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12-letter words containing p, e, l

  • capacitively — (physics, electronics) In relation to or in terms of capacitance.
  • cape agulhas — a headland in South Africa, the southernmost point of the African continent
  • cape buffalo — a large, black, nearly hairless, very fierce buffalo (Syncerus caffer) of South Africa, with horns joined at the bases to form a helmetlike structure
  • cape colored — a South African of mixed European and African or Malayan ancestry.
  • cape delgado — a headland on the NE coast of Mozambique
  • cape ortegal — a cape in NW Spain, projecting into the Bay of Biscay
  • cape-lookout — Cape, a sandy reef in the Outer Banks, off E North Carolina, SW of Cape Hatteras: lighthouse.
  • caper family — the plant family Capparidaceae (or Capparaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having alternate, simple, or palmate leaves, irregular flowers with four petals, and fruit in the form of elongated capsules or berries, including the caper and cleome.
  • capercaillie — a large European woodland grouse, Tetrao urogallus, having a black plumage and fan-shaped tail in the male
  • capercailzie — Alternative form of capercaillie.
  • capillaceous — having numerous filaments resembling hairs or threads
  • capital levy — a tax on capital or property as contrasted with a tax on income
  • capitol peak — a mountain in W central Colorado, in the Elk range of the Rocky Mountains. 14,130 feet (4310 meters).
  • capitularies — Plural form of capitulary.
  • capped elbow — a swelling of the elbow of a horse due to irritation caused by the hoof striking the elbow when lying down.
  • capraldehyde — (chemistry) decanal.
  • cardioplegia — deliberate arrest of the action of the heart, as by hypothermia or the injection of chemicals, to enable complex heart surgery to be carried out
  • carpet tiles — small pieces of carpeting laid as tiles to cover a floor
  • carpool lane — a lane of a major road or motorway that is reserved for vehicles with a minimum number of passengers, designed to encourage carpooling
  • cashew apple — the soft, swollen, pear-shaped stalk of the cashew tree, to which a cashew nut is attached: used in preserves and wine.
  • castile soap — a hard soap made from olive oil and sodium hydroxide
  • caterpillars — Plural form of caterpillar.
  • caterpillers — Archaic spelling of caterpillarst; Plural form of caterpiller.
  • cattleperson — Someone who works with, or rears cattle.
  • cebocephalic — Exhibiting or relating to cebocephaly.
  • center plate — one of a pair of plates that fit together and support the body of a car on a truck, while allowing the truck to rotate with respect to the body. One plate (body center plate) is attached to the underside of the car body and the other (truck center plate) is part of the car truck.
  • central park — a public park in central Manhattan, New York City. 840 acres (340 hectares).
  • centuplicate — to increase 100 times
  • cephalically — in relation to the head or near the head
  • cephalometer — an instrument for positioning the human head for X-ray examination in cephalometry
  • cephalometry — measurement of the dimensions of the human head by radiography: used mainly in orthodontics
  • cephalopodic — relating to or resembling a cephalopod
  • ceroplastics — the art of wax modelling
  • cervical cap — a plastic or rubber, thimble-shaped contraceptive that is fitted over the cervix to prevent sperm from entering the uterus
  • chalcopyrite — a widely distributed yellow mineral consisting of a sulphide of copper and iron in tetragonal crystalline form: the principal ore of copper. Formula: CuFeS2
  • chalk stripe — (on a fabric) a pattern of thin white lines on a dark ground.
  • chalk-stripe — a stripe, as in the fabric of some suits, that is wider and usually more muted than a pinstripe
  • channel port — one of the English or French ports on the English Channel
  • chaplinesque — characteristic of or resembling the comedy or filmmaking style of Charlie Chaplin.
  • charge plate — an identification plate, especially one from which an impression can be taken, issued to a customer and used to make purchases on a credit basis.
  • charles epee — Charles Michel, Abbé de l', 1712–89, French priest and teacher of the deaf: pioneer in the development of sign language.
  • chat-up line — A chat-up line is a remark that someone makes in order to start a conversation with someone they do not know but find sexually attractive.
  • cheiloplasty — plastic surgery of the lip.
  • chi particle — a meson with a mass 6687 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 1.5 X 10 -20 seconds.
  • childproofed — Simple past tense and past participle of childproof.
  • chili pepper — chili (sense 1) chili (sense 3)
  • chili powder — Chili powder is a very hot-tasting powder made mainly from dried chilies. It is used in cooking.
  • chip jewelry — (jargon)   A euphamism for old computers destined to be scrapped or turned into decorative ornaments. "I paid three grand for that Mac SE, and now it's nothing but chip jewelry."
  • chisel point — a nail or spike with the point formed by two flat inclined sides meeting at a sharp angle.
  • chlorapatite — (mineral) A variety of apatite containing chloride instead of fluoride.
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