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13-letter words containing p, r, o, n, t

  • constupration — the act of raping or violating
  • contact paper — Photography. sensitized paper on which a contact print is made.
  • contact print — a photographic print made by exposing the printing paper through a negative placed directly onto it
  • contact sport — a sport that involves physical contact between participants, such as rugby
  • containerport — a shipping port specially equipped to handle containerized cargo
  • containership — a ship specially designed or equipped for carrying containerized cargo
  • contemplators — Plural form of contemplator.
  • contemporised — to place in or regard as belonging to the same age or time.
  • contemporized — Simple past tense and past participle of contemporize.
  • contracepting — to prevent the conception of (offspring).
  • contraception — Contraception refers to methods of preventing pregnancy.
  • contraceptive — A contraceptive method or device is a method or a device which a woman uses to prevent herself from becoming pregnant.
  • contrapuntist — a composer skilled in counterpoint
  • contre-partie — (in buhlwork) an inlay composed of a design in tortoise shell on a background of brass.
  • control group — any group used as a control in a statistical experiment, esp a group of patients who receive either a placebo or a standard drug during an investigation of the effects of another drug on other patients
  • control panel — the part of a machine or piece of equipment that houses the controls
  • control point — a point at which a potential hazard can be controlled, such as in food production
  • convertiplane — an aircraft that can land and take off vertically by temporarily directing its propulsive thrust downwards
  • copartnership — a partnership or association between two equals, esp in a business enterprise
  • copper-fasten — to make (a bargain or agreement) binding
  • corespondents — Plural form of corespondent.
  • cornish pasty — A Cornish pasty is a small pie with meat and vegetables inside.
  • corporateness — the state of being a corporate body
  • corporational — an association of individuals, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members. See also municipal corporation, public corporation.
  • corporisation — The forming into one body; embodiment.
  • correspondent — A correspondent is a newspaper or television journalist, especially one who specializes in a particular type of news.
  • corruptionist — a person who engages in or upholds corrupt practices, esp. in public life
  • corticospinal — Of, or pertaining to, or connecting the cerebral cortex and the spinal cord.
  • corticotropin — ACTH
  • cotransporter — (biochemistry) An integral membrane protein that actively transports molecules by using the concentration gradient of one molecule or ion concentration to force the other molecule or ion against its gradient.
  • cotton picker — a machine for harvesting cotton fibre
  • counter-power — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
  • counterjumper — a clerk in a retail store.
  • counterperson — a person who waits on customers from behind a counter, as in a cafeteria.
  • counterphobic — seeking out a situation that one fears in an attempt to overcome the fear.
  • counterpicket — a picket which opposes an existing picket at the same location
  • counterplayer — a person who makes a counterplay
  • counterpoints — Plural form of counterpoint.
  • counterpoised — a counterbalancing weight.
  • counterpoises — Plural form of counterpoise.
  • counterpoison — A poison used against another poison, serving as an antidote.
  • counterproofs — Plural form of counterproof.
  • counterscarps — Plural form of counterscarp.
  • countersniper — designed to act against or eliminate snipers
  • counterspying — the activities of a counterspy
  • countrypeople — countryfolk.
  • countryperson — Someone who is from a countryside background.
  • county prison — the prison of a particular county
  • court packing — an unsuccessful attempt by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937 to appoint up to six additional justices to the Supreme Court, which had invalidated a number of his New Deal laws.
  • craftspersons — Plural form of craftsperson.
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