13-letter words containing r, o, p, e
- clock puncher — a worker with a routine job in a factory or office, as one who punches a time clock at the beginning and end of a work shift.
- close-cropped — Close-cropped hair or grass is cut very short.
- closing price — On the stock exchange, the closing price of a share is its price at the end of a day's business.
- clothes-press — a piece of furniture for storing clothes, usually containing wide drawers and a cabinet
- cluster point — a point of a net having the property that the net is frequently in each neighborhood of the point.
- co-presidency — the state or act of being co-president
- co-respondent — a person cited in divorce proceedings, who is alleged to have committed adultery with the respondent
- cochairperson — a person who cochairs an organization
- cogent prolog — (language) A full Edinburgh standard Prolog with debugger, listener, DCG, many built-ins, text windows, support for modules, and support for both 16-bit and 32-bit protected mode. Contact: Dennis C. Merritt.
- coin-operated — (of a machine) operated by the insertion of a coin
- collectorship — The rank or office of a collector of customs or other taxes.
- come to grips — to engage in hand-to-hand fighting
- come up roses — If you say that everything is coming up roses for someone, you mean that everything is going well for them.
- come up short — disappoint
- command paper — (in Britain) a government document that is presented to Parliament, in theory by royal command
- commandership — a person who commands.
- common prayer — the liturgy of public services of the Church of England, esp Morning and Evening Prayer
- company grade — military rank applying to army officers below major, as second and first lieutenants and captains.
- company store — a retail store operated by a company for the convenience of the employees, who are required to buy from the store.
- comparatively — in a comparative manner
- 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.
- compiler jock — A programmer who specialises in writing compilers.
- complementary — Complementary things are different from each other but make a good combination.
- completer set — a set of supplementary pieces that completes a set of dishes, as creamer, sugar bowl, platter, gravy boat, and vegetable dish.
- complexometry — a chemical technique using the formation of a colored complex to indicate the end of a titration.
- complimentary — If you are complimentary about something, you express admiration for it.
- comprehendeth — Archaic third-person singular form of comprehend.
- comprehending — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
- comprehension — Comprehension is the ability to understand something.
- comprehensive — Something that is comprehensive includes everything that is needed or relevant.
- compressional — relating to compression
- compromisable — Capable of being compromised.
- computer chip — a small integrated circuit of a kind used in computers
- computer disk — a computer data storage device such as a hard drive or floppy disk
- computer file — file
- computer game — A computer game is a game that you play on a computer or on a small portable piece of electronic equipment.
- computer geek — (jargon) (Or "turbo nerd", "turbo geek") One who eats (computer) bugs for a living. One who fulfils all the dreariest negative stereotypes about hackers: an asocial, malodourous, pasty-faced monomaniac with all the personality of a cheese grater. The term cannot be used by outsiders without implied insult to all hackers; compare black-on-black usage of "nigger". A computer geek may be either a fundamentally clueless individual or a proto-hacker in larval stage. See also Alpha Geek, propeller head, clustergeeking, geek out, wannabee, terminal junkie, spod, weenie.
- computer nerd — someone who is inordinately preoccupied with using computers, at the expense of ordinary social skills
- computerising — Present participle of computerise.
- computerizing — Present participle of computerize.
- computerphobe — a person with a strong fear or dislike of computers
- concert party — a musical entertainment popular in the early 20th century, esp one at a British seaside resort
- concert pitch — the frequency of 440 hertz assigned to the A above middle C
- concord grape — a variety of grape with purple-black fruit covered with a bluish bloom
- concrete poet — a writer of concrete poetry.
- confessorship — the office or function of a confessor
- conidiophores — Plural form of conidiophore.