11-letter words containing p, a, s, e
- compensator — a person or thing that compensates
- complainers — Plural form of complainer.
- compliances — Plural form of compliance.
- complicates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of complicate.
- compostable — capable of being used as compost
- comprisable — to include or contain: The Soviet Union comprised several socialist republics.
- comradeship — Comradeship is friendship between a number of people who are doing the same work or who share the same difficulties or dangers.
- constipated — Someone who is constipated has difficulty in getting rid of solid waste from their body.
- constipates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of constipate.
- constuprate — to rape or violate
- copperheads — Plural form of copperhead.
- copy taster — a person who selects or approves text for publication, esp in a periodical
- copyreaders — Plural form of copyreader.
- cow parsley — a common Eurasian umbelliferous hedgerow plant, Anthriscus sylvestris, having umbrella-shaped clusters of white flowers
- cow-spanker — a dairy farmer
- crab spider — any of a family (Thomisidae) of spiders that move sideways like crabs
- crampedness — confined or severely limited in space: cramped closets.
- crampfishes — Plural form of crampfish.
- crapshooter — a person who plays the game of craps
- crawl space — A crawl space is a narrow space under the roof or floor of a building that provides access to the wiring or plumbing.
- creatorship — a person or thing that creates.
- credit swap — A credit swap is a kind of insurance against credit risk where a third party agrees to pay a lender if the loan defaults, in exchange for receiving payments from the lender.
- creepypasta — (Internet slang) Frightening urban legends and short stories circulated on the Internet.
- creophagous — flesh-eating or carnivorous
- crepuscular — Crepuscular means relating to twilight.
- crescograph — an instrument for measuring plant growth
- crispbreads — Plural form of crispbread.
- custard pie — Custard pies are artificial pies which people sometimes throw at each other as a joke.
- custard-pie — characteristic of a type of slapstick comedy in which a performer throws a pie in another's face: popular especially in the era of vaudeville and early silent films.
- cyperaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Cyperaceae, a family of grasslike flowering plants with solid triangular stems, including the sedges, bulrush, cotton grass, and certain rushes. Some are grown as water plants or as ornamental grasses; and Cyperus papyrus is the papyrus plant
- damp course — A damp course is a layer of waterproof material which is put into the bottom of the outside wall of a building to prevent moisture from rising.
- dampishness — the quality of being dampish
- de-emphasis — a reduction in emphasis: There has been de-emphasis on athletic activities at the school.
- dealerships — Plural form of dealership.
- decapitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decapitate.
- decapsulate — to remove a capsule from (a part or organ, esp the kidney)
- deemphasize — to place less emphasis upon; reduce in importance, size, scope, etc.: The university de-emphasized intercollegiate football.
- deep-seated — A deep-seated problem, feeling, or belief is difficult to change because its causes have been there for a long time.
- delors plan — a plan for closer European union, originated by Jacques Delors, President of the European Commission (1985–94)
- dental lisp — a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- departments — Plural form of department.
- depasturing — Present participle of depasture.
- dependables — Plural form of dependable.
- depopulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depopulate.
- depravities — Plural form of depravity.
- depreciates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depreciate.
- depressants — Plural form of depressant.
- deputations — Plural form of deputation.
- dermoplasty — skin grafting.
- des plaines — city in NE Ill.: suburb of Chicago: pop. 59,000