13-letter words containing s, c, a, p, e
- chapter house — A chapter house is the building or set of rooms in the grounds of a cathedral where the members of the clergy hold their meetings.
- cheese spread — a processed cheese of smooth and spreadable consistency.
- chieftainship — the chief of a clan or a tribe.
- chlamydospore — a thick-walled asexual spore of many fungi: capable of surviving adverse conditions
- chopped steak — ground, cooked beef, usually served as a main course.
- chorepiscopal — (in early Christianity) relating to or connected with a local bishop
- choripetalous — polypetalous
- chrysotherapy — gold therapy.
- clapperboards — Plural form of clapperboard.
- claustrophobe — a person who suffers from claustrophobia.
- cleptomaniacs — kleptomania.
- close company — a company under the control of its directors or fewer than five independent participants
- cochairperson — a person who cochairs an organization
- colleagueship — workplace companionship
- commandership — a person who commands.
- compactedness — the state of being compacted
- companies act — (in Britain) any of various laws that govern the formation, dissolution, and management of companies
- companion set — a set of fire irons on a stand
- companionless — Without a companion; friendless, alone.
- 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
- compass plane — a plane for smoothing curved surfaces.
- compassionate — If you describe someone or something as compassionate, you mean that they feel or show pity, sympathy, and understanding for people who are suffering.
- compensations — Plural form of compensation.
- complacencies — a feeling of quiet pleasure or security, often while unaware of some potential danger, defect, or the like; self-satisfaction or smug satisfaction with an existing situation, condition, etc.
- compressional — relating to compression
- compromisable — Capable of being compromised.
- conceptualise — to form into a concept; make a concept of.
- conceptualism — the philosophical theory that the application of general words to a variety of objects reflects the existence of some mental entity through which the application is mediated and which constitutes the meaning of the term
- conceptualist — any of several doctrines existing as a compromise between realism and nominalism and regarding universals as concepts. Compare nominalism, realism (def 5).
- conspiratress — a woman who conspires
- containership — a ship specially designed or equipped for carrying containerized cargo
- contemplatist — a contemplator
- contemplators — Plural form of contemplator.
- contents page — the page in a book that shows the table of contents
- cooper's hawk — a small North American hawk, Accipiter cooperii, having a bluish-grey back and wings and a reddish-brown breast
- copartnership — a partnership or association between two equals, esp in a business enterprise
- copper-fasten — to make (a bargain or agreement) binding
- copperas cove — a town in central Texas.
- copperheadism — U.S. History. (during the Civil War) the advocacy of peace negotiations to restore the Union to its prewar condition, with continued slavery in the South.
- corporateness — the state of being a corporate body
- corporealness — The state or quality of being corporeal.
- corsican pine — a pine tree, a variant of the black pine Pinus nigra var maritime, originally native to Corsica and neighbouring Mediterranean regions
- costume party — A costume party or costume ball is a party at which the guests try to look like famous people or people from history, from stories, or from particular professions.
- 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.
- counterscarps — Plural form of counterscarp.
- court plaster — a plaster, composed of isinglass on silk, formerly used to cover superficial wounds
- craftspersons — Plural form of craftsperson.
- crape jasmine — a shrub, Tabernaemontana divaricata, native to India, having white flowers that are fragrant at night.
- crapulousness — The state or quality of being crapulous.