10-letter words containing p, e, n, c
- comeupance — Alternative form of comeuppance.
- common esp — (language) (CESP) A Unix-based version of ESP (Extended Self-containing Prolog) from Mitsubishi's AI Language Institute.
- compearant — a person who appears in court
- compellent — to force or drive, especially to a course of action: His disregard of the rules compels us to dismiss him.
- compelling — A compelling argument or reason is one that convinces you that something is true or that something should be done.
- compendial — Related to a compendium that serves as a standard, such as the w British Pharmacopoeia, or the w US Pharmacopeia.
- compendium — A compendium is a short but detailed collection of information, usually in a book.
- compensate — To compensate someone for money or things that they have lost means to pay them money or give them something to replace that money or those things.
- compersion — The feeling of joy one has experiencing another's joy, such as in witnessing a toddler's joy and feeling joy in response.
- competence — Competence is the ability to do something well or effectively.
- competency — Competency means the same as competence.
- complacent — A complacent person is very pleased with themselves or feels that they do not need to do anything about a situation, even though the situation may be uncertain or dangerous.
- complained — to express dissatisfaction, pain, uneasiness, censure, resentment, or grief; find fault: He complained constantly about the noise in the corridor.
- complainer — A complainer is someone who complains a lot about their problems or about things they do not like.
- complanate — having a flattened or compressed aspect
- complement — If one thing complements another, it goes well with the other thing and makes its good qualities more noticeable.
- completing — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
- completion — the act of completing, or finishing
- complexing — Complexing is a process in which a complex is formed.
- complexion — When you refer to someone's complexion, you are referring to the natural colour or condition of the skin on their face.
- complexone — any chelating agent, such as EDTA, used for the analytical determination of metals
- compliance — a disposition to yield to or comply with others
- compliment — A compliment is a polite remark that you say to someone to show that you like their appearance, appreciate their qualities, or approve of what they have done.
- componency — the quality of being in components
- components — A part or element of a larger whole, esp. a part of a machine or vehicle.
- compounded — If something is compounded of different things, it is a mixture of those things.
- compounder — A person who mixes or combines ingredients in order to produce an animal feed, medicine, or other substance.
- comprehend — If you cannot comprehend something, you cannot understand it.
- concepcion — an industrial city in S central Chile. Pop: 378 000 (2005 est)
- concepting — a general notion or idea; conception.
- conception — A conception of something is an idea that you have of it in your mind.
- conceptive — having the power of mental conception
- conceptual — Conceptual means related to ideas and concepts formed in the mind.
- concipient — conceptive
- cone plant — any dwarf succulent of the genus Conophytum, native to southern Africa.
- conjure up — If you conjure up a memory, picture, or idea, you create it in your mind.
- connect up — link or join together
- conspectus — an overall view; survey
- constipate — to cause constipation in
- contracept — to prevent the conception of (offspring).
- contraplex — relating to the transmission of two messages in opposite directions simultaneously
- contrapose — to place in contraposition.
- contrecoup — an injury, esp to the brain, that occurs at the opposite side of the body from that which was struck
- coparcener — a person who inherits an estate as coheir with others
- copartners — Plural form of copartner.
- copartnery — copartnership
- copayments — Plural form of copayment.
- copenhagen — the capital of Denmark, a port on Zealand and the Amager Islands on a site inhabited for some 6000 years: exports chiefly agricultural products; iron and steel works; university (1479). Pop: 501 664 (2004 est)
- copernican — of or relating to Copernicus or his theories.
- copernicus — Nicolaus (ˌnɪkəˈleɪəs). Polish name Mikołaj Kopernik. 1473–1543, Polish astronomer, whose theory of the solar system (the Copernican system) was published in 1543