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

  • petrarchist — a person who imitates the literary style employed by Petrarch, especially the poets of the English Renaissance who employed the Petrarchan sonnet style.
  • petticoated — wearing a petticoat
  • phagedaenic — relating to or having the characteristics of phagedaena
  • phagocytize — (of a phagocyte) to devour (material).
  • phallically — in a phallic manner or in a manner that is suggestive of a phallus
  • phanerozoic — the eon comprising the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras.
  • pharisaical — of or relating to the Pharisees.
  • pharyngitic — relating to the medical condition of pharyngitis that is characterized by pain and swelling of the pharynx
  • philomathic — relating to or enjoying the process of learning new facts and acquiring new knowledge
  • phonematics — phonemics.
  • 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.
  • phrenetical — of or relating to phrenitis
  • phycocyanin — a blue protein pigment, found in algae, involved in the process of photosynthesis.
  • phycophaein — a brownish pigment which is found in seaweed
  • phylacteric — of or relating to phylacteries
  • physiatrics — physical medicine.
  • physicalise — to express in physical terms; give form or shape to: The dancers physicalized the mood of the music.
  • 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.
  • pi-calculus — (theory)   A process algebra in which channel names can act both as transmission medium and as transmitted data. Its basic atomic actions are individual point to point communications which are nondeterministically selected and globally sequentialised.
  • piacularity — the state of being piacular
  • piano music — printed music intended to be played on the piano
  • piano piece — a piece of music played on the piano
  • pickelhaube — a spiked German helmet from the 19th and 20th centuries
  • picket boat — a vessel used to patrol a harbor.
  • pickwickian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Mr. Pickwick, central character of The Pickwick Papers.
  • pico rivera — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • picric acid — a yellow, crystalline, water-soluble, intensely bitter, poisonous acid, C 6 H 3 N 3 O 7 , used chiefly in explosives.
  • pictography — the use of pictographs; picture writing.
  • pictorially — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
  • picture hat — a woman's hat having a very broad, flexible brim, often decorated with feathers, flowers, or the like.
  • pilgarlicky — bald or growing bald
  • 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
  • pinch pleat — a narrow pleat that is usually part of a series at the top of curtains.
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