11-letter words containing p, e, r, m
- campestrian — Relating to open fields; growing in a field, or open ground.
- camphor ice — an ointment consisting of camphor, white wax, spermaceti, and castor oil, used to treat skin ailments, esp chapped skin
- camphorated — impregnated or combined with camphor
- camphorates — Plural form of camphorate.
- camphorweed — vinegarweed.
- carbapenems — Plural form of carbapenem.
- carpet moth — any of several geometrid moths with black- (or brown-)and-white mottled wings
- carpet-bomb — to drop many bombs on (an area) to prepare for advancing ground forces
- carpetmaker — One who manufactures carpets.
- center jump — a jump ball between the centers of the opposing teams, held in the circle at the center of the court, as at the beginning of each period.
- cephalogram — An X-ray of the craniofacial area.
- chamber pop — pop music that incorporates orchestral arrangements
- chamber pot — A chamber pot is a round container shaped like a very large cup. Chamber pots used to be kept in bedrooms so that people could urinate in them instead of having to leave their room during the night.
- chamber-pot — a portable container, especially for urine, used in bedrooms.
- champerties — Plural form of champerty.
- champertous — a sharing in the proceeds of litigation by one who agrees with either the plaintiff or defendant to help promote it or carry it on.
- chemigraphy — any technique for making engravings or etchings using chemicals and without the aid of photography.
- chemosphere — an atmospheric zone about 19 to 80 km (11.8 to 49.7 mi) above the earth's surface, in which photochemical reactions take place
- cherry plum — a small widely planted Asian rosaceous tree, Prunus cerasifera, with white flowers and red or yellow cherry-like fruit
- chromascope — An instrument for showing the optical effects of colour.
- chrome tape — magnetic recording tape coated with chrome dioxide
- chromeplate — to plate with chromium.
- chromophile — Also, chromophilic, chromophilous [kroh-mof-uh-luh s] /kroʊˈmɒf ə ləs/ (Show IPA), chromatophilic, chromatophilous. staining readily.
- chromophobe — a cell that does not take a stain easily
- chromophore — a group of atoms in a chemical compound that are responsible for the colour of the compound
- chromoscope — a piece of equipment that is used to examine different aspects of colour including, for example, intensity
- circumspect — If you are circumspect, you are cautious in what you do and say and do not take risks.
- come up for — When someone or something comes up for consideration or action of some kind, the time arrives when they have to be considered or dealt with.
- comic opera — a play largely set to music, employing comic effects or situations
- comic-opera — comically vainglorious; having farcically self-important aspects: a comic-opera army, proud in its ceremonial splendor but inept on the battlefield.
- comparative — You use comparative to show that you are judging something against a previous or different situation. For example, comparative calm is a situation which is calmer than before or calmer than the situation in other places.
- compartment — A compartment is one of the separate spaces into which a railway carriage is divided.
- compatriate — Misspelling of compatriot.
- compearance — the act of appearing in court
- compensator — a person or thing that compensates
- competitors — a person, team, company, etc., that competes; rival.
- competitory — competitive.
- complainers — Plural form of complainer.
- componentry — the components of a machine, vehicle, stereo system, etc.
- comportable — (obsolete) suitable; consistent.
- comportance — comportment
- comportment — conduct; bearing
- comprehends — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of comprehend.
- compresence — (philosophy) The state of existing together concurrently.
- compressing — Present participle of compress.
- compression — the act of compressing or the condition of being compressed
- compressive — compressing or having the power or capacity to compress
- compressors — Plural form of compressor.
- compressure — the act of compressing.
- comprisable — to include or contain: The Soviet Union comprised several socialist republics.