11-letter words containing pa
- chymopapain — papain, esp. when injected into a slipped disk to dissolve pain-causing soft cartilage
- clorazepate — a benzodiazepine, C 16 H 13 ClN 2 O 4 , used in the treatment of chronic anxiety states and as an adjunct in the treatment of alcohol withdrawal.
- coach party — a group of people who travel together on a coach trip
- comeuppance — If you say that someone has got their comeuppance, you approve of the fact that they have been punished or have suffered for something wrong that they have done.
- compactable — Capable of being compacted.
- compactedly — in a compacted manner
- compactible — able to be made compact
- compactness — joined or packed together; closely and firmly united; dense; solid: compact soil.
- compaginate — to join or unite
- companiable — sociable
- companioned — Simple past tense and past participle of companion.
- company car — A company car is a car which an employer gives to an employee to use as their own, usually as a benefit of having a particular job, or because their job involves a lot of travelling.
- company law — the area of law that deals with business enterprises
- company man — an employee who puts allegiance to the company for which he works above personal opinion or friendship
- companywide — Extending throughout a company.
- comparatist — a person who carries out comparative studies, esp a student of comparative literature or comparative linguistics
- comparative — You use comparative to show that you are judging something against a previous or different situation. For example, comparative calm is a situation which is calmer than before or calmer than the situation in other places.
- comparators — Plural form of comparator.
- comparisons — Plural form of comparison.
- compartment — A compartment is one of the separate spaces into which a railway carriage is divided.
- compass saw — a hand saw with a narrow tapered blade for making a curved cut
- compassable — Capable of being compassed or accomplished.
- compassings — contrivances or schemes
- compatriate — Misspelling of compatriot.
- compatriots — Plural form of compatriot.
- constipated — Someone who is constipated has difficulty in getting rid of solid waste from their body.
- constipates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of constipate.
- contraparty — the other person or institution entering into a financial contract or transaction: the default of a counterparty.
- contrapasso — The concept that the punishment of an individual's soul in Hell corresponds to the sin that person committed on earth.
- cooper pair — a pair of weakly bound electrons responsible for the transfer of charge in a superconducting material
- copaiba oil — a colorless, yellowish, or bluish liquid having a pepperlike odor and bitter taste, obtained from copaiba by distillation: used chiefly in the manufacture of perfumes and soaps.
- coparcenary — a form of joint ownership of property, esp joint heirship
- coprincipal — a joint principal
- counterpace — a countermove
- 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.
- cow parsley — a common Eurasian umbelliferous hedgerow plant, Anthriscus sylvestris, having umbrella-shaped clusters of white flowers
- cow parsnip — any tall coarse umbelliferous plant of the genus Heracleum, such as H. sphondylium of Europe and Asia, having thick stems and flattened clusters of white or purple flowers
- cow-spanker — a dairy farmer
- craniopagus — the condition of Siamese twins joined at the head
- crawl space — A crawl space is a narrow space under the roof or floor of a building that provides access to the wiring or plumbing.
- creepypasta — (Internet slang) Frightening urban legends and short stories circulated on the Internet.
- crepe paper — Crepe paper is stretchy paper with an uneven surface. Coloured crepe paper is often used for making decorations.
- cross-party — Cross-party activities involve two or more political parties. A cross-party group consists of members from two or more political parties.
- cross-patch — a bad-tempered or irritable person.
- culpability — guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness.
- cyclopaedia — (archaic) The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowledge.
- data packet — packet
- dawn patrol — a flight, especially during the early days of military aviation, undertaken at dawn or early morning in order to reconnoiter enemy positions.
- deadpanning — Present participle of deadpan.