11-letter words containing a, c, h, y
- physicalism — a doctrine associated with logical positivism and holding that every meaningful statement, other than the necessary statements of logic and mathematics, must refer directly or indirectly to observable properties of spatiotemporal things or events.
- physicalist — a doctrine associated with logical positivism and holding that every meaningful statement, other than the necessary statements of logic and mathematics, must refer directly or indirectly to observable properties of spatiotemporal things or events.
- physicality — the physical attributes of a person, especially when overdeveloped or overemphasized.
- physicalize — to express in physical terms; give form or shape to: The dancers physicalized the mood of the music.
- physiciancy — the position, job, or office of physician
- phytic acid — a white to pale-yellow, water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 1 8 O 2 4 P 6 , found in cereal grains: used chiefly to chelate heavy metals during the manufacture of animal fats and vegetable oils and as a water-softening agent.
- pictography — the use of pictographs; picture writing.
- polyalcohol — polyol.
- polychasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which each axis produces more than two lateral axes.
- polygraphic — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- potty-chair — a small chair with an open seat over a removable pot, for use by a child during toilet training.
- preachingly — in a preaching manner, with preaching
- prickly ash — Also called Northern prickly ash, toothache tree. a citrus shrub or small tree, Zanthoxylum americanum, having aromatic leaves and usually prickly branches.
- prosenchyma — the tissue characteristic of the woody and bast portions of plants, consisting typically of long, narrow cells with pointed ends.
- psychagogue — a necromancer
- psychedelia — the realm or artifacts of psychedelic drugs, art, writings, or the like.
- psychiatric — the practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders.
- psychically — of or relating to the human soul or mind; mental (opposed to physical).
- psychoanal. — psychoanalysis
- psychodelia — the production of, or the culture associated with, psychedelic experiences
- psychodrama — a method of group psychotherapy in which participants take roles in improvisational dramatizations of emotionally charged situations.
- psychograph — Psychology. a graph indicating the relative strength of the personality traits of an individual.
- psychomancy — occult communication between souls or with spirits.
- psychopathy — a mental disorder in which an individual manifests amoral and antisocial behavior, lack of ability to love or establish meaningful personal relationships, extreme egocentricity, failure to learn from experience, etc.
- ptochocracy — government by the poor
- rhabdomancy — divination by means of a rod or wand, especially in discovering ores, springs of water, etc.
- rheumaticky — affected with rheumatism
- road hockey — an imitation of the game of ice hockey played typically by children without ice skates on a public road.
- saprophytic — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- sarcenchyme — the connective tissue of some sponges
- scenography — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- sceuophylax — a keeper of sacred vessels
- schenectady — a city in E New York, on the Mohawk River.
- school year — the months of the year during which school is open and attendance at school is required.
- scyphistoma — a stage in the life cycle of a jellyfish or other scyphozoan when it is fixed in place and reproduces asexually to produce free-swimming medusas.
- searchingly — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- shabby chic — Shabby Chic is a style of decorating the inside of a house in which the furniture and house look slightly used or old in a way that is attractive.
- shcharansky — (Natan) Anatoly [nah-tahn an-uh-toh-lee;; Russian uh-nuh-taw-lyee] /nɑˈtɑn ˌæn əˈtoʊ li;; Russian ʌ nʌˈtɔ lyi/ (Show IPA), born 1948, Soviet mathematician and human-rights activist, in Israel since 1986.
- snatchingly — in a snatching manner
- sociography — the branch of sociology that uses statistical data to describe social phenomena.
- sothic year — the fixed year of the ancient Egyptians, determined by the heliacal rising of Sirius, and equivalent to 365 days.
- squirearchy — the collective body of squires or landed gentry of a country.
- strathclyde — a region in SW Scotland. 5300 sq. mi. (13,727 sq. km).
- switch yard — a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.
- sycophantic — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- sympathetic — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
- symposiarch — the president, director, or master of a symposium.
- synanthetic — relating to synanthesis
- synthetical — of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic).
- tacheometry — the measurement of distance, etc, using a tacheometer