11-letter words containing p, r, i, e
- copyeditors — Plural form of copyeditor.
- copyrighted — Copyrighted material is protected by a copyright.
- copyrighter — One who obtains the copyright on a work.
- copywriters — Plural form of copywriter.
- corbie-step — any of a set of steps on the top of a gable
- corecipient — a joint recipient
- cork-tipped — (of a cigarette) having a filter of cork or some material resembling cork
- corn picker — a machine for picking the ears of corn from standing stalks and removing the husks.
- corn-picker — a machine for removing ears of maize from the standing stalks, often also equipped to separate the corn from the husk and shell
- corporative — of or characteristic of a corporation
- corporatize — to convert (a government-controlled industry or enterprise) into an independent company
- corpus vile — a person or thing fit only to be the object of an experiment
- corruptible — susceptible to corruption; capable of being corrupted
- counter-pin — bedspread.
- cove stripe — a decorative stripe painted along the sheer strake of a vessel, esp of a sailing boat
- cover point — a fielding position in the covers
- cover price — the price of a newspaper or magazine
- crab spider — any of a family (Thomisidae) of spiders that move sideways like crabs
- crampfishes — Plural form of crampfish.
- craniophore — a device that holds a skull in place for measuring.
- creatorship — a person or thing that creates.
- credit slip — A credit slip is the same as a credit note.
- credit swap — A credit swap is a kind of insurance against credit risk where a third party agrees to pay a lender if the loan defaults, in exchange for receiving payments from the lender.
- crepitating — Present participle of crepitate.
- crepitation — the act of crepitating
- crime spree — a series of crimes committed in quick succession
- crippleware — a computer program whose functionality has been deliberately limited, thus forcing the user to purchase additional software
- crispbreads — Plural form of crispbread.
- crop circle — any of various patterns, usually wholly or partly consisting of ring shapes, formed by the unexplained flattening of cereals growing in a field
- crosspieces — Plural form of crosspiece.
- crownpieces — Plural form of crownpiece.
- cruise ship — A cruise ship is a large ship which takes people from place to place on a cruise holiday, and on which entertainment, food, and drink are provided.
- cryptogenic — (esp of diseases) of unknown or obscure origin
- cryptomeria — a coniferous tree, Cryptomeria japonica, of China and Japan, with curved needle-like leaves and small round cones: family Taxodiaceae
- cryptozoite — a malarial parasite at the stage of development in its host before it enters the red blood cells
- cupriferous — (of a substance such as an ore) containing or yielding copper
- cupronickel — any ductile corrosion-resistant copper alloy containing up to 40 per cent nickel: used in coins, condenser tubes, turbine blades, etc
- curie point — the temperature above which a ferromagnetic substance loses its ferromagnetism and becomes paramagnetic
- custard pie — Custard pies are artificial pies which people sometimes throw at each other as a joke.
- custard-pie — characteristic of a type of slapstick comedy in which a performer throws a pie in another's face: popular especially in the era of vaudeville and early silent films.
- cyberphobia — an irrational fear of computers
- cypripedium — any orchid of the genus Cypripedium, having large flowers with an inflated pouchlike lip
- day-tripper — A day-tripper is someone who goes on a day trip.
- dealerships — Plural form of dealership.
- decapitator — One who decapitates.
- deciphering — Present participle of decipher.
- decompilers — Plural form of decompiler.
- decrepitate — to heat (a substance, such as a salt) until it emits a crackling sound or until this sound stops
- decrepitude — Decrepitude is the state of being very old and in poor condition.
- deep-litter — denoting a system in which a number of hens are housed in one covered enclosure, within which they can move about freely, on a layer of straw or wood shavings several centimetres deep