11-letter words containing c, a, l, y, p
- platycnemia — (in the shinbone) the state of being laterally flattened.
- platykurtic — (of a frequency distribution) less concentrated about the mean than the corresponding normal distribution.
- play doctor — a person, usually a professional playwright, employed to improve a script, especially shortly before the play's opening.
- play-acting — Play-acting is behaviour where someone pretends to have attitudes or feelings that they do not really have.
- play-centre — a regular meeting of small children arranged by their parents or a welfare agency to give them an opportunity of supervised creative play
- 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
- polyalcohol — polyol.
- polycarpous — producing fruit many times, as a perennial plant.
- polychasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which each axis produces more than two lateral axes.
- polycrystal — an object composed of randomly oriented crystals, formed by rapid solidification
- polydactyly — the condition of being polydactyl.
- polygraphic — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- polynuclear — having many nuclei.
- polyvalence — Chemistry. having more than one valence.
- potvaliancy — brave only as a result of being drunk.
- practically — in effect; virtually: It is practically useless to protest.
- preachingly — in a preaching manner, with preaching
- predictably — able to be foretold or declared in advance: New technology allows predictable weather forecasting.
- prickly ash — Also called Northern prickly ash, toothache tree. a citrus shrub or small tree, Zanthoxylum americanum, having aromatic leaves and usually prickly branches.
- principally — chiefly; mainly.
- proactively — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- procyclical — cyclic.
- prolificacy — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- prosaically — commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
- protocolary — the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.
- psychedelia — the realm or artifacts of psychedelic drugs, art, writings, or the like.
- 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
- 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.
- ptyalagogic — saliva-inducing
- pulp cavity — the entire space occupied by pulp, composed of the root canal and pulp chamber.
- 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.
- respectably — worthy of respect or esteem; estimable; worthy: a respectable citizen.
- sceuophylax — a keeper of sacred vessels
- skeptically — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
- spasmolytic — of or noting spasmolysis.
- spastically — Pathology. pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by spasm, especially tonic spasm.
- spectrality — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- specularity — the state of resembling a mirror
- speculatory — a place suitable for observation
- stanley cup — a trophy emblematic since 1926 of the championship of the National Hockey League, composed of Canadian and U.S. professional teams.
- trophically — of or relating to nutrition; concerned in nutritive processes.
- tropicality — pertaining to, characteristic of, occurring in, or inhabiting the tropics, especially the humid tropics: tropical flowers.
- typicalness — of the nature of or serving as a type or representative specimen.