12-letter words containing p, c, o, s
- backstopping — a wall, wire screen, or the like, serving to prevent a ball from going too far beyond the normal playing area.
- basidiocarps — Plural form of basidiocarp.
- beam compass — an instrument for drawing large circles or arcs, consisting of a horizontal beam along which two vertical legs slide
- besom pocket — an interior pocket with edging or stitching around the opening.
- bicycle shop — a shop that sells and usually repairs bicycles and bicycle parts
- biopesticide — a naturally occurring or derived substance or an organism that controls pests by nontoxic means
- bishop's-cap — any of a genus (Mitella) of small woodland plants of the saxifrage family, with two-lobed seedcases shaped like a bishop's hat
- black sapote — a tropical American tree, Diospyros digyna, related to the persimmon, having sweet, edible, green fruit that turns black when ripe.
- boot-scraper — a contraption consisting of an upright metal shape formerly placed outside some houses to enable people to scrape the mud from their boots before going in
- bronchoscope — an instrument for examining and providing access to the interior of the bronchial tubes
- bronchoscopy — an examination by means of a bronchoscope.
- bronchospasm — an abnormal contraction of the bronchi resulting in restriction of the airway
- butcher shop — a shop in which meat, poultry, and sometimes fish are sold.
- cacophonious — cacophonous
- caesalpinoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Caesalpinoideae, a mainly tropical subfamily of leguminous plants that have irregular flowers: includes carob, senna, brazil, cassia, and poinciana
- camelopardus — a faint extensive constellation in the N hemisphere close to Ursa Major and Cassiopeia
- cameraperson — a camera operator
- camp bastion — a large British military base in Helmand province, Afghanistan, built in 2006
- canine corps — a military or law enforcement body which uses dogs for the detection of explosives or drugs or for security, tracking, etc
- caparisoning — Present participle of caparison.
- cape sounion — Cape, a cape in E central Greece, SE of Athens, at the tip of the Attica peninsula, in W Aegean Sea.
- cape sparrow — a sparrow, Passer melanurus, very common in southern Africa: family Ploceidae
- capillaceous — having numerous filaments resembling hairs or threads
- capital cost — a cost incurred on the purchase of land, buildings, construction and equipment to be used in the production of goods or the rendering of services
- capital loss — A capital loss is a loss on investment property.
- capriciously — subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic: He's such a capricious boss I never know how he'll react.
- capsaicinoid — (organic chemistry) Any of a class of irritant compounds, related to capsaicin, that are responsible for the heat of chilli peppers.
- captiousness — The state of being captious.
- cardiographs — Plural form of cardiograph.
- carisoprodol — a crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 12 H 24 N 2 O 4 , used as a muscle relaxant.
- carpophagous — feeding on fruit
- cassiopeia a — a very strong radio and X-ray source in the constellation Cassiopeia, identified as the remnant of a supernova thought to have occurred in the late 17th century
- castile soap — a hard soap made from olive oil and sodium hydroxide
- cataphoreses — Plural form of cataphoresis.
- cataphoresis — electrophoresis
- catastrophal — (rare) Catastrophic.
- catastrophes — Plural form of catastrophe.
- catastrophic — Something that is catastrophic involves or causes a sudden terrible disaster.
- catch points — railway points designed to derail a train running back in the wrong direction to prevent collision with a following train
- cattleperson — Someone who works with, or rears cattle.
- centrosphere — the portion of the centrosome surrounding the centriole; center of an aster
- ceratopsians — Plural form of ceratopsian.
- ceroplastics — the art of wax modelling
- chairpersons — Plural form of chairperson.
- championship — A championship is a competition to find the best player or team in a particular sport.
- chapter stop — any of several markers placed at intervals on a DVD film, enabling the viewer to find and select particular scenes
- chapterhouse — the building attached to a cathedral, collegiate church, or religious house in which the chapter meets
- charity shop — A charity shop is a shop that sells used goods cheaply and gives its profits to a charity.
- cheesehopper — the larva of the cheese-fly, capable of a leaping movement using two claw-like mandibles which it also uses for digging
- cheiloplasty — plastic surgery of the lip.