12-letter words containing p, c, e
- clothes shop — a shop selling clothes
- clothespress — a closet, wardrobe, or chest in which to keep clothes
- cloud-capped — having clouds around the top
- cluster pack — a package containing a collection of related goods, sold as a single unit
- cluster pine — a pine tree, Pinus pinaster, having long thick needles and large clustered cones, native to the Mediterranean coastal regions.
- clutch pedal — The clutch pedal is the pedal by which the driver of a vehicle operates the clutch.
- clutch plate — a plate in a vehicle's clutch that connects to the transmission
- co-dependent — A co-dependent person is in an unsatisfactory relationship with someone who is ill or an addict, but does not want the relationship to end.
- co-operative — A co-operative is a business or organization run by the people who work for it, or owned by the people who use it. These people share its benefits and profits.
- co-opetition — cooperation between competitors in business, esp in the computer industry
- co-ownership — the fact or state of being one of the joint owners of something
- co-parenting — a divorced or separated parent who shares equally with the other parent in the custody and care of a child.
- co-president — a person who shares the highest position in an organization with another person
- co-recipient — one of two or more recipients, as of an award.
- coat protein — any protein that is a constituent of the capsid of a virus.
- coated paper — a paper whose surface has been treated to take halftone impressions or color printing
- codependence — (uncountable) The state of being co-dependent.
- codependency — of or relating to a relationship in which one person is physically or psychologically addicted, as to alcohol or gambling, and the other person is psychologically dependent on the first in an unhealthy way.
- coenospecies — a collection of related species able to hybridize
- coffee spoon — a small spoon (smaller than a teaspoon) for stirring coffee
- cold-pressed — (of an unrefined oil such as olive oil) produced by pressing the parent seed, nut, or grain at the lowest possible temperature without any further pressing
- coleopterans — Plural form of coleopteran.
- coleopterist — a person who studies the Coleoptera
- coleopterous — belonging to the order Coleoptera
- college park — a city in N Georgia.
- colonoscopes — Plural form of colonoscope.
- colour depth — bits per pixel
- colour phase — a seasonal change in the coloration of some animals
- come to pass — to take place
- come up with — If you come up with a plan or idea, you think of it and suggest it.
- cometography — the scientific description and recording of comets
- comeuppances — Plural form of comeuppance.
- comma splice — comma fault.
- common pleas — in some U.S. states, a court having general and original jurisdiction over civil and criminal trials
- common snipe — a bird, Gallinago gallinago, of marshes and river banks, having a long straight bill: family Scolopacidae (sandpipers, etc), order Charadriiformes
- commonplaces — Plural form of commonplace.
- companionate — resembling, appropriate to, or acting as a companion
- company time — the regular hours during which employees are expected to work
- comparatives — Plural form of comparative.
- compartments — Plural form of compartment.
- compass rose — a circle or decorative device printed on a map or chart showing the points of the compass measured from true north and usually magnetic north
- compassioned — a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.
- compaternity — the relationship between the godparents of a child or between the godparents and the child's parents.
- compellation — appellation
- compellative — an appellation
- compellingly — in a way that demands attention and interest
- compensating — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- compensation — Compensation is money that someone who has experienced loss or suffering claims from the person or organization responsible, or from the state.
- compensative — serving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury.
- compensatory — Compensatory payments involve money paid as compensation.