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11-letter words containing a, p, i, c, o

  • phonetastic — (communications)   A CTI product from Callware. Phonetastic employs if-then rules and customer records to tell those receiving calls who is calling (based on ANI and DNIS) and to determine how the call should be routed, e.g. to a certain sales representative or to the general sales department; receive high-priority treatment; receive a fax-back, etc.
  • phonetician — a specialist in phonetics or in some aspect of phonetics.
  • phoniatrics — the study and treatment of voice disorders.
  • phonotactic — of or relating to phonotactics: Phonotactic constraints in English prevent the occurrence of the consonant clusters (sr) and (dl) at the beginning of words.
  • photoactive — the activation or control of a chemical, chemical reaction, or organism by light, as the activation of chlorophyll by sunlight during photosynthesis.
  • photomosaic — mosaic (def 4).
  • photostatic — a camera for making facsimile copies of documents, drawings, etc., in the form of paper negatives on which the positions of lines, objects, etc., in the originals are maintained.
  • phototactic — movement of an organism toward or away from a source of light.
  • phycocyanin — a blue protein pigment, found in algae, involved in the process of photosynthesis.
  • phycophaein — a brownish pigment which is found in seaweed
  • piano music — printed music intended to be played on the piano
  • piano piece — a piece of music played on the piano
  • picket boat — a vessel used to patrol a harbor.
  • pico rivera — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • pictography — the use of pictographs; picture writing.
  • pictorially — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
  • pillow lace — bobbin lace.
  • 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.
  • pima cotton — a variety of fine cotton developed from Egyptian cotton, produced in the southwestern U.S., used chiefly in the manufacture of shirts, ties, etc.
  • pina colada — a tall mixed drink of rum, cream of coconut, pineapple juice, and ice usually frappéed in a blender.
  • pinacotheca — a place where works of art are displayed or stored
  • 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.
  • pinot blanc — any of several varieties of purple or white vinifera grapes yielding a red or white wine, used especially in making burgundies and champagnes.
  • piperaceous — belonging to the Piperacae, the pepper family of plants.
  • pirate copy — an illicitly reproduced copy of a DVD, video, book, game, etc
  • piscatology — the art or science of fishing.
  • piscatorial — of or relating to fishermen or fishing: a piscatory treaty.
  • plagioclase — any of the feldspar minerals varying in composition from acidic albite, NaAlSi 3 O 8 , to basic anorthite, CaAl 2 Si 2 O 8 , found in most igneous rocks: shows twinning striations on good cleavage surfaces.
  • plutocratic — of, relating to, or characterized by a plutocracy or plutocrats.
  • poetic edda — either of two old Icelandic literary works, one a collection of poems on mythical and religious subjects (or) erroneously attributed to Saemund Sigfusson (c1055–1133), the other a collection of ancient Scandinavian myths and legends, rules and theories of versification, poems, etc. (or) compiled and written in part by Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241).
  • polariscope — an instrument for measuring or exhibiting the polarization of light or for examining substances in polarized light, often to determine stress and strain in glass and other substances.
  • policewoman — a female member of a police force or body.
  • policy loan — a loan made by a life-insurance company to a policyholder with the cash value of the policy serving as security.
  • policymaker — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
  • politically — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
  • polyactinal — possessing many rays
  • 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.
  • pontificals — of, relating to, or characteristic of a pontiff; papal.
  • pontificate — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
  • porto rican — former official name (until 1932) of Puerto Rico.
  • post chaise — a four-wheeled coach for rapid transportation of passengers and mail, used in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • post-coital — sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
  • post-racial — characterized by the absence of racial discord, discrimination, or prejudice previously or historically present: post-racial politics; the post-racial era.
  • postcranial — located posterior to the head.
  • postcubital — Anatomy, Zoology. pertaining to, involving, or situated near the cubitus.
  • postglacial — after a given glacial epoch, especially the Pleistocene.
  • postvocalic — immediately following a vowel.
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