11-letter words containing p, c, e
- choreograph — When someone choreographs a ballet or other dance, they invent the steps and movements and tell the dancers how to perform them.
- christopher — Saint. 3rd century ad, Christian martyr; patron saint of travellers
- chromascope — An instrument for showing the optical effects of colour.
- chrome tape — magnetic recording tape coated with chrome dioxide
- chromeplate — to plate with chromium.
- chromophile — Also, chromophilic, chromophilous [kroh-mof-uh-luh s] /kroʊˈmɒf ə ləs/ (Show IPA), chromatophilic, chromatophilous. staining readily.
- chromophobe — a cell that does not take a stain easily
- chromophore — a group of atoms in a chemical compound that are responsible for the colour of the compound
- chromoscope — a piece of equipment that is used to examine different aspects of colour including, for example, intensity
- chronoscope — an instrument that registers small intervals of time on a dial, cathode-ray tube, etc
- chrysophyte — any of the golden alga species
- chrysoprase — an apple-green variety of chalcedony: a gemstone
- chug report — (humour) From "chug" - to drink heavily. A bug report whose the submitter is thought to have had one too many. Not as bad as a drug report.
- cider press — a press for crushing apples for cider.
- cider-apple — a variety of apple suitable for use in cider-making
- cider-press — a type of press used to extract the juice from apples to make cider
- cinemascope — an anamorphic process of wide-screen film projection in which an image of approximately twice the usual width is squeezed into a 35mm frame and then screened by a projector having complementary lenses
- circumspect — If you are circumspect, you are cautious in what you do and say and do not take risks.
- cire perdue — a method of casting bronze, in which a mould is formed around a wax pattern, which is subsequently melted and drained away
- citizenship — If you have citizenship of a country, you are legally accepted as belonging to it.
- clapboarded — Simple past tense and past participle of clapboard.
- 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.
- clapperclaw — to claw or scratch with the hands and nails
- clasp knife — a large knife with one or more blades or other devices folding into the handle
- clay pigeon — Clay pigeons are discs of baked clay which are thrown into the air by a machine as targets for gun shooting practice.
- clean sweep — an overwhelming victory
- clean up on — to defeat; beat
- 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
- cling peach — a clingstone peach.
- clipper bow — a bow having a concave stem and a hollow entrance.
- clock speed — clock rate
- clodhoppers — a large heavy shoe or boot
- clopidogrel — An oral antiplatelet agent used to inhibit blood clots in coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, and cerebrovascular disease, having the chemical formula C16H16ClNO2S.
- 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.
- closed plan — an office floor plan consisting of fully enclosed office spaces.
- closed shop — If a factory, shop, or other business is a closed shop, the employees must be members of a particular trade union.
- closed-loop — of or relating to a processing system in which effluents are recycled, that is, treated and returned for reuse.
- 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
- cloudscapes — Plural form of cloudscape.
- cluster cup — aecium.
- co-producer — to produce (a motion picture, play, etc.) in collaboration with others.