13-letter words containing p, a, n
- ciprofloxacin — a broad-spectrum antibiotic used against Gram-negative bacteria. It is effective against anthrax
- city planning — City planning is the planning and design of all the new buildings, roads, and parks in a place in order to make them attractive and convenient for the people who live there.
- claim-jumping — a person who seizes another's claim of land, especially for mineral rights.
- clamp down on — a device, usually of some rigid material, for strengthening or supporting objects or fastening them together.
- cleptomaniacs — kleptomania.
- clinopinacoid — (in monoclinic crystals) the plane that is parallel to both the vertical and the inclined lateral axes
- close company — a company under the control of its directors or fewer than five independent participants
- coastal plain — a plain extending along a coast.
- cochairperson — a person who cochairs an organization
- coconspirator — a fellow conspirator
- code napoleon — the civil code of France, promulgated between 1804 and 1810, comprising the main body of French civil law
- cognitive map — a mental map of one's environment
- coin-operated — (of a machine) operated by the insertion of a coin
- command paper — (in Britain) a government document that is presented to Parliament, in theory by royal command
- commandership — a person who commands.
- common prayer — the liturgy of public services of the Church of England, esp Morning and Evening Prayer
- compactedness — the state of being compacted
- compagination — a union or act of joining
- companies act — (in Britain) any of various laws that govern the formation, dissolution, and management of companies
- companion set — a set of fire irons on a stand
- companionable — If you describe a person as companionable, you mean they are friendly and pleasant to be with.
- companionably — possessing the qualities of a good companion; pleasant to be with; congenial.
- companionhood — companionship
- companionless — Without a companion; friendless, alone.
- companionship — Companionship is having someone you know and like with you, rather than being on your own.
- companionways — Plural form of companionway.
- company grade — military rank applying to army officers below major, as second and first lieutenants and captains.
- company store — a retail store operated by a company for the convenience of the employees, who are required to buy from the store.
- company union — an unaffiliated union of workers usually restricted to a single business enterprise
- company woman — a female employee whose allegiance to her employer comes before personal beliefs or loyalty to fellow workers.
- compare notes — to exchange opinions
- compartimento — any of the 18 administrative districts into which Italy is divided.
- compartmental — divided into compartments: a compartmental office; a compartmental agency.
- compartmented — Divided into compartments.
- compass north — magnetic north, as indicated on a particular compass at a given moment.
- compass plane — a plane for smoothing curved surfaces.
- compass plant — a tall plant, Silphium laciniatum, of central North America, that has yellow flowers and lower leaves that tend to align themselves at right angles to the strongest light, esp in a north-south plane: family Asteraceae (composites)
- compass point — A compass point is one of the 32 marks on the dial of a compass that show direction, for example north, south, east, and west.
- compassionate — If you describe someone or something as compassionate, you mean that they feel or show pity, sympathy, and understanding for people who are suffering.
- compensations — Plural form of compensation.
- complacencies — a feeling of quiet pleasure or security, often while unaware of some potential danger, defect, or the like; self-satisfaction or smug satisfaction with an existing situation, condition, etc.
- complainingly — In a complaining manner; peevishly.
- complaisantly — (archaic) In a complaisant manner; obligingly.
- complementary — Complementary things are different from each other but make a good combination.
- complex plane — a plane the points of which are complex numbers.
- complications — Plural form of complication.
- complimentary — If you are complimentary about something, you express admiration for it.
- compositional — Compositional refers to the way composers and artists use their skills or techniques in their work.
- compound leaf — a leaf consisting of two or more leaflets borne on the same leafstalk
- compressional — relating to compression