11-letter words containing p, i, t, c
- chain plate — any of the metal plates secured to the hull of a sailing vessel or elsewhere to hold shrouds and backstays at their lower ends.
- chainplates — Plural form of chainplate.
- chalkstripe — clothing with a pattern of thin white stripes on a dark background
- champerties — Plural form of champerty.
- chaptalized — Simple past tense and past participle of chaptalize.
- charpentier — Gustave (ɡystav). 1860–1956, French composer, whose best-known work is the opera Louise (1900)
- checkpoints — Plural form of checkpoint.
- chiasmatypy — the process of chiasma formation, which is the basis for crossing over.
- chiloplasty — cheiloplasty.
- chimney pot — A chimney pot is a short pipe which is fixed on top of a chimney.
- chip basket — a wire basket for holding potato chips, etc, while frying in deep fat
- chip heater — a domestic water heater that burns chips of wood
- chiropodist — A chiropodist is a person whose job is to treat and care for people's feet.
- chiropteran — of, relating to, or belonging to the Chiroptera, an order of placental mammals comprising the bats
- choke point — a place of greatest congestion and often hazard; bottleneck.
- chokepoints — Plural form of chokepoint.
- christopher — Saint. 3rd century ad, Christian martyr; patron saint of travellers
- circumspect — If you are circumspect, you are cautious in what you do and say and do not take risks.
- citizenship — If you have citizenship of a country, you are legally accepted as belonging to it.
- cladoptosis — the annual shedding of twigs or branches instead of leaves, as in certain cypresses.
- cleistocarp — cleistothecium.
- cleptomania — kleptomania
- clothes-pin — a device, such as a forked piece of wood or plastic, for fastening articles to a clothesline.
- clothespins — Plural form of clothespin.
- clutch slip — Clutch slip is a faulty condition in which there is not enough friction in the clutch, so that engine speed rises without a corresponding increase in road speed.
- coast pilot — Also called pilot. a manual published by a government for mariners, containing descriptions of coastal waters, harbor facilities, etc., for a specific area.
- coleoptiles — Plural form of coleoptile.
- colourpoint — a breed of domestic cat
- comic strip — A comic strip is a series of drawings that tell a story, especially in a newspaper or magazine.
- compactible — able to be made compact
- compaginate — to join or unite
- comparatist — a person who carries out comparative studies, esp a student of comparative literature or comparative linguistics
- 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.
- compatriate — Misspelling of compatriot.
- compatriots — Plural form of compatriot.
- competetive — Misspelling of competitive.
- competition — Competition is a situation in which two or more people or groups are trying to get something which not everyone can have.
- competitive — Competitive is used to describe situations or activities in which people or firms compete with each other.
- competitors — a person, team, company, etc., that competes; rival.
- competitory — competitive.
- compilating — Present participle of compilate.
- compilation — A compilation is a book, CD, or programme that contains many different items that have been gathered together, usually ones which have already appeared in other places.
- compilatory — of or relating to a compilation or compiler
- compilement — a compilation
- complainant — A complainant is a person who starts a court case in a court of law.
- complaineth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'complain'.
- complaisant — If you are complaisant, you are willing to accept what other people are doing without complaining.
- complecting — Present participle of complect.
- complection — the natural color, texture, and appearance of the skin, especially of the face: a clear, smooth, rosy complexion.
- completions — Plural form of completion.