12-letter words containing p, a, i, n, s
- cacophonious — cacophonous
- caesalpinoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Caesalpinoideae, a mainly tropical subfamily of leguminous plants that have irregular flowers: includes carob, senna, brazil, cassia, and poinciana
- camp bastion — a large British military base in Helmand province, Afghanistan, built in 2006
- camp springs — a city in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
- camping site — A camping site is the same as a campsite.
- campshedding — to line (the bank of a river) with campshot.
- candy stripe — a pattern of bright stripes of one color against a plain background, used chiefly in fabrics.
- canine corps — a military or law enforcement body which uses dogs for the detection of explosives or drugs or for security, tracking, etc
- cap spinning — a spinning process in which woolen yarn is twisted and wound onto a revolving bobbin located within a stationary cap, much used in the Bradford spinning process.
- capacitances — Plural form of capacitance.
- caparisoning — Present participle of caparison.
- cape jasmine — a widely cultivated gardenia shrub, Gardenia jasminoides
- cape sounion — Cape, a cape in E central Greece, SE of Athens, at the tip of the Attica peninsula, in W Aegean Sea.
- capitalising — Present participle of capitalise.
- capsaicinoid — (organic chemistry) Any of a class of irritant compounds, related to capsaicin, that are responsible for the heat of chilli peppers.
- captiousness — The state of being captious.
- cardinalship — The office (or term of office) of a cardinal.
- catch points — railway points designed to derail a train running back in the wrong direction to prevent collision with a following train
- ceratopsians — Plural form of ceratopsian.
- chairmanship — The chairmanship of a committee or organization is the fact of being its chairperson. Someone's chairmanship can also mean the period during which they are chairperson.
- chairpersons — Plural form of chairperson.
- championship — A championship is a competition to find the best player or team in a particular sport.
- chaplinesque — characteristic of or resembling the comedy or filmmaking style of Charlie Chaplin.
- cheeseparing — penny-pinching; stingy
- chiropterans — Plural form of chiropteran.
- christophany — an appearance or emergence of Christ following his crucifixion
- clonic spasm — Pathology. a sudden, abnormal, involuntary muscular contraction, consisting of a continued muscular contraction (tonic spasm) or of a series of alternating muscular contractions and relaxations (clonic spasm)
- compassioned — a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.
- 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.
- compilations — Plural form of compilation.
- complainants — Plural form of complainant.
- complainings — complaints
- complaisance — deference to the wishes of others; willing compliance
- compliancies — compliance (defs 1, 2, 4).
- computations — Plural form of computation.
- conspiracies — Plural form of conspiracy.
- conspiracist — a person who believes in or supports a conspiracy theory.
- conspiration — a conspiracy
- conspirators — Plural form of conspirator.
- conspiratory — the act of conspiring.
- constipating — to cause constipation in; make costive.
- constipation — Constipation is a medical condition which causes people to have difficulty getting rid of solid waste from their body.
- contraptions — Plural form of contraption.
- cooperations — an act or instance of working or acting together for a common purpose or benefit; joint action.
- corporations — Plural form of corporation.
- cosmopolitan — A cosmopolitan place or society is full of people from many different countries and cultures.
- cottian alps — a mountain range in SW Europe, between NW Italy and SE France: part of the Alps. Highest peak: Monte Viso, 3841 m (12 600 ft)
- craftmanship — Alternative form of craftsmanship.