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15-letter words containing pe

  • cape finisterre — a headland in NW Spain: the westernmost point of the Spanish mainland
  • cape gooseberry — a tropical American solanaceous plant, Physalis peruviana, naturalized in southern Africa, having yellow flowers and edible yellow berries
  • cape horn fever — illness feigned by malingerers.
  • capital expense — A capital expense is the cost of acquiring or making improvements to fixed assets.
  • carpentersville — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
  • cartridge paper — an uncoated type of drawing or printing paper, usually made from bleached sulphate wood pulp with an addition of esparto grass
  • cast a spell on — to put into, or as into, a trance
  • cast aspersions — If you cast aspersions on someone or something, you suggest that they are not very good in some way.
  • castanospermine — a substance obtained from the Australian chestnut or black bean tree
  • centipede grass — a slow-growing grass, Eremochloa ophiuroides, introduced into the U.S. from China and used for lawns in warm areas.
  • chairpersonship — a person who presides over a meeting, committee, board, etc.
  • chandler period — the period of the oscillation (Chandler wobble) of the earth's axis, varying between 416 and 433 days.
  • charleston peak — a mountain in SE Nevada: highest peak in the Spring Mountains. 11,919 feet (3635 meters).
  • chief inspector — an officer of high rank in British police forces
  • chile saltpeter — sodium nitrate, esp. as found naturally in Chile and Peru
  • chile saltpetre — a naturally occurring form of sodium nitrate: a soluble white or colourless mineral occurring in arid regions, esp in Chile and Peru
  • chinese juniper — a shrub or tree, Juniperus chinensis, of China, Mongolia, and Japan, having scalelike leaves and small, round, purplish-brown fruit.
  • chopped almonds — almonds cut into small pieces
  • choral speaking — recitation of poetry, dramatic pieces, etc. by a chorus of speakers
  • cigarette paper — a piece of thin paper rolled around tobacco to form a cigarette
  • circumspectness — the quality of being circumspect
  • commit to paper — to write down; record
  • committeeperson — a member of a committee.
  • common property — property belonging to all members of a community.
  • company pension — a pension scheme run by a company for its employees
  • compendiousness — The state or quality of being compendious.
  • competition car — a car that has been modified to compete in racing
  • competitiveness — of, pertaining to, involving, or decided by competition: competitive sports; a competitive examination.
  • conference pear — a variety of pear that has sweet and juicy fruit
  • congress-people — congressmember.
  • contrapropeller — one of two propellers, usually attached to a ship or aircraft, which rotates in the opposite direction to the other
  • cooperativeness — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
  • copenhagen blue — a greyish-blue colour
  • copper arsenite — a yellowish-green, water-insoluble, poisonous powder, CuHAsO 3 , used chiefly as a pigment and as an insecticide.
  • copper sulphate — a copper salt found naturally as chalcanthite and made by the action of sulphuric acid on copper oxide. It usually exists as blue crystals of the pentahydrate that form a white anhydrous powder when heated: used as a mordant, in electroplating, and in plant sprays. Formula: CuSO4
  • copper-bottomed — If you describe something as copper-bottomed, you believe that it is certain to be successful.
  • copper-coloured — of a reddish-brown colour
  • core competency — a skill needed in order to be successful at a job or other activity: Several core competencies have been identified as critical to the success of every student.
  • correction tape — a tape that can be placed over a written or typed mistake, on which the correct form can be written or typed, thereby covering the mistake underneath
  • coude telescope — a telescope in which light from the primary mirror is reflected along the polar axis to additional mirrors, and in which the focus (coudé focus) is independent of the telescope's motion, permitting the use of heavy instruments without disturbing the delicate balance of the telescope.
  • counterpetition — a formal request for legal action submitted to a court by a respondent who has received a petition
  • court of appeal — A Court of Appeal is a court which deals with appeals against legal judgments.
  • cowper's glands — two small yellowish glands near the prostate that secrete a mucous substance into the urethra during sexual stimulation in males
  • crescent-shaped — having the shape of a crescent
  • critical period — a period in a lifetime during which a specific stage of development usually occurs. If it fails to do so, it cannot readily occur afterwards
  • customer appeal — attractiveness to customers
  • cyclopentadiene — a colourless liquid unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon obtained in the cracking of petroleum hydrocarbons and the distillation of coal tar: used in the manufacture of plastics and insecticides. Formula: C5H6
  • daily newspaper — A daily newspaper is a newspaper that is published every day of the week except Sunday.
  • deferred period — The deferred period is the period of time from when a person has become unable to work until the time that the benefit begins to be paid.
  • delayed opening — the automatic opening of a parachute after a predetermined delay to allow the parachutist to reach a particular height
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