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12-letter words containing s, c, p, i

  • auspiciously — promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable: an auspicious occasion.
  • b-s particle — a neutral meson with a mass 10,507 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 1.6 X 10 -12 seconds.
  • bachelorship — the state of being a bachelor; bachelorhood
  • backslapping — Backslapping is noisy, cheerful behavior which people use in order to show affection or appreciation to each other.
  • backstopping — a wall, wire screen, or the like, serving to prevent a ball from going too far beyond the normal playing area.
  • bankruptcies — Plural form of bankruptcy.
  • basidiocarps — Plural form of basidiocarp.
  • bicycle shop — a shop that sells and usually repairs bicycles and bicycle parts
  • biopesticide — a naturally occurring or derived substance or an organism that controls pests by nontoxic means
  • bishop's-cap — any of a genus (Mitella) of small woodland plants of the saxifrage family, with two-lobed seedcases shaped like a bishop's hat
  • blister pack — a type of packet in which small items are displayed and sold, consisting of a transparent dome of plastic or similar material mounted on a firm backing such as cardboard
  • cacophonious — cacophonous
  • caesalpinoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Caesalpinoideae, a mainly tropical subfamily of leguminous plants that have irregular flowers: includes carob, senna, brazil, cassia, and poinciana
  • camp bastion — a large British military base in Helmand province, Afghanistan, built in 2006
  • camp springs — a city in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
  • camping site — A camping site is the same as a campsite.
  • campshedding — to line (the bank of a river) with campshot.
  • candy stripe — a pattern of bright stripes of one color against a plain background, used chiefly in fabrics.
  • canine corps — a military or law enforcement body which uses dogs for the detection of explosives or drugs or for security, tracking, etc
  • cap spinning — a spinning process in which woolen yarn is twisted and wound onto a revolving bobbin located within a stationary cap, much used in the Bradford spinning process.
  • capabilities — the quality of being capable; capacity; ability: His capability was unquestionable.
  • capacitances — Plural form of capacitance.
  • caparisoning — Present participle of caparison.
  • cape jasmine — a widely cultivated gardenia shrub, Gardenia jasminoides
  • cape sounionCape, a cape in E central Greece, SE of Athens, at the tip of the Attica peninsula, in W Aegean Sea.
  • capillaceous — having numerous filaments resembling hairs or threads
  • capital cost — a cost incurred on the purchase of land, buildings, construction and equipment to be used in the production of goods or the rendering of services
  • capital loss — A capital loss is a loss on investment property.
  • capital ship — one of the largest and most heavily armed ships in a naval fleet
  • capitalising — Present participle of capitalise.
  • capitalistic — Capitalistic means supporting or based on the principles of capitalism.
  • capitularies — Plural form of capitulary.
  • capriciously — subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic: He's such a capricious boss I never know how he'll react.
  • capsaicinoid — (organic chemistry) Any of a class of irritant compounds, related to capsaicin, that are responsible for the heat of chilli peppers.
  • captiousness — The state of being captious.
  • cardinalship — The office (or term of office) of a cardinal.
  • cardiographs — Plural form of cardiograph.
  • carisoprodol — a crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 12 H 24 N 2 O 4 , used as a muscle relaxant.
  • 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.
  • cassiopeia a — a very strong radio and X-ray source in the constellation Cassiopeia, identified as the remnant of a supernova thought to have occurred in the late 17th century
  • castile soap — a hard soap made from olive oil and sodium hydroxide
  • cataphoresis — electrophoresis
  • cataphysical — perverse; contrary to nature
  • catastrophic — Something that is catastrophic involves or causes a sudden terrible disaster.
  • catch points — railway points designed to derail a train running back in the wrong direction to prevent collision with a following train
  • caterpillars — Plural form of caterpillar.
  • caterpillers — Archaic spelling of caterpillarst; Plural form of caterpiller.
  • cedar rapids — a city in the US, in E Iowa. Pop: 122 542 (2003 est)
  • centerpieces — Plural form of centerpiece.
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