15-letter words containing p, a, c, e
- commonplaceness — The state or quality of being commonplace.
- communion plate — a flat plate held under the chin of a communicant in order to catch any fragments of the consecrated Host
- companion piece — a subsidiary object, esp a work of art or piece of writing, that accompanies another
- company manners — rules of politeness that people, esp children, are supposed to observe in the presence of other people
- company officer — a captain or lieutenant serving in a company.
- company pension — a pension scheme run by a company for its employees
- comparativeness — of or relating to comparison.
- comparison test — a comparison of particular qualities or traits in two or more things in order to get a measurable assessment
- compassionately — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
- compatibilities — capable of existing or living together in harmony: the most compatible married couple I know.
- competition car — a car that has been modified to compete in racing
- compleat angler — a book on fishing (1653) by Izaak Walton.
- complementaries — forming a complement; completing.
- complementarily — In a complementary manner.
- complementarity — a state or system that involves complementary components
- complementation — In linguistics, a complementation pattern of a verb, noun, or adjective is the patterns that typically follow it.
- completion date — (in Britain) the date on which the sale of a piece of property is final
- complex-machine — Older Use. an automobile or airplane. a typewriter.
- complicatedness — composed of elaborately interconnected parts; complex: complicated apparatus for measuring brain functions.
- complimentaries — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
- complimentarily — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
- compound magnet — a magnet consisting of two or more separate magnets placed together with like poles pointing in the same direction.
- compromise rail — a rail for linking rails having different sections.
- computer dating — the use of computers by dating agencies to match their clients
- computer-phobia — a person who distrusts or is intimidated by computers.
- computerisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of computerization.
- computerization — to control, perform, process, or store (a system, operation, or information) by means of or in an electronic computer or computers.
- conception rate — the success rate of artificial insemination in agricultural animals, usually expressed as a percentage
- conceptualising — Present participle of conceptualise.
- conceptualistic — Of or pertaining to conceptualism.
- conceptualizing — Present participle of conceptualize.
- concert pianist — a person who earns a living from giving solo performances on the piano in front of audiences
- conference pear — a variety of pear that has sweet and juicy fruit
- connected graph — (mathematics) A graph such that there is a path between any pair of nodes (via zero or more other nodes). Thus if we start from any node and visit all nodes connected to it by a single edge, then all nodes connected to any of them, and so on, then we will eventually have visited every node in the connected graph.
- conservatorship — the legal status of a person appointed by a court to protect the interests of someone, such as a child, who is unable to manage his or her own affairs
- contact printer — an apparatus used for making contact prints, having a frame for holding printing paper and negatives together and a light source for making an exposure.
- contact process — a catalytic method for producing sulfuric acid from sulfur dioxide and oxygen.
- contemplatively — given to or characterized by contemplation: a contemplative mind.
- contemporaneity — living or occurring during the same period of time; contemporary.
- contemporaneous — If two events or situations are contemporaneous, they happen or exist during the same period of time.
- contrapositives — (logic) Plural form of contrapositive.
- contrapropeller — one of two propellers, usually attached to a ship or aircraft, which rotates in the opposite direction to the other
- cooperativeness — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
- copenhagen blue — a greyish-blue colour
- copper arsenite — a yellowish-green, water-insoluble, poisonous powder, CuHAsO 3 , used chiefly as a pigment and as an insecticide.
- copper sulphate — a copper salt found naturally as chalcanthite and made by the action of sulphuric acid on copper oxide. It usually exists as blue crystals of the pentahydrate that form a white anhydrous powder when heated: used as a mordant, in electroplating, and in plant sprays. Formula: CuSO4
- copying machine — a machine that makes copies of original documents, especially by xerography.
- corn-leaf aphid — a green aphid, Rhopalosiphum maidis, widely distributed in the U.S.: a pest of corn and other grasses.
- corporate image — the way an organization is presented to or perceived by its members and the public
- 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.