11-letter words containing c, a, r, p, e, t
- counterpane — A counterpane is a decorative cover on a bed.
- counterpart — Someone's or something's counterpart is another person or thing that has a similar function or position in a different place.
- counterplan — an opposing plan
- counterplay — a positive or aggressive action by the defending side, esp in chess
- counterplea — a reply to a plea
- coupon rate — The coupon rate is the interest rate on a bond calculated on the number of coupons per year.
- crapshooter — a person who plays the game of craps
- creatorship — a person or thing that creates.
- credit swap — A credit swap is a kind of insurance against credit risk where a third party agrees to pay a lender if the loan defaults, in exchange for receiving payments from the lender.
- creepypasta — (Internet slang) Frightening urban legends and short stories circulated on the Internet.
- crepitating — Present participle of crepitate.
- crepitation — the act of crepitating
- cryotherapy — medical treatment in which all or part of the body is subjected to cold temperatures, as by means of ice packs
- cryptomeria — a coniferous tree, Cryptomeria japonica, of China and Japan, with curved needle-like leaves and small round cones: family Taxodiaceae
- ctenophoran — of a ctenophore
- culture gap — a divide between two social groups that have different cultures
- custard pie — Custard pies are artificial pies which people sometimes throw at each other as a joke.
- custard-pie — characteristic of a type of slapstick comedy in which a performer throws a pie in another's face: popular especially in the era of vaudeville and early silent films.
- cut a caper — to skip or jump playfully
- decapitator — One who decapitates.
- decrepitate — to heat (a substance, such as a salt) until it emits a crackling sound or until this sound stops
- deprecating — A deprecating attitude, gesture, or remark shows that you think that something is not very good, especially something associated with yourself.
- deprecation — to express earnest disapproval of.
- deprecative — serving to deprecate; deprecatory.
- deprecatory — expressing disapproval; protesting
- depreciated — Simple past tense and past participle of depreciate; reduced in value over time.
- depreciates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depreciate.
- depreciator — One who depreciates.
- dermatropic — (especially of viruses) in, attracted toward, or affecting the skin.
- diaphoretic — relating to or causing sweat
- dipterocarp — A tall forest tree from which are obtained resins and timber for the export trade, occurring mainly in Southeast Asia.
- disceptator — a person who disputes or disagrees
- dispatchers — Plural form of dispatcher.
- doctorspeak — the language of physicians and other health professionals; specialized or technical jargon used by healthcare workers.
- duplicature — a folding or doubling of a part on itself, as a membrane.
- electroplax — Each of a number of flattened plates of protoplasm that make up the electric organ of certain fishes, e.g., the electric eel.
- emancipator — A person who emancipates.
- encapturing — Present participle of encapture.
- escarpments — Plural form of escarpment.
- exculpatory — Excusing or clearing of any wrongdoing.
- expectorant — A medicine that promotes the secretion of sputum by the air passages, used especially to treat coughs.
- expectorate — Cough or spit out phlegm from the throat or lungs.
- expiscatory — acting to expiscate; tending to expiscate
- explicatory — Explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.
- footscraper — a metal bar, set in a small frame and attached to a doorstep, used in cleaning mud from the bottoms of the shoes before entering a house.
- fort casper — a fort in central Wyoming, near Casper: an important post on the Oregon Trail.
- ftp archive — archive site
- gastroscope — a lighted flexible tubular instrument passed through the mouth for examining the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum.
- haruspicate — of or relating to a haruspex
- heat cramps — a cramp or muscular spasm caused by loss of water and salt following prolonged exertion in hot weather.