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13-letter words containing t, a, p, i, o, c

  • cooperativity — an interaction between structural units within a molecule or between molecules in an assemblage that enables the system to respond more sharply to an external change than would isolated units
  • copartnership — a partnership or association between two equals, esp in a business enterprise
  • coprecipitate — to cause to precipitate together.
  • copy negative — master (def 21).
  • copy the mail — letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system: Storms delayed delivery of the mail.
  • copyrightable — the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 70 years after his or her death.
  • cornish pasty — A Cornish pasty is a small pie with meat and vegetables inside.
  • corporational — an association of individuals, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members. See also municipal corporation, public corporation.
  • corporativism — corporatism
  • corporisation — The forming into one body; embodiment.
  • corticospinal — Of, or pertaining to, or connecting the cerebral cortex and the spinal cord.
  • cosmopolitans — Plural form of cosmopolitan.
  • cotemporality — The state or characteristic of existing or occurring during the same period of time.
  • cottage piano — a small upright piano
  • cottage tulip — a late-flowering type of tulip, usually having pointed or elongated flowers.
  • court packing — an unsuccessful attempt by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937 to appoint up to six additional justices to the Supreme Court, which had invalidated a number of his New Deal laws.
  • cranioscopist — a practitioner of cranioscopy
  • crop rotation — the system of growing a sequence of different crops on the same ground so as to maintain or increase its fertility
  • cryotherapies — Plural form of cryotherapy.
  • cryptoclastic — (of minerals and rocks) composed of microscopic fragments
  • cryptoclimate — the climate of a small area, as of confined spaces such as caves or houses (cryptoclimate) of plant communities, wooded areas, etc. (phytoclimate) or of urban communities, which may be different from that in the general region.
  • cryptographic — Relating to cryptography.
  • cryptological — cryptography.
  • cryptoxanthin — a carotenoid pigment, C40H56O, in butter, eggs, and various plants, that can be converted into vitamin A in the body
  • cuprotitanium — (metallurgy) An alloy of copper and titanium obtained by reducing a mixture of copper and rutile.
  • cushion plant — a type of low-growing plant having many closely spaced short upright shoots, typical of alpine and arctic habitats
  • custodianship — the condition of being a custodian
  • decapitations — Plural form of decapitation.
  • decimal point — A decimal point is the dot in front of a decimal fraction.
  • decompilation — The act, or the result of decompiling.
  • decrepitation — to roast or calcine (salt, minerals, etc.) so as to cause crackling or until crackling ceases.
  • deduplication — (computing) The elimination of redundant duplicate data.
  • deprecatorily — In a deprecatory manner.
  • depreciations — Plural form of depreciation.
  • dermatotropic — (especially of viruses) in, attracted toward, or affecting the skin.
  • diaphoretical — Alternative form of diaphoretic.
  • dictatorships — Plural form of dictatorship.
  • diprotic acid — any acid with two hydrogen atoms in its molecule that are capable of being released or ionized in water, such as sulphuric acid and carbonic acid
  • disceptatious — disputable
  • dispatch boat — a small, fast boat used for delivering dispatches.
  • dna computing — (architecture)   The use of DNA molecules to encode computational problems. Standard operations of molecular biology can then be used to solve some NP-hard search problems in parallel using a very large number of molecules. The exponential scaling of NP-hard problems still remains, so this method will require a huge amount of DNA to solve large problems.
  • dodecaphonist — a user of the twelve-tone system of serial music
  • drop a stitch — to allow a loop of wool to fall off a knitting needle accidentally while knitting
  • ectoparasites — Plural form of ectoparasite.
  • ectoparasitic — Of or pertaining to ectoparasites.
  • egyptological — Alternative form of Egyptological.
  • emancipations — Plural form of emancipation.
  • enantiotropic — relating to enantiotropy
  • encapsulation — The act of enclosing in a capsule; the growth of a membrane around (any part) so as to enclose it in a capsule.
  • endolymphatic — (anatomy) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph.
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