12-letter words containing p, t, e, r
- cinque ports — an association of ports on the SE coast of England, originally consisting of Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich, which from late Anglo-Saxon times provided ships for the king's service in return for the profits of justice in their courts. The Cinque Ports declined with the growth of other ports and surrendered their charters in 1685
- claptrappery — the art of eliciting applause
- clothes prop — a long wooden pole with a forked end, used to raise a line of washing to enable it to catch the breeze
- clothespress — a closet, wardrobe, or chest in which to keep clothes
- cluster pack — a package containing a collection of related goods, sold as a single unit
- cluster pine — a pine tree, Pinus pinaster, having long thick needles and large clustered cones, native to the Mediterranean coastal regions.
- co-operative — A co-operative is a business or organization run by the people who work for it, or owned by the people who use it. These people share its benefits and profits.
- co-parenting — a divorced or separated parent who shares equally with the other parent in the custody and care of a child.
- co-president — a person who shares the highest position in an organization with another person
- co-recipient — one of two or more recipients, as of an award.
- coat protein — any protein that is a constituent of the capsid of a virus.
- coated paper — a paper whose surface has been treated to take halftone impressions or color printing
- coleopterans — Plural form of coleopteran.
- coleopterist — a person who studies the Coleoptera
- coleopterous — belonging to the order Coleoptera
- colour depth — bits per pixel
- cometography — the scientific description and recording of comets
- comparatives — Plural form of comparative.
- compartments — Plural form of compartment.
- compaternity — the relationship between the godparents of a child or between the godparents and the child's parents.
- compensatory — Compensatory payments involve money paid as compensation.
- complementer — something that completes or makes perfect: A good wine is a complement to a good meal.
- complimenter — a person who compliments
- comportments — Plural form of comportment.
- compte rendu — a short review or notice, esp of a book
- comptrollers — Plural form of comptroller.
- 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.
- computerizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of computerize.
- computerless — having no computer
- computerlike — similar to a computer
- concorporate — united into a single body
- contemplator — to look at or view with continued attention; observe or study thoughtfully: to contemplate the stars.
- contemporary — Contemporary things are modern and relate to the present time.
- contemporise — to place in or regard as belonging to the same age or time.
- contemporize — to be or make contemporary; synchronize
- cooperations — an act or instance of working or acting together for a common purpose or benefit; joint action.
- cooperatives — Plural form of cooperative.
- copperfasten — (transitive, historical) To protect the timbers [of a ship] with plates of copper secured with copper nails or bolts.
- copperplates — Plural form of copperplate.
- coppersmiths — Plural form of coppersmith.
- coproprietor — a joint proprietor
- coprosecutor — one of two or more joint prosecutors.
- coprosperity — joint prosperity
- copyrighters — Plural form of copyrighter.
- corespondent — a person charged with having committed adultery with the wife or husband from whom a divorce is being sought