12-letter words containing p, i, n, e, r
- compaternity — the relationship between the godparents of a child or between the godparents and the child's parents.
- complimenter — a person who compliments
- compressions — Plural form of compression.
- conidiophore — a simple or branched hypha that bears spores (conidia) in such fungi as Penicillium
- conidiospore — a conidium
- conspiracies — Plural form of conspiracy.
- consumership — the state of being a consumer
- 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.
- coprocessing — the act of processing jointly
- copy-reading — to work on (copy) as a copyreader.
- corncob pipe — a pipe made from a dried corncob
- 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.
- crapehanging — the practice of hanging crape, esp as a sign of mourning
- crawling peg — a method of stabilizing exchange rates, prices, etc, by maintaining a fixed level for a specified period or until the level has persisted at an upper or lower limit for a specified period and then permitting a predetermined incremental rise or fall
- criosphinxes — Plural form of criosphinx.
- crospovidone — Crospovidone is a substance used in tablets as a binder or disintegrant.
- crown prince — A Crown Prince is a prince who will be king of his country when the present king or queen dies.
- cryptomnesia — the reappearance of a suppressed or forgotten memory which is mistaken for a new experience
- cryptomnesic — of, relating to, or characterized by cryptomnesia
- curtain pole — a pole from which a curtain is hung in front of a window, door, etc
- cusip number — A CUSIP number is a number that identifies an individual security like a stock or a bond.
- cyclosporine — a drug, produced by a fungus (Tolypocladium inflatum), that suppresses the T cells that reject foreign tissue after an organ transplant without suppressing other cells that fight infections and cancer
- cypress pine — any coniferous tree of the Australian genus Callitrus, having leaves in whorls and yielding valuable timber: family Cupressaceae
- cypress vine — a tropical American convolvulaceous climbing plant, Ipomoea pennata, having finely divided compound leaves and scarlet or white tubular flowers
- danger point — the point at which something ceases to be safe
- daphnephoria — an ancient Greek festival in honor of Apollo.
- de profundis — out of the depths of misery or dejection
- deaspiration — the act of deaspirating
- decipherment — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- deportations — Plural form of deportation.
- depreciating — Present participle of depreciate.
- depreciation — the reduction in value of a fixed asset due to use, obsolescence, etc
- depredations — the act of preying upon or plundering; robbery; ravage.
- depressingly — In a depressing manner.
- deprivations — Plural form of deprivation.
- derepression — the act of derepressing a gene
- dermaplaning — a cosmetic treatment, often used to treat acne scars, in which surface irregularities are surgically scraped to give the skin a smoother appearance
- descriptions — a statement, picture in words, or account that describes; descriptive representation.
- despairingly — given to despair or hopelessness.
- deuteranopia — a form of colour blindness in which there is a tendency to confuse blues and greens, and greens and reds, and in which sensitivity to green is reduced
- dictyopteran — any insect of the order Dictyoptera, which comprises the cockroaches and mantises
- dinner party — social gathering over evening meal
- dinner plate — a plate for holding an individual serving of the main course of a meal.
- dinosaur pen — A traditional mainframe computer room complete with raised flooring, special power, its own ultra-heavy-duty air conditioning, and a side order of Halon fire extinguishers. See boa.