12-letter words containing p, i, e, t, r
- ceroplastics — the art of wax modelling
- 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
- chapter ring — a ringlike band on the dial of a clock that bears the numerals or other symbols of the hours.
- chemotrophic — any organism that oxidizes inorganic or organic compounds as its principal energy source.
- chemotropism — the growth response of an organism, esp a plant, to a chemical stimulus
- 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.
- chief priest — the highest ranking among a number of priests
- chiropterans — Plural form of chiropteran.
- chlorapatite — (mineral) A variety of apatite containing chloride instead of fluoride.
- christophene — chayote.
- cinder patch — a defect on steel caused by the accidental picking up of matter, as from the bottom of a soaking pit.
- cinque ports — an association of ports on the SE coast of England, originally consisting of Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich, which from late Anglo-Saxon times provided ships for the king's service in return for the profits of justice in their courts. The Cinque Ports declined with the growth of other ports and surrendered their charters in 1685
- cluster pine — a pine tree, Pinus pinaster, having long thick needles and large clustered cones, native to the Mediterranean coastal regions.
- co-operative — A co-operative is a business or organization run by the people who work for it, or owned by the people who use it. These people share its benefits and profits.
- co-parenting — a divorced or separated parent who shares equally with the other parent in the custody and care of a child.
- co-president — a person who shares the highest position in an organization with another person
- co-recipient — one of two or more recipients, as of an award.
- coat protein — any protein that is a constituent of the capsid of a virus.
- coleopterist — a person who studies the Coleoptera
- comparatives — Plural form of comparative.
- compaternity — the relationship between the godparents of a child or between the godparents and the child's parents.
- complimenter — a person who compliments
- computerised — to control, perform, process, or store (a system, operation, or information) by means of or in an electronic computer or computers.
- computerized — A computerized system, process, or business is one in which the work is done by computer.
- computerizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of computerize.
- computerlike — similar to a computer
- contemporise — to place in or regard as belonging to the same age or time.
- contemporize — to be or make contemporary; synchronize
- cooperations — an act or instance of working or acting together for a common purpose or benefit; joint action.
- cooperatives — Plural form of cooperative.
- coppersmiths — Plural form of coppersmith.
- coproprietor — a joint proprietor
- coprosperity — joint prosperity
- copyrighters — Plural form of copyrighter.
- corporealist — a materialist
- corporeality — the state or quality of being corporeal; bodily existence
- corruptively — In a corruptive way.
- costophrenic — Synonym of phrenicocostal.
- coulter pine — a California pine, Pinus coulteri, having stout, bluish-green needles and heavy cones 9 to 14 inches (23 to 36 cm) long.
- counterpoint — Something that is a counterpoint to something else contrasts with it in a satisfying way.
- counterpoise — a force, influence, etc, that counterbalances another
- counterspies — Plural form of counterspy.
- cryptomerias — Plural form of cryptomeria.
- cryptomnesia — the reappearance of a suppressed or forgotten memory which is mistaken for a new experience
- cryptomnesic — of, relating to, or characterized by cryptomnesia
- curietherapy — a form of radiation therapy using radium
- curtail step — the step or steps at the foot of a flight of stairs, widened at one or both ends and terminated with a scroll
- curtail-step — a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.