14-letter words containing p, e, c, a, n
- contemporanean — contemporary
- contemporaries — existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz.
- contemporarily — existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz.
- contraceptives — A device or drug serving to prevent pregnancy.
- contract price — a price for goods or services named in a contract
- contrapositive — placed opposite or against
- cooperationist — an act or instance of working or acting together for a common purpose or benefit; joint action.
- copper cyanide — a creamy-white, highly poisonous, water-insoluble powder, CuCN, used chiefly in electroplating and in organic synthesis.
- copperfastened — Simple past tense and past participle of copperfasten.
- copy and paste — to copy (information in a computer document) and put it somewhere else in the document
- cornucopia leg — a leg used on pieces in the Directoire and Empire styles, curving downward from the piece and curving upward again to a point and having a foot or caster at the lowest part of the curve.
- corporate bond — a bond issued by a corporation in order to increase its capital
- cotemporaneous — contemporaneous
- count palatine — originally an official who administered the king's domains or his justice
- counterexample — an example or fact that is inconsistent with a hypothesis and may be used in argument against it
- counterparties — Plural form of counterparty.
- counterprogram — to schedule (a broadcast on radio or television) to compete with one on another station.
- courier parent — a person who applies for residency in Canada with the aim of gaining residency for his or her offspring
- cowper's gland — either of two small glands with ducts opening into the male urethra: during sexual excitement they secrete a mucous substance
- crepe marocain — a crepe fabric made of silk, wool, or rayon, or a combination of these fibers, and distinguished by a strong rib effect, used in the manufacture of dresses and women's suits; a heavy Canton crepe.
- crown imperial — a liliaceous garden plant, Fritillaria imperialis, with a cluster of leaves and orange bell-shaped flowers at the top of the stem
- cryoprotectant — an agent which prevents cell damage caused by cryopreservation
- cumberland gap — pass in the Cumberland Plateau, at the juncture of the Va., Ky., & Tenn. borders: c. 1,700 ft (518 m) high
- curtain speech — a talk given in front of the curtain after a stage performance, often by the author or an actor
- cyanoplatinite — platinocyanide.
- cyclopentolate — a medicine administered as an eye drop that causes pupil dilation and relaxes the lens
- cyproheptadine — a type of antihistamine drug used in the treatment of allergies
- cytopathogenic — causing cytopathy
- cytoprotectant — A cytoprotectant is a medication for ulcers that increases the level of mucus in the stomach in order to protect the stomach lining from acid.
- decapacitating — Present participle of decapacitate.
- deccan plateau — triangular tableland occupying most of the peninsula of India, between the Eastern Ghats & Western Ghats & south of the Narbada River
- decompensating — Psychology. to lose the ability to maintain normal or appropriate psychological defenses, sometimes resulting in depression, anxiety, or delusions.
- decompensation — the inability of an organ, esp the heart, to maintain its function due to overload caused by a disease
- decompoundable — able to be broken down into its component parts
- depreciatingly — So as to disparage or belittle.
- despicableness — The quality of being despicable; meanness; vileness; worthlessness.
- despoticalness — the quality of being despotic
- detention camp — a compound where prisoners are detained temporarily, as pending determination of their legal status under immigration laws.
- disappearances — Plural form of disappearance.
- disciplinaries — Plural form of disciplinary.
- disincorporate — to remove from an incorporated state or status.
- double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
- dragging piece — (in a hipped roof) a short beam holding the foot of a hip rafter to counteract its thrust.
- drepanocytosis — Sickle-cell anemia.
- drop a clanger — If you say that you have dropped a clanger, you mean that you have done or said something stupid or embarrassing.
- dwelling place — a dwelling.
- education page — a page in a newspaper devoted to news relating to education or teaching
- electric piano — a piano operated by electrical means
- electropainted — Painted electrophoretically.
- electroplating — Coat (a metal object) by electrolytic deposition with chromium, silver, or another metal.