11-letter words containing t, e, r, p
- centripetal — acting, moving, or tending to move towards a centre
- 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
- chalkstripe — clothing with a pattern of thin white stripes on a dark background
- chamber pot — A chamber pot is a round container shaped like a very large cup. Chamber pots used to be kept in bedrooms so that people could urinate in them instead of having to leave their room during the night.
- chamber-pot — a portable container, especially for urine, used in bedrooms.
- 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.
- charpentier — Gustave (ɡystav). 1860–1956, French composer, whose best-known work is the opera Louise (1900)
- checkerspot — any of several butterflies of the genus Melitaea, having black wings with yellowish-brown, checkerlike markings.
- 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
- chip heater — a domestic water heater that burns chips of wood
- chiropteran — of, relating to, or belonging to the Chiroptera, an order of placental mammals comprising the bats
- chlorophyte — A lower plant of the division Chlorophyta, which comprises the green algae.
- 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.
- christopher — Saint. 3rd century ad, Christian martyr; patron saint of travellers
- chrome tape — magnetic recording tape coated with chrome dioxide
- chromeplate — to plate with chromium.
- chrysophyte — any of the golden alga species
- chug report — (humour) From "chug" - to drink heavily. A bug report whose the submitter is thought to have had one too many. Not as bad as a drug report.
- circumspect — If you are circumspect, you are cautious in what you do and say and do not take risks.
- cleethorpes — a resort in E England, in North East Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire. Pop: 31 853 (2001)
- cleistocarp — cleistothecium.
- cleptocracy — Alternative form of kleptocracy.
- clorazepate — a benzodiazepine, C 16 H 13 ClN 2 O 4 , used in the treatment of chronic anxiety states and as an adjunct in the treatment of alcohol withdrawal.
- cluster cup — aecium.
- coleopteral — of or relating to the Coleoptera
- coleopteran — any of the insects of the cosmopolitan order Coleoptera, in which the forewings are modified to form shell-like protective elytra. The order includes the beetles and weevils
- coleopteron — a member of a large order of insects having the front wings modified as hard wing-cases, and comprising the beetles and weevils
- colporteurs — Plural form of colporteur.
- comparative — You use comparative to show that you are judging something against a previous or different situation. For example, comparative calm is a situation which is calmer than before or calmer than the situation in other places.
- compartment — A compartment is one of the separate spaces into which a railway carriage is divided.
- compatriate — Misspelling of compatriot.
- compensator — a person or thing that compensates
- competitors — a person, team, company, etc., that competes; rival.
- competitory — competitive.
- componentry — the components of a machine, vehicle, stereo system, etc.
- comportable — (obsolete) suitable; consistent.
- comportance — comportment
- comportment — conduct; bearing
- comptometer — a high-speed calculating machine: superseded by electronic calculators
- comptroller — A comptroller is someone who is in charge of the accounts of a business or a government department; used mainly in official titles.
- computerate — If someone is computerate, they have enough skill and knowledge to be able to use a computer.
- computerdom — the computer industry
- computerese — the jargon and terminology associated with computers
- computerise — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of computerize.
- computerist — a computer user
- computerize — To computerize a system, process, or type of work means to arrange for a lot of the work to be done by computer.
- computernik — a person who is very interested in, and knowledgeable about, computers