11-letter words containing p, c, e, l, t
- chain plate — any of the metal plates secured to the hull of a sailing vessel or elsewhere to hold shrouds and backstays at their lower ends.
- chainplates — Plural form of chainplate.
- chalkstripe — clothing with a pattern of thin white stripes on a dark background
- chaptalized — Simple past tense and past participle of chaptalize.
- chapultepec — a rocky hill in Mexico City: captured (Sept., 1847) in an American assault led by Gen. Winfield Scott in the Mexican War
- chlorophyte — A lower plant of the division Chlorophyta, which comprises the green algae.
- chromeplate — to plate with chromium.
- clapped out — (of machinery or appliances) worn-out; dilapidated.
- clapped-out — If you describe a person or a machine as clapped-out, you mean that they are old and no longer able to work properly.
- cleethorpes — a resort in E England, in North East Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire. Pop: 31 853 (2001)
- cleistocarp — cleistothecium.
- cleptocracy — Alternative form of kleptocracy.
- cleptomania — kleptomania
- clorazepate — a benzodiazepine, C 16 H 13 ClN 2 O 4 , used in the treatment of chronic anxiety states and as an adjunct in the treatment of alcohol withdrawal.
- close up/to — If you look at something close up or close to, you look at it when you are very near to it.
- clothes peg — A clothes peg is a small device which you use to fasten clothes to a washing line.
- clothes-peg — a clothespin.
- clothes-pin — a device, such as a forked piece of wood or plastic, for fastening articles to a clothesline.
- clothespins — Plural form of clothespin.
- clothespole — a pole for supporting a clothesline
- cluster cup — aecium.
- cocos plate — a tectonic division of the earth's crust, coincident with the oceanic Guatemala Basin, and bounded on the north and east by the Central American Trench, on the west by the East Pacific Rise, and on the south by the Nazca Plate.
- coleopteral — of or relating to the Coleoptera
- coleopteran — any of the insects of the cosmopolitan order Coleoptera, in which the forewings are modified to form shell-like protective elytra. The order includes the beetles and weevils
- coleopteron — a member of a large order of insects having the front wings modified as hard wing-cases, and comprising the beetles and weevils
- coleoptiles — Plural form of coleoptile.
- colporteurs — Plural form of colporteur.
- compactable — Capable of being compacted.
- compactedly — in a compacted manner
- compactible — able to be made compact
- competently — having suitable or sufficient skill, knowledge, experience, etc., for some purpose; properly qualified: He is perfectly competent to manage the bank branch.
- compilement — a compilation
- complaineth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'complain'.
- complecting — Present participle of complect.
- complection — the natural color, texture, and appearance of the skin, especially of the face: a clear, smooth, rosy complexion.
- complements — Plural form of complement.
- completable — able to be completed
- completions — Plural form of completion.
- completists — Plural form of completist.
- complicated — If you say that something is complicated, you mean it has so many parts or aspects that it is difficult to understand or deal with.
- complicates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of complicate.
- compliments — a greeting of respect or regard
- componental — of, relating to, or having components
- comportable — (obsolete) suitable; consistent.
- compositely — In a composite manner.
- compostable — capable of being used as compost
- comptroller — A comptroller is someone who is in charge of the accounts of a business or a government department; used mainly in official titles.
- conceptacle — a flask-shaped cavity containing the reproductive organs in some algae and fungi
- contemplant — absorbed in contemplation
- contemplate — If you contemplate an action, you think about whether to do it or not.