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11-letter words containing p, t, e

  • carpetmaker — One who manufactures carpets.
  • carpinteria — a town in SW California.
  • caryopteris — any of various shrubs with small blue or white flowers of the genus Caryopteris, all found in S and E Asia
  • castle peak — highest peak in the Elk Mountain range, in W central Colorado. 14,265 feet (4352 meters).
  • cataplectic — Pathology. a condition characterized by sudden, brief attacks of muscle weakness sometimes causing the body to fall helplessly, that is usually triggered by strong emotion: often associated with narcolepsy.
  • catapultier — a person who fires a catapult
  • catastrophe — A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage.
  • catchphrase — A catchphrase is a sentence or phrase which becomes popular or well-known, often because it is frequently used by a famous person.
  • caterpillar — A caterpillar is a small, worm-like animal that feeds on plants and eventually develops into a butterfly or moth.
  • caterpiller — Archaic spelling of caterpillar.
  • cattle prod — A cattle prod is an object shaped like a long stick. Farmers make cattle move in a particular direction by pushing the cattle prod against the bodies of the animals.
  • cattle-stop — a grid of metal bars covering a hollow or hole dug in a roadway, intended to prevent the passage of livestock while allowing vehicles, etc, to pass unhindered
  • center jump — a jump ball between the centers of the opposing teams, held in the circle at the center of the court, as at the beginning of each period.
  • centerpiece — The centerpiece of something is the best or most interesting part of it.
  • centerpunch — to mark with a center punch.
  • centipoises — Plural form of centipoise.
  • centre pass — a push or hit made in any direction to start the game or to restart the game after a goal has been scored
  • centrepiece — The centrepiece of something is the best or most interesting part of it.
  • centripetal — acting, moving, or tending to move towards a centre
  • cephalothin — a cephalosporin antibiotic often used in the treatment of bacterial infections
  • cephalotomy — the dissection of the head
  • ceratopsian — resembling or belonging to the Ceratopsia, a suborder of herbivorous dinosaurs characterized by their parrot-like beaks, horns, and neck frills
  • ceroplastic — relating to wax modelling
  • chain plate — any of the metal plates secured to the hull of a sailing vessel or elsewhere to hold shrouds and backstays at their lower ends.
  • chainplates — Plural form of chainplate.
  • chalkstripe — clothing with a pattern of thin white stripes on a dark background
  • chamaephyte — a plant whose buds are close to the ground
  • chamber pot — A chamber pot is a round container shaped like a very large cup. Chamber pots used to be kept in bedrooms so that people could urinate in them instead of having to leave their room during the night.
  • chamber-pot — a portable container, especially for urine, used in bedrooms.
  • champerties — Plural form of champerty.
  • champertous — a sharing in the proceeds of litigation by one who agrees with either the plaintiff or defendant to help promote it or carry it on.
  • chaptalized — Simple past tense and past participle of chaptalize.
  • chapultepec — a rocky hill in Mexico City: captured (Sept., 1847) in an American assault led by Gen. Winfield Scott in the Mexican War
  • charpentier — Gustave (ɡystav). 1860–1956, French composer, whose best-known work is the opera Louise (1900)
  • cheap skate — a person who is stingy and miserly.
  • cheapskates — Plural form of cheapskate.
  • checkerspot — any of several butterflies of the genus Melitaea, having black wings with yellowish-brown, checkerlike markings.
  • checkpoints — Plural form of checkpoint.
  • cheek strap — (of a bridle) one of two straps passing over the cheeks of the horse and connecting the crown piece with the bit or noseband.
  • cherepovets — city in NE Russia, on the Rybinsk Reservoir: pop. 319,000
  • chimney pot — A chimney pot is a short pipe which is fixed on top of a chimney.
  • chip basket — a wire basket for holding potato chips, etc, while frying in deep fat
  • chip heater — a domestic water heater that burns chips of wood
  • chiropteran — of, relating to, or belonging to the Chiroptera, an order of placental mammals comprising the bats
  • chlorophyte — A lower plant of the division Chlorophyta, which comprises the green algae.
  • choke point — a place of greatest congestion and often hazard; bottleneck.
  • chokepoints — Plural form of chokepoint.
  • chop stroke — (in tennis, cricket, etc.) a stroke made with a sharp downward movement of the racket, bat, etc., imparting a backspin to the ball.
  • christopher — Saint. 3rd century ad, Christian martyr; patron saint of travellers
  • chrome tape — magnetic recording tape coated with chrome dioxide
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