11-letter words containing s, t, p
- cataphonics — catacoustics
- catastrophe — A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage.
- catastrophy — Alternative form of catastrophe.
- catchphrase — A catchphrase is a sentence or phrase which becomes popular or well-known, often because it is frequently used by a famous person.
- cattle-stop — a grid of metal bars covering a hollow or hole dug in a roadway, intended to prevent the passage of livestock while allowing vehicles, etc, to pass unhindered
- cattywampus — catawampus
- centipoises — Plural form of centipoise.
- centre pass — a push or hit made in any direction to start the game or to restart the game after a goal has been scored
- ceratopsian — resembling or belonging to the Ceratopsia, a suborder of herbivorous dinosaurs characterized by their parrot-like beaks, horns, and neck frills
- ceroplastic — relating to wax modelling
- chainplates — Plural form of chainplate.
- chalkstripe — clothing with a pattern of thin white stripes on a dark background
- champerties — Plural form of champerty.
- champertous — a sharing in the proceeds of litigation by one who agrees with either the plaintiff or defendant to help promote it or carry it on.
- cheap skate — a person who is stingy and miserly.
- cheapskates — Plural form of cheapskate.
- checkerspot — any of several butterflies of the genus Melitaea, having black wings with yellowish-brown, checkerlike markings.
- checkpoints — Plural form of checkpoint.
- cheek strap — (of a bridle) one of two straps passing over the cheeks of the horse and connecting the crown piece with the bit or noseband.
- cherepovets — city in NE Russia, on the Rybinsk Reservoir: pop. 319,000
- chiasmatypy — the process of chiasma formation, which is the basis for crossing over.
- chiloplasty — cheiloplasty.
- chip basket — a wire basket for holding potato chips, etc, while frying in deep fat
- chiropodist — A chiropodist is a person whose job is to treat and care for people's feet.
- chloroplast — a plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments, occurring in plants and algae that carry out photosynthesis
- chokepoints — Plural form of chokepoint.
- chop stroke — (in tennis, cricket, etc.) a stroke made with a sharp downward movement of the racket, bat, etc., imparting a backspin to the ball.
- chou pastry — cream puff paste.
- christopher — Saint. 3rd century ad, Christian martyr; patron saint of travellers
- chromoplast — a coloured plastid in a plant cell, esp one containing carotenoids
- chrysophyte — any of the golden alga species
- circumspect — If you are circumspect, you are cautious in what you do and say and do not take risks.
- citizenship — If you have citizenship of a country, you are legally accepted as belonging to it.
- cladoptosis — the annual shedding of twigs or branches instead of leaves, as in certain cypresses.
- cleethorpes — a resort in E England, in North East Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire. Pop: 31 853 (2001)
- cleistocarp — cleistothecium.
- close up/to — If you look at something close up or close to, you look at it when you are very near to it.
- clothes peg — A clothes peg is a small device which you use to fasten clothes to a washing line.
- clothes-peg — a clothespin.
- clothes-pin — a device, such as a forked piece of wood or plastic, for fastening articles to a clothesline.
- clothespins — Plural form of clothespin.
- clothespole — a pole for supporting a clothesline
- cluster cup — aecium.
- clutch slip — Clutch slip is a faulty condition in which there is not enough friction in the clutch, so that engine speed rises without a corresponding increase in road speed.
- coast pilot — Also called pilot. a manual published by a government for mariners, containing descriptions of coastal waters, harbor facilities, etc., for a specific area.
- cocos plate — a tectonic division of the earth's crust, coincident with the oceanic Guatemala Basin, and bounded on the north and east by the Central American Trench, on the west by the East Pacific Rise, and on the south by the Nazca Plate.
- coleoptiles — Plural form of coleoptile.
- colporteurs — Plural form of colporteur.
- comic strip — A comic strip is a series of drawings that tell a story, especially in a newspaper or magazine.
- compactness — joined or packed together; closely and firmly united; dense; solid: compact soil.