12-letter words containing p, i, s, t
- consumptives — Plural form of consumptive.
- contemporise — to place in or regard as belonging to the same age or time.
- contraptions — Plural form of contraption.
- cooperations — an act or instance of working or acting together for a common purpose or benefit; joint action.
- cooperatives — Plural form of cooperative.
- cop it sweet — to accept a penalty without complaint
- coppersmiths — Plural form of coppersmith.
- coprophagist — a person who eats excrement
- coprosperity — joint prosperity
- copyrighters — Plural form of copyrighter.
- corporations — Plural form of corporation.
- corporealist — a materialist
- cosmoplastic — forming the universe or the world
- cosmopolitan — A cosmopolitan place or society is full of people from many different countries and cultures.
- cosmopolites — Plural form of cosmopolite.
- cosmopolitic — cosmopolitan
- costophrenic — Synonym of phrenicocostal.
- cottian alps — a mountain range in SW Europe, between NW Italy and SE France: part of the Alps. Highest peak: Monte Viso, 3841 m (12 600 ft)
- counterpoise — a force, influence, etc, that counterbalances another
- counterspies — Plural form of counterspy.
- craftmanship — Alternative form of craftsmanship.
- cranioplasty — Surgical repair of a defect or deformity in the skull.
- crop dusting — Crop dusting is the spreading of pesticides on crops, usually from an aircraft.
- crop-dusting — the spraying of powdered fungicides or insecticides on crops, usually from an airplane.
- crossposting — Present participle of crosspost.
- cryptobiosis — a temporary state in an organism in which metabolic activity is absent or undetectable
- cryptogamist — a botanist specializing in the study of cryptogams
- cryptologist — cryptography.
- 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
- cryptorchids — Plural form of cryptorchid.
- cryptorchism — failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum.
- cupid's dart — blue succory.
- cupid's-dart — blue succory.
- 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.
- cyberspastic — (humour) A person suffering from information overload while browsing the Internet or web. Compare webhead.
- cyprinodonts — Plural form of cyprinodont.
- d-s particle — a positively charged meson having a mass 3852 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 4.7 X 10 -13 seconds.
- dancing step — balanced step.
- day hospital — part of a hospital that offers therapeutic services, where patients usually attend all day but go home or to a hospital ward at night
- deaspiration — the act of deaspirating
- death spiral — a period of continuous deterioration that leads ultimately to catastrophic failure or destruction
- decapitalise — to deprive of capital; discourage capital formation; withdraw capital from: The government decapitalized industry with harsh tax policies.
- decrepitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrepitate.
- depilatories — Plural form of depilatory.
- depoliticise — Alternative spelling of depoliticize.
- deportations — Plural form of deportation.
- deposit loan — a loan to cover the cost of a deposit on something such as rented accommodation