13-letter words containing r, a, p, o, n, t
- autoresponder — A program that automatically generates a set response to all messages sent to a particular e-mail address.
- balneotherapy — the treatment of disease by bathing, esp to improve limb mobility in arthritic and neuromuscular disorders
- bankrupt worm — a roundworm (genus Trichostrongylus) that is an intestinal parasite of birds and mammals, especially devastating to young livestock.
- bring to pass — to cause to happen
- by reputation — If you know someone by reputation, you have never met them but you have heard of their reputation.
- c corporation — A C corporation is a type of corporation which is taxed on its income.
- caprification — a method of pollinating the edible fig by hanging branches of caprifig flowers in edible fig trees. Parasitic wasps in the caprifig flowers transfer pollen to the edible fig flowers
- carpenterworm — the larva of the carpenterworm moth.
- carton-pierre — papier-mâché decorated in imitation of wood, stone, or metal, and chiefly used for ornamental statuary or decorative motifs.
- cartoon strip — A cartoon strip is a series of drawings that tells a story.
- chart-topping — very popular; coming top in the charts
- chronotherapy — an endeavour to readjust the body clock to enable a person to waken earlier by going to sleep later and later every day until the required waking hour is achieved
- cinematograph — a combined camera, printer, and projector
- coconspirator — a fellow conspirator
- coin-operated — (of a machine) operated by the insertion of a coin
- company store — a retail store operated by a company for the convenience of the employees, who are required to buy from the store.
- compare notes — to exchange opinions
- compartimento — any of the 18 administrative districts into which Italy is divided.
- compartmental — divided into compartments: a compartmental office; a compartmental agency.
- compartmented — Divided into compartments.
- compass north — magnetic north, as indicated on a particular compass at a given moment.
- complementary — Complementary things are different from each other but make a good combination.
- complimentary — If you are complimentary about something, you express admiration for it.
- concert party — a musical entertainment popular in the early 20th century, esp one at a British seaside resort
- conspiracists — Plural form of conspiracist.
- conspiratress — a woman who conspires
- conspurcation — the act of defiling
- 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.
- 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 panel — the part of a machine or piece of equipment that houses the controls
- 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
- 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.
- corticospinal — Of, or pertaining to, or connecting the cerebral cortex and the spinal cord.
- 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.
- counterplayer — a person who makes a counterplay