11-letter words containing a, c, r, o, p, l
- lagomorphic — Shaped like a hare.
- laparectomy — excision of strips of the abdominal wall and suturing of the wounds so as to correct laxity of the abdominal muscles.
- laparoscope — a flexible fiberoptic instrument, passed through a small incision in the abdominal wall and equipped with biopsy forceps, an obturator, scissors or the like, with which to examine the abdominal cavity or perform minor surgery.
- laparoscopy — examination of the abdominal cavity or performance of minor abdominal surgery using a laparoscope.
- leptocercal — having a long thin tail
- liposarcoma — (medicine) Any malignant tumour that originates in adipose tissue.
- local group — the group of galaxies, at least 25 of which are known, that includes the Milky Way.
- logographic — of, relating to, or using logograms.
- lophobranch — belonging or pertaining to the Lophobranchii, the group of fishes comprising the pipefishes, sea horses, snipefishes, trumpetfishes, etc.
- lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
- lycanthropy — a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
- macrophylum — a group of languages that are of a higher order than a phylum
- microcephal — a person with microcephaly
- narcoleptic — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
- necrophilia — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- neotropical — belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising that part of the New World extending from the tropic of Cancer southward.
- noncoplanar — not existing in the same plane
- nonspecular — that reflects light diffusely and evenly over the hemisphere surrounding the reflective surface; diffuse
- nontropical — not located in or originating from the tropics, not having the characteristics of the tropics
- opera cloak — a large cloak worn over evening clothes
- operculated — relating to the operculum
- optical art — op art.
- pace bowler — a bowler who characteristically delivers the ball rapidly
- paleoarctic — palearctic.
- paleocortex — the olfactory region of the brain.
- palindromic — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- pantropical — living or growing throughout the tropics.
- papal cross — a cross with three horizontal crosspieces.
- parabolical — of, relating to, or involving a parable.
- paracetamol — painkilling drug
- paradoxical — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
- parcel bomb — explosive device in a package
- parcel post — (in the U.S. Postal Service) nonpreferential mail consisting of packages and parcels, weighing one pound or more sent at fourth-class rates. Compare fourth class.
- parfocality — the quality of being parfocal
- parfocalize — to make parfocal
- parochially — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
- paronychial — of or relating to paronychia
- patroclinic — inherited from the father; more like the father than the mother
- perchlorate — a salt or ester of perchloric acid, as potassium perchlorate, KClO 4 .
- percolation — the act or state of percolating or of being percolated.
- pictorially — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- pilocarpine — an oil or crystalline alkaloid, C 1 1 H 1 6 N 2 O 2 , obtained from jaborandi, and used chiefly to produce sweating, promote the flow of saliva, contract the pupil of the eye, and for glaucoma.
- pilot chart — any of a number of charts issued to mariners by the U.S. Hydrographic Office and showing meteorological, hydrographic, and navigational conditions prevailing, or likely to prevail, subsequent to the date of issue in some part of the world: issued monthly for most areas.
- pink collar — of or relating to a type of employment traditionally held by women, especially relatively low-paying work: secretaries, phone operators, and other pink-collar workers.
- pink-collar — of or relating to a type of employment traditionally held by women, especially relatively low-paying work: secretaries, phone operators, and other pink-collar workers.
- piscatorial — of or relating to fishermen or fishing: a piscatory treaty.
- placeholder — Mathematics, Logic. a symbol in an expression that may be replaced by the name of any element of the set.
- plantocracy — government by plantation owners.
- play doctor — a person, usually a professional playwright, employed to improve a script, especially shortly before the play's opening.
- plecopteran — Also, plecopterous. belonging or pertaining to the insect order Plecoptera, comprising the stoneflies.