12-letter words that end in p
- championship — A championship is a competition to find the best player or team in a particular sport.
- chapter stop — any of several markers placed at intervals on a DVD film, enabling the viewer to find and select particular scenes
- charity shop — A charity shop is a shop that sells used goods cheaply and gives its profits to a charity.
- chicken coop — a coop for chickens.
- chimneysweep — Alternative form of chimney sweep.
- chip and dip — a bowl or plate for holding potato chips or crackers with a smaller bowl, often placed in the center, for holding dip: usually sold as a set.
- clipper ship — clipper (def 4).
- clipper-ship — a person or thing that clips or cuts.
- clothes prop — a long wooden pole with a forked end, used to raise a line of washing to enable it to catch the breeze
- clothes shop — a shop selling clothes
- co-ownership — the fact or state of being one of the joint owners of something
- comfort stop — a short break on a journey to allow travellers to go to the toilet
- compost heap — an outdoor pile of compostabale material that degrades into compost
- consumership — the state of being a consumer
- control loop — A control loop is a series of control operations, including measuring an output, establishing what the output should be, and taking action to correct it.
- corrivalship — the position of a corrival
- counterscarp — the outer side of the ditch of a fort
- counterstamp — a stamp added to a stamped paper or document as a qualifying mark.
- craftmanship — Alternative form of craftsmanship.
- croquet hoop — a hoop stuck into a croquet lawn
- crucian carp — a common cyprinid, Carassius carassius, that closely resembles the wild form of goldfish, occurring in streams in most parts of Europe and northern Asia.
- curtail step — the step or steps at the foot of a flight of stairs, widened at one or both ends and terminated with a scroll
- curtail-step — a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
- dall's sheep — a white-haired wild sheep, Ovis dalli, of mountainous regions of northwestern North America, having curved horns.
- dancing step — balanced step.
- darwin tulip — a class of tulips having a tall stem and broad, bright-colored flowers with a flat, rectangular base.
- deckle strap — a strap on each edge of the moving web of paper on a paper-making machine that fixes the width of the paper
- delayed drop — a parachute descent with the opening of the parachute delayed, usually for a predetermined period
- deposit slip — a form that you fill in when you make a deposit into a bank account; it contains information such as the amount, whether it is a cash or cheque deposit, the account number and the date
- devil's grip — pleurodynia (def 2).
- dictatorship — Dictatorship is government by a dictator.
- directorship — a person or thing that directs.
- discipleship — (initial capital letter) a member of the Disciples of Christ.
- dismal swamp — a swamp in SE Virginia and NE North Carolina. About 30 miles (48 km) long; about 600 sq. mi. (1500 sq. km).
- dosing strip — (in New Zealand) an area set aside for treating dogs suspected of having hydatid disease
- double sharp — a symbol (× or ) that raises by two semitones the pitch of the following note.
- drapery shop — a shop selling fabrics and sewing materials
- eggdrop soup — a soup made by stirring beaten eggs into a simmering broth.
- endless loop — infinite loop
- examinership — the office or function of an examiner
- executorship — The office or position of an executor.
- face down/up — If someone or something is face down, their face or front points downwards. If they are face up, their face or front points upwards.
- factor group — quotient group.
- factory ship — a whaling ship equipped to process killed whales and to transport the oil and by-products.
- fairy shrimp — any member of the crustacean order Anostraca, characterized by an elongate trunk with more than 20 segments and the absence of a carapace, typically found swimming ventral side up in fresh water.
- fighting top — one of the gun platforms on the lower masts of sailing men-of-war, used in attacking the crew of an enemy ship with swivel guns and muskets
- flight strip — Aeronautics. a strip of cleared land used as an emergency runway for aircraft. runway.
- fly the coop — an enclosure, cage, or pen, usually with bars or wires, in which fowls or other small animals are confined for fattening, transportation, etc.
- followership — the ability or willingness to follow a leader.
- foreman-ship — a person in charge of a particular department, group of workers, etc., as in a factory or the like.