the eye to vision in the dark by dilation of the pupil, increased sensitivity of the retina, etc.
- 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
- davenport table — a table with drawers, having drop leaves at both ends, often placed in front of or behind a sofa.