12-letter words containing p, o, m, e
- competitions — Plural form of competition.
- compile time — (programming) The period of time during which a program's source code is being translated into machine code, as opposed to run time when the program is being executed. As well as the work done by the compiler, this may include macro preprocessing as done by cpp for example. The final stage of program construction, performed by the linker, would generally also be classed as compile time but might be distinguished as link time. For example, static data in a C program is allocated at compile time whereas non-static data is allocated at run time, typically on the stack.
- complacently — pleased, especially with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: The voters are too complacent to change the government.
- complainable — That may be complained of.
- complaintive — Tending to complain, characterized by complaining.
- complaisance — deference to the wishes of others; willing compliance
- complections — Plural form of complection.
- complemental — complementary; completing.
- complemented — having a complement or complements.
- complementer — something that completes or makes perfect: A good wine is a complement to a good meal.
- completement — (obsolete) Act of completing or perfecting; completion.
- completeness — complete
- complex salt — a salt that contains one or more complex ions
- complex wave — a waveform consisting of a fundamental frequency with superimposed harmonics
- complexation — the formation of a complex
- complexified — Simple past tense and past participle of complexify.
- complexifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of complexify.
- complexional — Relating to complexion.
- complexioned — of a specified complexion
- complexities — The complexities of something are the many complicated factors involved in it.
- compliancies — compliance (defs 1, 2, 4).
- complicative — having a tendency to complicate
- complicities — Plural form of complicity.
- complimental — complimentary
- complimented — Simple past tense and past participle of compliment.
- complimenter — a person who compliments
- componential — a constituent part; element; ingredient.
- componentize — (transitive) To split into separate components.
- comportments — Plural form of comportment.
- composedness — The state or quality of being composed.
- compost heap — an outdoor pile of compostabale material that degrades into compost
- compound eye — the convex eye of insects and some crustaceans, consisting of numerous separate light-sensitive units (ommatidia)
- compound key — (database) (Or "multi-part key", "concatenated key") A key which consists of more than one attribute of the body of information (e.g. database "record") it identifies.
- compoundable — That can be compounded.
- comprehended — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
- comprehender — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
- compressedly — in a compressed manner
- compressible — If something is compressible, its volume can change when pressure is applied to it.
- compressions — Plural form of compression.
- compte rendu — a short review or notice, esp of a book
- comptrollers — Plural form of comptroller.
- compulsative — compulsory
- compulsively — compelling; compulsory.
- compulsories — Plural form of compulsory.
- computer age — modern society regarded as the period when the widespread use of computers has fundamentally changed people's lives
- computer bus — bus
- computer law — a body of law arising out of the special conditions relating to the use of computers, as in computer crime or software copyright.
- computer sex — (jargon) Two computers interfaced with each other.
- 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.