11-letter words containing p, e, r
- campaigners — Plural form of campaigner.
- campesterol — (organic compound) A phytosterol, found in many vegetable oils, related to sitosterol.
- 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.
- candlepower — the luminous intensity of a source of light in a given direction: now expressed in candelas but formerly in terms of the international candle
- caparisoned — (of a horse) Having a richly ornamented harness.
- cape breton — an island forming the NE part of Nova Scotia, in SE Canada. 3970 sq. mi. (10,280 sq. km).
- cape collar — a soft, wide, circular collar that covers the shoulders and the upper arms like a cape.
- cape doctor — a strong fresh SE wind blowing in the vicinity of Cape Town, esp in the summer
- caper sauce — sauce flavoured with capers
- capernoited — capricious
- capernoitie — the head
- capillaries — pertaining to or occurring in or as if in a tube of fine bore.
- capped-rate — having a fixed upper limit
- carbapenems — Plural form of carbapenem.
- card hopper — a device that allows cards of varying thicknesses to be fed individually through an outlet opening in a printer without adjustment
- cardsharper — (rare) alternative spelling of cardsharp.
- cargo plane — a plane carrying cargo
- carpentaria — Gulf ofarm of the Arafura Sea, indenting the N coast of Australia: c. 480 mi (772 km) long; 400 mi (644 km) wide
- carpet moth — any of several geometrid moths with black- (or brown-)and-white mottled wings
- carpet plot — the graphed values of a function of more than one variable, read from an ordinate at points located by the intersection of curves of constant values of each of the variables
- carpet tack — a flat-headed tack used especially to tack down carpets.
- carpet tile — a tile made of carpeting material that is used for flooring.
- carpet-bomb — to drop many bombs on (an area) to prepare for advancing ground forces
- carpetmaker — One who manufactures carpets.
- carpinteria — a town in SW California.
- carpophores — Plural form of carpophore.
- carpospores — Plural form of carpospore.
- caryopteris — any of various shrubs with small blue or white flowers of the genus Caryopteris, all found in S and E Asia
- catapultier — a person who fires a catapult
- catastrophe — A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage.
- catchphrase — A catchphrase is a sentence or phrase which becomes popular or well-known, often because it is frequently used by a famous person.
- caterpillar — A caterpillar is a small, worm-like animal that feeds on plants and eventually develops into a butterfly or moth.
- caterpiller — Archaic spelling of caterpillar.
- cattle prod — A cattle prod is an object shaped like a long stick. Farmers make cattle move in a particular direction by pushing the cattle prod against the bodies of the animals.
- cedar apple — a brown gall on the branches of the juniper, produced by several rust fungi of the genus Gymnosporangium.
- celery pine — a New Zealand gymnosperm tree, Phyllocladus trichomanoides, with celerylike shoots and useful wood: family Phyllocladaceae
- 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.
- centerpiece — The centerpiece of something is the best or most interesting part of it.
- centerpunch — to mark with a center punch.
- centre pass — a push or hit made in any direction to start the game or to restart the game after a goal has been scored
- centrepiece — The centrepiece of something is the best or most interesting part of it.
- centripetal — acting, moving, or tending to move towards a centre
- cephalogram — An X-ray of the craniofacial area.
- ceratopsian — resembling or belonging to the Ceratopsia, a suborder of herbivorous dinosaurs characterized by their parrot-like beaks, horns, and neck frills
- ceroplastic — relating to wax modelling
- chairpeople — a person who presides over a meeting, committee, board, etc.