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16-letter words containing t, i, p

  • capsizing moment — the moment of an upsetting couple.
  • captive audience — a group of people who are unable by circumstances to avoid speeches, advertisements, etc
  • captive breeding — Captive breeding is the breeding of wild animals in places such as zoos, especially animals which have become rare in the wild.
  • carbon footprint — Your carbon footprint is a measure of the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere by your activities over a particular period.
  • carboxypeptidase — any of several digestive enzymes that catalyze the removal of an amino acid from the end of a peptide chain having a free carbonyl group.
  • caricature plant — a tropical Old World shrub, Graptophyllum pictum, of the acanthus family, characterized by purple or red tubular flowers and leaf markings resembling the profile of a human face.
  • carnot principle — the principle that no heat engine can be more efficient than one operating on a Carnot cycle of reversible changes
  • carpatho-ukraine — a region in W Ukraine: ceded by Czechoslovakia in 1945.
  • carpenter gothic — (sometimes initial capital letters) a style of Victorian Gothic architecture adapted to the resources of contemporary woodworking tools and machinery.
  • cartographically — the production of maps, including construction of projections, design, compilation, drafting, and reproduction.
  • cartridge player — an audio or video system that reads cartridges of magnetic tape
  • cascade particle — the least massive member of the xi particle family.
  • castor-oil plant — a tall euphorbiaceous Indian plant, Ricinus communis, cultivated in tropical regions for ornament and for its poisonous seeds, from which castor oil is extracted
  • catastrophically — of the nature of a catastrophe, or disastrous event; calamitous: a catastrophic failure of the dam.
  • catch sb napping — If someone is caught napping, something happens when they are not prepared for it, although they should have been.
  • celestial empire — Chinese Empire
  • celestial sphere — an imaginary sphere of infinitely large radius enclosing the universe so that all celestial bodies appear to be projected onto its surface
  • centrifugal pump — a pump having a high-speed rotating impeller whose blades throw the water outwards
  • cerebellopontine — (anatomy) Relating to the cerebellum and pons.
  • champ at the bit — If someone is champing at the bit or is chomping at the bit, they are very impatient to do something, but they are prevented from doing it, usually by circumstances that they have no control over.
  • charged particle — an atomic particle with a positive or negative charge, as an electron, proton, or helium ion
  • charmed particle — See at charmed (def 2).
  • checking deposit — a deposit on which cheques may be drawn
  • chemoautotrophic — producing organic matter by the use of energy obtained by oxidation of certain chemicals with carbon dioxide as the carbon source
  • chemolithotrophs — Plural form of chemolithotroph.
  • chemoreceptivity — The ability of a sense organ to respond to a chemical stimulus.
  • chemotherapeutic — of or used in chemotherapy
  • chest specialist — a physician who specializes in diseases affecting the organs in the chest
  • chian turpentine — turpentine (def 2).
  • child psychiatry — the branch of psychiatry specializing in the treatment of children.
  • chipped potatoes — chips
  • chomp at the bit — champ at the bit (see phrase under champ1)
  • christmas hamper — a collection of seasonal delicacies, often housed in a wicker hamper, which people or organizations give as Christmas presents
  • chromatographies — Plural form of chromatography.
  • chromium plating — plating, often for decorative effect, made of chromium
  • chromolithograph — a picture produced by chromolithography
  • chryselephantine — (of ancient Greek statues) made of or overlaid with gold and ivory
  • chymotrypsinogen — the inactive precursor of chymotrypsin
  • circumscriptible — Capable of being circumscribed or limited by bounds.
  • circumscriptions — Plural form of circumscription.
  • circumsporozoite — (biology, of a protein) Located on the surface of a sporozoite (and involved in host cell recognition and invasion); abbreviated as CS.
  • civil air patrol — a voluntary organization performing emergency services, as assisting the U.S. Air Force on search missions, and offering aerospace-education and youth programs: founded 1941. Abbreviation: CAP.
  • cleaning product — a detergent or other household cleaner
  • clootie dumpling — a boiled suet pudding containing dried fruits
  • closed-captioned — (of a video recording) having subtitles which appear on screen only if the cassette is played through a special decoder
  • cochlear implant — a device that stimulates the acoustic nerve in the inner ear in order to produce some form of hearing in people who are deaf from inner ear disease
  • code of practice — A code of practice is a set of written rules which explains how people working in a particular profession should behave.
  • collection plate — a plate that is used in church to collect money for charity or the support of the church
  • collection point — the area in a shop where goods that have been paid for can be collected
  • commercial pilot — an airplane pilot licensed to transport passengers, goods, etc.
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