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12-letter words containing a, c, p, e, l

  • bell captain — a person in charge of a group of bellhops
  • bespectacled — Someone who is bespectacled is wearing glasses.
  • bicarpellary — (of an ovary) having two carpels
  • bicycle path — a path designed for bicyclists
  • black copper — a regulus of 95-percent-pure copper, produced in a blast furnace by smelting oxidized copper ores.
  • black papers — unofficial papers criticizing government policy
  • black pepper — Black pepper is pepper which is dark in colour and has been made from the dried berries of the pepper plant, including their black outer cases.
  • black pewter — pewter composed of 60 percent tin and 40 percent lead.
  • black plague — Great Plague.
  • black powder — gunpowder as used in sports involving modern muzzleloading firearms
  • black prince — Edward2 (Prince of Wales)
  • black sapote — a tropical American tree, Diospyros digyna, related to the persimmon, having sweet, edible, green fruit that turns black when ripe.
  • black spruce — a coniferous tree, Picea mariana, of the northern regions of North America, growing mostly in cold bogs and having dark green needles
  • blister pack — a type of packet in which small items are displayed and sold, consisting of a transparent dome of plastic or similar material mounted on a firm backing such as cardboard
  • brachycephal — a person with a brachycephalic head
  • bracket lamp — a wall light that is attached to the wall by a bracket
  • cabbage palm — a West Indian palm, Roystonea (or Oreodoxa) oleracea, whose leaf buds are eaten like cabbage
  • caesalpinoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Caesalpinoideae, a mainly tropical subfamily of leguminous plants that have irregular flowers: includes carob, senna, brazil, cassia, and poinciana
  • calendar api — Calendar Application Programming Interface
  • caliper rule — a graduated rule with one sliding jaw and one that is stationary
  • calligraphed — Simple past tense and past participle of calligraph.
  • calligrapher — A calligrapher is a person skilled in the art of calligraphy.
  • caloreceptor — a receptor stimulated by heat.
  • camelopardus — a faint extensive constellation in the N hemisphere close to Ursa Major and Cassiopeia
  • camerapeople — a person who operates a camera, especially a movie or TV camera.
  • camp lejeune — a U.S. Marine Corps base in SE North Carolina SE of Jacksonville on Onslow Bay.
  • cancelpoodle — (messaging)   (Or Cancelbunny) A manifestation of the Cancelmoose in the form of a more selective (and probably not automated) way to cancel Usenet articles. The term became common during the alt.religion.scientology wars of the mid-90s, during which Cancelpoodles were used. The "poodle" part is an allusion to one of the parties obliquely involved in the fray, who an earlier well-known witticism had compared to "a psychotic poodle".
  • candied peel — fruit skin which has been impregnated or encrusted with sugar or syrup, esp that of citrus fruits
  • capabilities — the quality of being capable; capacity; ability: His capability was unquestionable.
  • capacitively — (physics, electronics) In relation to or in terms of capacitance.
  • cape agulhas — a headland in South Africa, the southernmost point of the African continent
  • cape buffalo — a large, black, nearly hairless, very fierce buffalo (Syncerus caffer) of South Africa, with horns joined at the bases to form a helmetlike structure
  • cape colored — a South African of mixed European and African or Malayan ancestry.
  • cape delgado — a headland on the NE coast of Mozambique
  • cape ortegal — a cape in NW Spain, projecting into the Bay of Biscay
  • cape-lookout — Cape, a sandy reef in the Outer Banks, off E North Carolina, SW of Cape Hatteras: lighthouse.
  • caper family — the plant family Capparidaceae (or Capparaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having alternate, simple, or palmate leaves, irregular flowers with four petals, and fruit in the form of elongated capsules or berries, including the caper and cleome.
  • capercaillie — a large European woodland grouse, Tetrao urogallus, having a black plumage and fan-shaped tail in the male
  • capercailzie — Alternative form of capercaillie.
  • capillaceous — having numerous filaments resembling hairs or threads
  • capital levy — a tax on capital or property as contrasted with a tax on income
  • capitol peak — a mountain in W central Colorado, in the Elk range of the Rocky Mountains. 14,130 feet (4310 meters).
  • capitularies — Plural form of capitulary.
  • capped elbow — a swelling of the elbow of a horse due to irritation caused by the hoof striking the elbow when lying down.
  • capraldehyde — (chemistry) decanal.
  • cardioplegia — deliberate arrest of the action of the heart, as by hypothermia or the injection of chemicals, to enable complex heart surgery to be carried out
  • carpet tiles — small pieces of carpeting laid as tiles to cover a floor
  • carpool lane — a lane of a major road or motorway that is reserved for vehicles with a minimum number of passengers, designed to encourage carpooling
  • cashew apple — the soft, swollen, pear-shaped stalk of the cashew tree, to which a cashew nut is attached: used in preserves and wine.
  • castile soap — a hard soap made from olive oil and sodium hydroxide
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