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12-letter words containing p, a, l, t

  • catastrophal — (rare) Catastrophic.
  • caterpillars — Plural form of caterpillar.
  • caterpillers — Archaic spelling of caterpillarst; Plural form of caterpiller.
  • cattleperson — Someone who works with, or rears cattle.
  • center plate — one of a pair of plates that fit together and support the body of a car on a truck, while allowing the truck to rotate with respect to the body. One plate (body center plate) is attached to the underside of the car body and the other (truck center plate) is part of the car truck.
  • central park — a public park in central Manhattan, New York City. 840 acres (340 hectares).
  • centuplicate — to increase 100 times
  • cephalometer — an instrument for positioning the human head for X-ray examination in cephalometry
  • cephalometry — measurement of the dimensions of the human head by radiography: used mainly in orthodontics
  • ceroplastics — the art of wax modelling
  • chalcopyrite — a widely distributed yellow mineral consisting of a sulphide of copper and iron in tetragonal crystalline form: the principal ore of copper. Formula: CuFeS2
  • chalk stripe — (on a fabric) a pattern of thin white lines on a dark ground.
  • chalk-stripe — a stripe, as in the fabric of some suits, that is wider and usually more muted than a pinstripe
  • channel port — one of the English or French ports on the English Channel
  • charge plate — an identification plate, especially one from which an impression can be taken, issued to a customer and used to make purchases on a credit basis.
  • chartophylax — an official who serves chiefly as the chancellor and archivist of a diocese.
  • chat-up line — A chat-up line is a remark that someone makes in order to start a conversation with someone they do not know but find sexually attractive.
  • cheiloplasty — plastic surgery of the lip.
  • chi particle — a meson with a mass 6687 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 1.5 X 10 -20 seconds.
  • chlorapatite — (mineral) A variety of apatite containing chloride instead of fluoride.
  • chloroplasts — Plural form of chloroplast.
  • chromatophil — Also, chromatophilic, chromatophilous [kroh-muh-tof-uh-luh s] /ˌkroʊ məˈtɒf ə ləs/ (Show IPA). chromophil (def 1).
  • chromoplasts — Plural form of chromoplast.
  • citlaltepetl — a volcano in SE Mexico, in central Veracruz state: the highest peak in the country. Height: 5636 m (18 492 ft), though this is disputed between different sources
  • clapham sect — a group of early 19th-century Church of England evangelicals advocating personal piety, the abolition of slavery, etc
  • claptrappery — the art of eliciting applause
  • cleft palate — If someone has a cleft palate, they were born with a narrow opening along the roof of their mouth which makes it difficult for them to speak properly.
  • cleptomaniac — kleptomania.
  • cluster pack — a package containing a collection of related goods, sold as a single unit
  • clutch pedal — The clutch pedal is the pedal by which the driver of a vehicle operates the clutch.
  • clutch plate — a plate in a vehicle's clutch that connects to the transmission
  • coconut palm — A coconut palm is a tall tree on which coconuts grow.
  • coleopterans — Plural form of coleopteran.
  • collar point — a point midway between the heart point and top of an escutcheon.
  • compellation — appellation
  • compellative — an appellation
  • 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.
  • complainants — Plural form of complainant.
  • complaintive — Tending to complain, characterized by complaining.
  • complanation — the act of flattening or making level
  • complemental — complementary; completing.
  • complex salt — a salt that contains one or more complex ions
  • complexation — the formation of a complex
  • 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.
  • complicative — having a tendency to complicate
  • complimental — complimentary
  • componential — a constituent part; element; ingredient.
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