11-letter words containing t, a, u, p
- bankrupting — Present participle of bankrupt.
- bean sprout — Bean sprouts are small, long, thin shoots grown from beans. They are frequently used in Chinese cookery.
- beauty shop — A beauty shop is the same as a beauty parlour.
- beauty spot — A beauty spot is a place in the country that is popular because of its beautiful scenery.
- black stump — a long way off
- brahmaputra — a river in S Asia, rising in SW Tibet as the Tsangpo and flowing through the Himalayas and NE India to join the Ganges at its delta in Bangladesh. Length: about 2900 km (1800 miles)
- break it up — stop fighting
- breast lump — a harder lump detectable in the soft tissue of a woman's breast
- breast pump — a device for extracting and collecting milk from the breast during lactation
- budget plan — the planning of one's spending
- butorphanol — a narcotic analgesic, C 21 H 29 NO 2 , administered by injection to treat moderate to severe pain.
- butterpaste — a mixture of flour and butter kneaded together, used as a thickening for sauces.
- cactus pear — tuna2 .
- campanulate — (esp of flower corollas) shaped like a bell
- cantaloupes — Plural form of cantaloupe.
- capillitium — a mass of very fine threads interspersed among the spores of certain fungi
- capital sum — an amount of money paid to an insured person or paid as an initial fee or investment
- capitulated — Simple past tense and past participle of capitulate.
- capitulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of capitulate.
- capsulation — enclosed in or formed into a capsule.
- capsulotomy — (surgery) incision into a capsule, especially into the lens of the eye when removing cataracts.
- carnaptious — ill-tempered or cantankerous
- catapultier — a person who fires a catapult
- catapulting — Present participle of catapult.
- catch up on — to engage in more (work, sleep, etc.) so as to compensate for earlier neglect
- cattywampus — catawampus
- 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.
- chapultepec — a rocky hill in Mexico City: captured (Sept., 1847) in an American assault led by Gen. Winfield Scott in the Mexican War
- chou pastry — cream puff paste.
- clapped out — (of machinery or appliances) worn-out; dilapidated.
- clapped-out — If you describe a person or a machine as clapped-out, you mean that they are old and no longer able to work properly.
- compurgator — one who testified in a compurgation
- computation — Computation is mathematical calculation.
- computative — of, relating to, or involving computation
- computerate — If someone is computerate, they have enough skill and knowledge to be able to use a computer.
- constuprate — to rape or violate
- contour map — a map that indicates the physical features of the land; topographic map
- corruptable — Able to be corrupted.
- counterpace — a countermove
- counterpane — A counterpane is a decorative cover on a bed.
- counterpart — Someone's or something's counterpart is another person or thing that has a similar function or position in a different place.
- counterplan — an opposing plan
- counterplay — a positive or aggressive action by the defending side, esp in chess
- counterplea — a reply to a plea
- coup d'état — When there is a coup d'état, a group of people seize power in a country.
- coup d’état — When there is a coup d’état, a group of people seize power in a country.
- coupon rate — The coupon rate is the interest rate on a bond calculated on the number of coupons per year.
- crapulosity — the quality of being crapulous or crapulent
- culpability — guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness.
- culture gap — a divide between two social groups that have different cultures