11-letter words containing a, y, c
- 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.
- pterodactyl — any of a number of genera of flying reptiles of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a highly reduced tail and teeth and a birdlike beak.
- ptochocracy — government by the poor
- ptyalagogic — saliva-inducing
- pulp cavity — the entire space occupied by pulp, composed of the root canal and pulp chamber.
- puncak jaya — a mountain in Irian Jaya, Indonesia, on W New Guinea: highest island point in the world. 16,503 feet (5030 meters).
- punctuality — the quality or state of being punctual.
- pyramidical — pyramidal.
- pyroclastic — composed chiefly of fragments of volcanic origin, as agglomerate, tuff, and certain other rocks; volcaniclastic.
- pyrovanadic — of or relating to an acid of vanadium
- quadricycle — a vehicle similar to the bicycle and tricycle but having four wheels.
- quangocracy — Rule by quangos or similar unelected bodies. (from 20th c.).
- quizzically — odd, queer, or comical.
- radiopacity — opaque to radiation; visible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiotransparent).
- ray casting — (graphics) A simplified form of ray tracing. A ray is fired from each pixel in the view plane, and information is accumulated from all the voxels in the volume data it intersects. Each voxel is first given an associated colour and opacity. The ray is sampled at a fixed number of evenly spaced locations and the colour and opacity are trilinearly interpolated from the eight nearest voxels. These are then composed linearly back to front to give a single colour for the pixel. Ray casting was invented by John Carmack for the game Wolfenstein 3D. It is faster and lower quality than ray tracing, and is ideal for interactive applications. It parallelises well, although random access is needed to the voxels.
- ray tracing — (graphics) A technique used in computer graphics to create realistic images by calculating the paths taken by rays of light entering the observer's eye at different angles. The paths are traced backward from the viewpoint, through a point (a pixel) in the image plane until they hit some object in the scene or go off to infinity. Objects are modelled as collections of abutting surfaces which may be rectangles, triangles, or more complicated shapes such as 3D splines. The optical properties of different surfaces (colour, reflectance, transmitance, refraction, texture) also affect how it will contribute to the colour and brightness of the ray. The position, colour, and brightness of light sources, including ambient lighting, is also taken into account. Ray tracing is an ideal application for parallel processing since there are many pixels, each of whose values is independent and can thus be calculated in parallel. Compare: radiosity.
- reactionary — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
- reclaimably — in a reclaimable manner
- recyclables — objects that are able to be processed and used again
- reluctantly — unwilling; disinclined: a reluctant candidate.
- respectably — worthy of respect or esteem; estimable; worthy: a respectable citizen.
- rhabdomancy — divination by means of a rod or wand, especially in discovering ores, springs of water, etc.
- rheumaticky — affected with rheumatism
- ride cymbal — a medium-sized cymbal suspended over a set of drums, used for maintaining rhythm patterns since the advent of bop
- road hockey — an imitation of the game of ice hockey played typically by children without ice skates on a public road.
- robotically — in a robotic manner
- rock beauty — a gold and black butterflyfish, Holocanthus tricolor, ranging from the West Indies to Brazil.
- rock steady — the style of vocalized Jamaican popular music that succeeded ska and preceded reggae in the 1960s, influenced by American soul music and having a more upbeat tempo with emphasis on electric bass and guitar rather than on horns.
- rotary club — a local club of business and professional men that is a member of a world-wide organization of similar clubs (Rotary International) devoted to serving the community and promoting world peace.
- royal icing — a hard white icing made from egg whites and icing sugar, used for coating and decorating cakes, esp fruit cakes
- safety cage — A safety cage is a rigid part of the body of a vehicle that surrounds the passenger compartment and protects passengers during a crash.
- safety lock — a lock designed to prevent picking.
- salaciously — lustful or lecherous.
- saprophytic — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- sarcenchyme — the connective tissue of some sponges
- sarcocystis — a member of the species of parasite Sarcocystis
- satay sauce — a sauce made from peanuts
- satirically — of, pertaining to, containing, or characterized by satire: satirical novels.
- sauce bercy — Bercy.
- scalability — the ability of something, esp a computer system, to adapt to increased demands
- scamblingly — in a scambling, noisy, or intrusive manner
- scare story — A scare story is something that is said or written to make people feel frightened and think that a situation is much more unpleasant or dangerous than it really is.
- scaredy cat — fraidy-cat.
- scaredy-cat — fraidy-cat.