12-letter words containing t, u, p, i
- 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.
- 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.
- cluster pine — a pine tree, Pinus pinaster, having long thick needles and large clustered cones, native to the Mediterranean coastal regions.
- come up with — If you come up with a plan or idea, you think of it and suggest it.
- complicitous — having complicity
- compulsative — compulsory
- compulsivity — compulsiveness
- compunctions — Plural form of compunction.
- compunctious — causing or feeling compunction; regretful.
- compurgation — (formerly) a method of trial whereby a defendant might be acquitted if a sufficient number of persons swore to his innocence
- computations — Plural form of computation.
- computerised — to control, perform, process, or store (a system, operation, or information) by means of or in an electronic computer or computers.
- computerized — A computerized system, process, or business is one in which the work is done by computer.
- computerizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of computerize.
- computerlike — similar to a computer
- concupiscent — lustful or sensual.
- conduplicate — folded lengthways on itself
- conspectuity — vision or sight
- consumptions — the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction.
- consumptives — Plural form of consumptive.
- coproduction — to produce (a motion picture, play, etc.) in collaboration with others.
- corruptively — In a corruptive way.
- coulter pine — a California pine, Pinus coulteri, having stout, bluish-green needles and heavy cones 9 to 14 inches (23 to 36 cm) long.
- counterpoint — Something that is a counterpoint to something else contrasts with it in a satisfying way.
- counterpoise — a force, influence, etc, that counterbalances another
- counterspies — Plural form of counterspy.
- crop dusting — Crop dusting is the spreading of pesticides on crops, usually from an aircraft.
- crop-dusting — the spraying of powdered fungicides or insecticides on crops, usually from an airplane.
- cunctipotent — (obsolete) almighty; all-powerful.
- cupid's dart — blue succory.
- cupid's-dart — blue succory.
- curietherapy — a form of radiation therapy using radium
- curtail step — the step or steps at the foot of a flight of stairs, widened at one or both ends and terminated with a scroll
- curtail-step — a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
- curtain pole — a pole from which a curtain is hung in front of a window, door, etc
- darwin tulip — a class of tulips having a tall stem and broad, bright-colored flowers with a flat, rectangular base.
- deduplicated — Simple past tense and past participle of deduplicate.
- depopulating — Present participle of depopulate.
- depopulation — to remove or reduce the population of, as by destruction or expulsion.
- depopulative — That depopulates.
- deputization — the act of making someone a deputy
- despiteously — in a despiteous or contemptuous manner
- deuteranopia — a form of colour blindness in which there is a tendency to confuse blues and greens, and greens and reds, and in which sensitivity to green is reduced
- direct input — a device, such as a keyboard, used to insert data directly into a computerized system
- disculpating — Present participle of disculpate.
- dispiteously — in a manner that lacks pity
- disputations — Plural form of disputation.
- disputatious — fond of or given to disputation; argumentative; contentious: disputatious litigants.
- disreputable — not reputable; having a bad reputation: a disreputable barroom.