12-letter words containing r, e, s, p
- canine corps — a military or law enforcement body which uses dogs for the detection of explosives or drugs or for security, tracking, etc
- cape sparrow — a sparrow, Passer melanurus, very common in southern Africa: family Ploceidae
- caper spurge — a spurge, Euphorbia lathyris, producing latex that is considered a possible source of crude oil and gasoline.
- capitularies — Plural form of capitulary.
- car expenses — incidental money spent on the operation of a car during the performance of a job, commission, etc, usually reimbursed by an employer or allowable against tax
- carpet grass — either of two grasses, Axonopus affinis or A. compressus, native to tropical and subtropical America.
- carpet shark — any of various sharks of the family Orectolobidae, having two dorsal fins and a patterned back, typically marked with white and brown
- carpet snake — a large nonvenomous Australian snake, Morelia variegata, having a carpetlike pattern on its back
- carpet tiles — small pieces of carpeting laid as tiles to cover a floor
- cash receipt — A cash receipt is a proof of purchase issued when the buyer has paid in cash.
- cataphoreses — Plural form of cataphoresis.
- cataphoresis — electrophoresis
- catastrophes — Plural form of catastrophe.
- catch phrase — a phrase that attracts or is meant to attract attention.
- catch-phrase — A catch-phrase is a sentence or phrase which becomes popular or well-known, often because it is frequently used by a famous person.
- catchphrases — Plural form of catchphrase.
- caterpillars — Plural form of caterpillar.
- caterpillers — Archaic spelling of caterpillarst; Plural form of caterpiller.
- cattleperson — Someone who works with, or rears cattle.
- cedar rapids — a city in the US, in E Iowa. Pop: 122 542 (2003 est)
- centerpieces — Plural form of centerpiece.
- centrosphere — the portion of the centrosome surrounding the centriole; center of an aster
- ceratopsians — Plural form of ceratopsian.
- ceroplastics — the art of wax modelling
- chairpersons — Plural form of chairperson.
- chalk stripe — (on a fabric) a pattern of thin white lines on a dark ground.
- chalk-stripe — a stripe, as in the fabric of some suits, that is wider and usually more muted than a pinstripe
- change purse — A change purse is a very small bag that people, especially women, keep their money in.
- chapeau bras — a small three-cornered hat, worn by gentlemen in full dress in the 18th century, that could be folded flat and carried under the arm.
- chapter stop — any of several markers placed at intervals on a DVD film, enabling the viewer to find and select particular scenes
- chapterhouse — the building attached to a cathedral, collegiate church, or religious house in which the chapter meets
- charles epee — Charles Michel, Abbé de l', 1712–89, French priest and teacher of the deaf: pioneer in the development of sign language.
- cheesehopper — the larva of the cheese-fly, capable of a leaping movement using two claw-like mandibles which it also uses for digging
- cheeseparing — penny-pinching; stingy
- chemotropism — the growth response of an organism, esp a plant, to a chemical stimulus
- chief priest — the highest ranking among a number of priests
- chiropterans — Plural form of chiropteran.
- chlorophytes — Plural form of chlorophyte.
- chlorospinel — a variety of spinel used as a gem, colored grass-green by the presence of copper.
- chordophones — Plural form of chordophone.
- choreographs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of choreograph.
- chorus pedal — an electronic device that creates the effect of more than one sound from a single source by combining a short delay with slight deviations in pitch
- christophene — chayote.
- chromophores — Plural form of chromophore.
- chromosphere — a gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere extending from the photosphere to the corona and visible during a total eclipse of the sun
- chronoscopes — Plural form of chronoscope.
- chrysophytes — Plural form of chrysophyte.
- churchperson — A person involved with the church; a churchgoer or cleric.
- cigar-shaped — resembling a cigar in shape
- 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