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11-letter words containing t, r, o, p

  • caryopteris — any of various shrubs with small blue or white flowers of the genus Caryopteris, all found in S and E Asia
  • catastrophe — A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage.
  • catastrophy — Alternative form of catastrophe.
  • cattle prod — A cattle prod is an object shaped like a long stick. Farmers make cattle move in a particular direction by pushing the cattle prod against the bodies of the animals.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • checkerspot — any of several butterflies of the genus Melitaea, having black wings with yellowish-brown, checkerlike markings.
  • cherepovets — city in NE Russia, on the Rybinsk Reservoir: pop. 319,000
  • chiropodist — A chiropodist is a person whose job is to treat and care for people's feet.
  • 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.
  • chloroplast — a plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments, occurring in plants and algae that carry out photosynthesis
  • 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.
  • chou pastry — cream puff paste.
  • 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.
  • chromoplast — a coloured plastid in a plant cell, esp one containing carotenoids
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • coach party — a group of people who travel together on a coach trip
  • 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
  • colourpoint — a breed of domestic cat
  • colporteurs — Plural form of colporteur.
  • comic strip — A comic strip is a series of drawings that tell a story, especially in a newspaper or magazine.
  • comparatist — a person who carries out comparative studies, esp a student of comparative literature or comparative linguistics
  • 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.
  • comparators — Plural form of comparator.
  • compartment — A compartment is one of the separate spaces into which a railway carriage is divided.
  • compatriate — Misspelling of compatriot.
  • compatriots — Plural form of compatriot.
  • compensator — a person or thing that compensates
  • competitors — a person, team, company, etc., that competes; rival.
  • competitory — competitive.
  • compilatory — of or relating to a compilation or compiler
  • componentry — the components of a machine, vehicle, stereo system, etc.
  • comportable — (obsolete) suitable; consistent.
  • comportance — comportment
  • comportment — conduct; bearing
  • compositors — Plural form of compositor.
  • compotatory — of, relating to, or fond of compotation
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