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.