12-letter words containing p, e, n
- complimental — complimentary
- complimented — Simple past tense and past participle of compliment.
- complimenter — a person who compliments
- componential — a constituent part; element; ingredient.
- componentize — (transitive) To split into separate components.
- comportments — Plural form of comportment.
- composedness — The state or quality of being composed.
- compound eye — the convex eye of insects and some crustaceans, consisting of numerous separate light-sensitive units (ommatidia)
- compound key — (database) (Or "multi-part key", "concatenated key") A key which consists of more than one attribute of the body of information (e.g. database "record") it identifies.
- compoundable — That can be compounded.
- comprehended — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
- comprehender — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
- compressions — Plural form of compression.
- compte rendu — a short review or notice, esp of a book
- conceptional — the act of conceiving; the state of being conceived.
- conceptually — pertaining to concepts or to the forming of concepts.
- concorporate — united into a single body
- concupiscent — lustful or sensual.
- conduplicate — folded lengthways on itself
- conidiophore — a simple or branched hypha that bears spores (conidia) in such fungi as Penicillium
- conidiospore — a conidium
- conspecifics — Plural form of conspecific.
- conspectuity — vision or sight
- conspectuses — Plural form of conspectus.
- conspiracies — Plural form of conspiracy.
- consumership — the state of being a consumer
- consumptives — Plural form of consumptive.
- contemplable — able to be contemplated
- contemplated — to look at or view with continued attention; observe or study thoughtfully: to contemplate the stars.
- contemplates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contemplate.
- contemplator — to look at or view with continued attention; observe or study thoughtfully: to contemplate the stars.
- contemporary — Contemporary things are modern and relate to the present time.
- contemporise — to place in or regard as belonging to the same age or time.
- contemporize — to be or make contemporary; synchronize
- contemptable — Contemptible.
- contemptible — If you feel that someone or something is contemptible, you feel strong dislike and disrespect for them.
- contemptibly — deserving of or held in contempt; despicable.
- contemptuous — If you are contemptuous of someone or something, you do not like or respect them at all.
- cooperations — an act or instance of working or acting together for a common purpose or benefit; joint action.
- copperfasten — (transitive, historical) To protect the timbers [of a ship] with plates of copper secured with copper nails or bolts.
- coprocessing — the act of processing jointly
- copy machine — A copy machine is the same as a copier.
- copy-reading — to work on (copy) as a copyreader.
- corespondent — a person charged with having committed adultery with the wife or husband from whom a divorce is being sought
- corncob pipe — a pipe made from a dried corncob
- corresponded — to be in agreement or conformity (often followed by with or to): His actions do not correspond with his words.
- costophrenic — Synonym of phrenicocostal.
- cotton press — a press for baling cotton.
- coulter pine — a California pine, Pinus coulteri, having stout, bluish-green needles and heavy cones 9 to 14 inches (23 to 36 cm) long.
- counterpanes — Plural form of counterpane.