12-letter words containing p, u, t
- complicitous — having complicity
- compte rendu — a short review or notice, esp of a book
- compulsative — compulsory
- compulsatory — compulsory
- compulsivity — compulsiveness
- compunctions — Plural form of compunction.
- compunctious — causing or feeling compunction; regretful.
- compurgation — (formerly) a method of trial whereby a defendant might be acquitted if a sufficient number of persons swore to his innocence
- computations — Plural form of computation.
- 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
- conceptually — pertaining to concepts or to the forming of concepts.
- concupiscent — lustful or sensual.
- conduplicate — folded lengthways on itself
- conspectuity — vision or sight
- conspectuses — Plural form of conspectus.
- consumptions — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
- consumptives — Plural form of consumptive.
- contemptuous — If you are contemptuous of someone or something, you do not like or respect them at all.
- contrapuntal — characterized by counterpoint
- coproduction — to produce (a motion picture, play, etc.) in collaboration with others.
- coprosecutor — one of two or more joint prosecutors.
- corruptively — In a corruptive way.
- cotton up to — to try to ingratiate oneself, or make friends, with
- couch potato — A couch potato is someone who spends most of their time watching television and does not exercise or have any interesting hobbies.
- coulter pine — a California pine, Pinus coulteri, having stout, bluish-green needles and heavy cones 9 to 14 inches (23 to 36 cm) long.
- counterpanes — Plural form of counterpane.
- counterparts — a person or thing closely resembling another, especially in function: Our president is the counterpart of your prime minister.
- counterparty — a person who is a party to a contract
- counterplead — to plead the opposite of
- counterpleas — Plural form of counterplea.
- counterplots — Plural form of counterplot.
- counterpoint — Something that is a counterpoint to something else contrasts with it in a satisfying way.
- counterpoise — a force, influence, etc, that counterbalances another
- counterpower — an opposing power
- counterproof — a reverse impression of a newly printed proof of an engraving made by laying it while wet upon plain paper and passing it through the press
- counterpunch — to punch an attacking opponent; return an attack
- counterreply — a reply made in response to a reply; rejoinder.
- counterscarp — the outer side of the ditch of a fort
- counterspell — a spell or charm which acts against another spell, esp in fantasy or role-playing games
- counterspies — Plural form of counterspy.
- counterstamp — a stamp added to a stamped paper or document as a qualifying mark.
- countertypes — Plural form of countertype.