10-letter words containing p, c, e
- composable — to make or form by combining things, parts, or elements: He composed his speech from many research notes.
- composedly — calm; tranquil; serene: His composed face reassured the nervous passengers.
- composited — Simple past tense and past participle of composite.
- composites — Plural form of composite.
- composters — Plural form of composter.
- composture — compost or manure
- composures — Plural form of composure.
- compounded — If something is compounded of different things, it is a mixture of those things.
- compounder — A person who mixes or combines ingredients in order to produce an animal feed, medicine, or other substance.
- comprehend — If you cannot comprehend something, you cannot understand it.
- compressed — Compressed air or gas is squeezed into a small space or container and is therefore at a higher pressure than normal. It is used especially as a source of power for machines.
- compresses — Plural form of compress.
- compressor — A compressor is a machine or part of a machine that squeezes gas or air and makes it take up less space.
- compromise — A compromise is a situation in which people accept something slightly different from what they really want, because of circumstances or because they are considering the wishes of other people.
- compromize — Misspelling of compromise.
- compu$erve — (Or "CompuSpend", "Compu$pend") A pejorative name for CompuServe Information Service (CI$) drawing attention to perceived high charges.
- compulsive — You use compulsive to describe people or their behaviour when they cannot stop doing something wrong, harmful, or unnecessary.
- compuserve — CompuServe Information Service
- computable — computability theory
- concepcion — an industrial city in S central Chile. Pop: 378 000 (2005 est)
- concepting — a general notion or idea; conception.
- conception — A conception of something is an idea that you have of it in your mind.
- conceptive — having the power of mental conception
- conceptual — Conceptual means related to ideas and concepts formed in the mind.
- concipient — conceptive
- cone plant — any dwarf succulent of the genus Conophytum, native to southern Africa.
- conjure up — If you conjure up a memory, picture, or idea, you create it in your mind.
- connect up — link or join together
- conspectus — an overall view; survey
- constipate — to cause constipation in
- contracept — to prevent the conception of (offspring).
- contraplex — relating to the transmission of two messages in opposite directions simultaneously
- contrapose — to place in contraposition.
- contrecoup — an injury, esp to the brain, that occurs at the opposite side of the body from that which was struck
- cooperated — to work or act together or jointly for a common purpose or benefit.
- cooperates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cooperate.
- cooperator — to work or act together or jointly for a common purpose or benefit.
- cooptative — to elect into a body by the votes of the existing members.
- cop a feel — to perceive or examine by touch.
- cop a plea — to plead guilty to a criminal charge, esp. so as to get a lighter sentence
- coparcener — a person who inherits an estate as coheir with others
- copartners — Plural form of copartner.
- copartnery — copartnership
- copayments — Plural form of copayment.
- copenhagen — the capital of Denmark, a port on Zealand and the Amager Islands on a site inhabited for some 6000 years: exports chiefly agricultural products; iron and steel works; university (1479). Pop: 501 664 (2004 est)
- copernican — of or relating to Copernicus or his theories.
- copernicus — Nicolaus (ˌnɪkəˈleɪəs). Polish name Mikołaj Kopernik. 1473–1543, Polish astronomer, whose theory of the solar system (the Copernican system) was published in 1543
- copesettic — Misspelling of copacetic.
- copolymers — Plural form of copolymer.
- copper age — a phase in some human cultures between a Stone Age and a Bronze Age, characterized by the introduction and development of copper tools and weapons: in the Old World this phase is commonly thought of as being part of their Bronze Age