12-letter words containing p, c, e
- corporealism — materialism
- corporealist — a materialist
- corporeality — the state or quality of being corporeal; bodily existence
- corporealize — to make corporeal
- corresponded — to be in agreement or conformity (often followed by with or to): His actions do not correspond with his words.
- corruptively — In a corruptive way.
- cosmographer — (astrophysics) A scientist specializing in understanding and describing the nature of the universe.
- cosmopolises — Plural form of cosmopolis.
- cosmopolites — Plural form of cosmopolite.
- costophrenic — Synonym of phrenicocostal.
- cotemporally — At the same time.
- cotton press — a press for baling cotton.
- coulter pine — a California pine, Pinus coulteri, having stout, bluish-green needles and heavy cones 9 to 14 inches (23 to 36 cm) long.
- counterpanes — Plural form of counterpane.
- counterparts — a person or thing closely resembling another, especially in function: Our president is the counterpart of your prime minister.
- counterparty — a person who is a party to a contract
- counterplead — to plead the opposite of
- counterpleas — Plural form of counterplea.
- counterplots — Plural form of counterplot.
- counterpoint — Something that is a counterpoint to something else contrasts with it in a satisfying way.
- counterpoise — a force, influence, etc, that counterbalances another
- counterpower — an opposing power
- counterproof — a reverse impression of a newly printed proof of an engraving made by laying it while wet upon plain paper and passing it through the press
- counterpunch — to punch an attacking opponent; return an attack
- counterreply — a reply made in response to a reply; rejoinder.
- counterscarp — the outer side of the ditch of a fort
- counterspell — a spell or charm which acts against another spell, esp in fantasy or role-playing games
- counterspies — Plural form of counterspy.
- counterstamp — a stamp added to a stamped paper or document as a qualifying mark.
- countertypes — Plural form of countertype.
- coup d'essai — a first attempt.
- coup de main — an attack that achieves complete surprise
- couple-close — Heraldry. a narrow chevron, one-quarter the usual breadth.
- craftspeople — Craftspeople are people who make things skilfully with their hands.
- craftsperson — an artisan
- crape myrtle — an oriental lythraceous shrub, Lagerstroemia indica, cultivated in warm climates for its pink, red, or white flowers
- crapehanging — the practice of hanging crape, esp as a sign of mourning
- craw-thumper — an ostentatiously pious person
- crawling peg — a method of stabilizing exchange rates, prices, etc, by maintaining a fixed level for a specified period or until the level has persisted at an upper or lower limit for a specified period and then permitting a predetermined incremental rise or fall
- creep feeder — a pen so constructed as to exclude larger animals while permitting young animals to enter and obtain feed.
- crepe rubber — a type of crude natural rubber in the form of colourless or pale yellow crinkled sheets, prepared by pressing bleached coagulated latex through corrugated rollers: used for the soles of shoes and in making certain surgical and medical goods
- crepe-hanger — a person who sees the gloomy side of things; pessimist.
- crepusculous — Alternative form of crepuscular.
- criosphinxes — Plural form of criosphinx.
- crop failure — a failure of crops to yield sufficient food, etc, to maintain a community or to provide a surplus to sell
- crop sprayer — a device for spraying crops
- croquet hoop — a hoop stuck into a croquet lawn
- crospovidone — Crospovidone is a substance used in tablets as a binder or disintegrant.
- cross potent — a cross with equal arms, each of which ends in a bar
- crosspatches — Plural form of crosspatch.