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13-letter words containing t, e, p, a

  • cap-and-trade — denoting a scheme which allows companies with high greenhouse gas emissions to buy an emission allowance from companies which have fewer emissions, in a bid to reduce the overall impact to the environment
  • cape hatteras — a promontory off the E coast of North Carolina, on Hatteras Island, which is situated between Pamlico Sound and the Atlantic: known as the "Graveyard of the Atlantic" for its danger to shipping
  • cape-flattery — Cape, a cape in NW Washington, on the Olympic Peninsula, at the entrance to Juan de Fuca Strait.
  • capellmeister — a person in charge of an orchestra, esp in an 18th-century princely household
  • capital asset — fixed asset.
  • capital lease — A capital lease is a lease which is treated as the purchase of the asset that is being leased.
  • capitalizable — to write or print in capital letters letters or with an initial capital letter.
  • capitate bone — the largest and central bone of the carpus, articulating with the second, third, and fourth metacarpal bones.
  • capstan lathe — a lathe for repetitive work, having a rotatable turret resembling a capstan to hold tools for successive operations
  • capstan table — drum table.
  • captain's bed — a bed consisting of a shallow box with drawers in the side and a mattress on top.
  • cardiopathies — Plural form of cardiopathy.
  • carpal tunnel — forearm to hand
  • carpenter ant — any of a genus (Camponotus) of large ants that build nests in wooden buildings, tree trunks, etc. by gnawing out a complicated series of chambers
  • carpenter bee — any large solitary bee of the genus Xylocopa and related genera that lays its eggs in tunnels bored into wood or in plant stems: family Apidae
  • carpenterworm — the larva of the carpenterworm moth.
  • carpet beetle — any of various beetles of the genus Anthrenus, the larvae of which feed on carpets, furnishing fabrics, etc: family Dermestidae
  • carpet knight — a soldier who spends his life away from battle; idler
  • carpet-weaver — a person who weaves carpets
  • carpetbaggers — U.S. History. a Northerner who went to the South after the Civil War and became active in Republican politics, especially so as to profiteer from the unsettled social and political conditions of the area during Reconstruction.
  • carpetbaggery — the practice of being a carpetbagger
  • carpetbagging — relating to carpetbaggers or to the practice of carpetbaggers
  • carpetmuncher — Alternative form of carpet muncher.
  • carrot-topped — having red hair
  • cartographers — Plural form of cartographer.
  • carton-pierre — papier-mâché decorated in imitation of wood, stone, or metal, and chiefly used for ornamental statuary or decorative motifs.
  • cartridge pen — a pen having a removable ink reservoir that is replaced when empty
  • case in point — a specific, appropriate, or relevant instance or example
  • cash receipts — the money a business receives from its customers over a specified period
  • cash-strapped — If a person or organization is cash-strapped, they do not have enough money to buy or pay for the things they want or need.
  • cassette tape — a recording made on magnetic tape inside a plastic container, to be inserted into a tape deck
  • cassette-tape — Also called cassette tape. a compact case containing a length of magnetic tape that runs between two small reels: used for recording or playback of audio or video in a tape recorder, cassette deck, video camera, or VCR, and for storage of data by some small computer systems. See also audiocassette, videocassette.
  • cat distemper — distemper1 (def 1c).
  • catastrophise — Alt form catastrophize.
  • catastrophize — (obsolete) To end a comedy.
  • cattle plague — rinderpest.
  • cave painting — a painting done by prehistoric people in caves
  • caveat emptor — Caveat emptor means 'let the buyer beware', and is a warning to someone buying something that it is their responsibility to identify and accept any faults in it.
  • cecropia moth — a large North American saturniid moth, Hyalophora (or Samia) cecropia, with brightly coloured wings and feathery antennae
  • center spread — the pair of pages facing each other at the center of a magazine or newspaper, printed and made up as a single unit.
  • central islip — a town on S Long Island, in SE New York.
  • centre spread — the pair of two facing pages in the middle of a magazine, newspaper, etc, often illustrated
  • centripetally — Towards a centre or axis.
  • century plant — an agave, Agave americana, native to tropical America but naturalized elsewhere, having very large spiny greyish leaves and greenish flowers on a tall fleshy stalk. It blooms only once in its life, after 10 to 30 years (formerly thought to flower after a century)
  • cephalization — (in the evolution of animals) development of a head by the concentration of feeding and sensory organs and nervous tissue at the anterior end
  • cephalometric — Relating to cephalometrics.
  • cephalothorax — the anterior part of many crustaceans and some other arthropods consisting of a united head and thorax
  • chaetophorous — bearing bristles; setigerous.
  • chain printer — a line printer in which the type is on a continuous chain, used to print computer output
  • 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.
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