12-letter words containing t, i, p
- catching pen — a pen adjacent to a shearer's stand containing the sheep ready for shearing
- caterpillars — Plural form of caterpillar.
- caterpillers — Archaic spelling of caterpillarst; Plural form of caterpiller.
- centerpieces — Plural form of centerpiece.
- centuplicate — to increase 100 times
- ceratopsians — Plural form of ceratopsian.
- ceroplastics — the art of wax modelling
- chalcopyrite — a widely distributed yellow mineral consisting of a sulphide of copper and iron in tetragonal crystalline form: the principal ore of copper. Formula: CuFeS2
- chalk stripe — (on a fabric) a pattern of thin white lines on a dark ground.
- chalk-stripe — a stripe, as in the fabric of some suits, that is wider and usually more muted than a pinstripe
- change point — a point to which a foresight and backsight are taken in levelling; turning point
- chapter ring — a ringlike band on the dial of a clock that bears the numerals or other symbols of the hours.
- charity shop — A charity shop is a shop that sells used goods cheaply and gives its profits to a charity.
- chat-up line — A chat-up line is a remark that someone makes in order to start a conversation with someone they do not know but find sexually attractive.
- cheiloplasty — plastic surgery of the lip.
- chemotrophic — any organism that oxidizes inorganic or organic compounds as its principal energy source.
- chemotropism — the growth response of an organism, esp a plant, to a chemical stimulus
- chi particle — a meson with a mass 6687 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 1.5 X 10 -20 seconds.
- chief priest — the highest ranking among a number of priests
- chip away at — If you chip away at something such as an idea, a feeling, or a system, you gradually make it weaker or less likely to succeed by repeated efforts.
- chiropractic — Chiropractic is the treatment of injuries by pressing and moving people's joints, especially the spine.
- chiropractor — A chiropractor is a person who treats injuries by chiropractic.
- chiropterans — Plural form of chiropteran.
- chisel point — a nail or spike with the point formed by two flat inclined sides meeting at a sharp angle.
- chlorapatite — (mineral) A variety of apatite containing chloride instead of fluoride.
- christophany — an appearance or emergence of Christ following his crucifixion
- christophene — chayote.
- chromatophil — Also, chromatophilic, chromatophilous [kroh-muh-tof-uh-luh s] /ˌkroʊ məˈtɒf ə ləs/ (Show IPA). chromophil (def 1).
- chromatopsia — an irregularity in the ability to see colours properly
- chronotropic — affecting the rate or timing of a physiologic process, as the heart rate.
- chymotrypsin — a powerful proteolytic enzyme secreted from the pancreas in the form of chymotrypsinogen, being converted to the active form by trypsin
- chymotryptic — relating to chymotrypsin
- cinder patch — a defect on steel caused by the accidental picking up of matter, as from the bottom of a soaking pit.
- cinque ports — an association of ports on the SE coast of England, originally consisting of Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich, which from late Anglo-Saxon times provided ships for the king's service in return for the profits of justice in their courts. The Cinque Ports declined with the growth of other ports and surrendered their charters in 1685
- circumscript — Rare. limited or confined.
- citlaltepetl — a volcano in SE Mexico, in central Veracruz state: the highest peak in the country. Height: 5636 m (18 492 ft), though this is disputed between different sources
- city company — (in Britain) a corporation that represents one of the historic trade guilds of London
- cleptobiosis — an ecological relationship in which members of one species, as of ants, steal food from another.
- cleptomaniac — kleptomania.
- clovis point — flint projectile dating from the 10th millennium bc
- cluster pine — a pine tree, Pinus pinaster, having long thick needles and large clustered cones, native to the Mediterranean coastal regions.
- co-operative — A co-operative is a business or organization run by the people who work for it, or owned by the people who use it. These people share its benefits and profits.
- co-opetition — cooperation between competitors in business, esp in the computer industry
- co-parenting — a divorced or separated parent who shares equally with the other parent in the custody and care of a child.
- co-president — a person who shares the highest position in an organization with another person
- co-recipient — one of two or more recipients, as of an award.
- coadaptation — the state of two or more things adapting to one another
- coat protein — any protein that is a constituent of the capsid of a virus.
- coleopterist — a person who studies the Coleoptera
- collar point — a point midway between the heart point and top of an escutcheon.