12-letter words containing t, y, p, i
- candy stripe — a pattern of bright stripes of one color against a plain background, used chiefly in fabrics.
- capacitively — (physics, electronics) In relation to or in terms of capacitance.
- capital city — the seat of government of a country or other political unit
- capital levy — a tax on capital or property as contrasted with a tax on income
- capitulatory — the act of capitulating.
- carry permit — a license to carry a handgun on one's person.
- cataphysical — perverse; contrary to nature
- 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
- charity shop — A charity shop is a shop that sells used goods cheaply and gives its profits to a charity.
- cheiloplasty — plastic surgery of the lip.
- 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.
- christophany — an appearance or emergence of Christ following his crucifixion
- 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
- city company — (in Britain) a corporation that represents one of the historic trade guilds of London
- company time — the regular hours during which employees are expected to work
- compaternity — the relationship between the godparents of a child or between the godparents and the child's parents.
- compulsivity — compulsiveness
- conspectuity — vision or sight
- conspiratory — the act of conspiring.
- contemptibly — deserving of or held in contempt; despicable.
- coprosperity — joint prosperity
- copyrighters — Plural form of copyrighter.
- copyrighting — Present participle of copyright.
- corporeality — the state or quality of being corporeal; bodily existence
- corruptively — In a corruptive way.
- cranioplasty — Surgical repair of a defect or deformity in the skull.
- criptography — (spelling) It's spelled "cryptography".
- cryptobiosis — a temporary state in an organism in which metabolic activity is absent or undetectable
- cryptobiotic — Of or pertaining to cryptobiosis.
- cryptogamian — of or relating to cryptogams
- cryptogamist — a botanist specializing in the study of cryptogams
- cryptologist — cryptography.
- cryptomerias — Plural form of cryptomeria.
- cryptomnesia — the reappearance of a suppressed or forgotten memory which is mistaken for a new experience
- cryptomnesic — of, relating to, or characterized by cryptomnesia
- cryptorchids — Plural form of cryptorchid.
- cryptorchism — failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum.
- curietherapy — a form of radiation therapy using radium
- cyberspastic — (humour) A person suffering from information overload while browsing the Internet or web. Compare webhead.
- cyprinodonts — Plural form of cyprinodont.
- day hospital — part of a hospital that offers therapeutic services, where patients usually attend all day but go home or to a hospital ward at night
- day-tripping — to travel as a day-tripper.
- debit policy — a policy for industrial life insurance sold door to door by an agent who collects the premiums.
- dehypnotized — Simple past tense and past participle of dehypnotize.
- depreciatory — tending to depreciate.
- derived type — (programming) A type constructed from primitive types or other derived types using a type constructor function. This term is usually applied to procedural languages such as C or Ada. C's derived types are the array, function, pointer, structure, and union. Compare derived class.
- despiteously — in a despiteous or contemptuous manner
- despotically — of, relating to, or of the nature of a despot or despotism; autocratic; tyrannical.
- dictyopteran — any insect of the order Dictyoptera, which comprises the cockroaches and mantises