11-letter words containing c, a, r, p, e, n
- pet scanner — a tomographic imaging device that yields visual information about the ongoing activity of the brain: positron-emitting isotopes, incorporated into biologically important compounds, are injected intravenously or administered by inhalation, and the resultant gamma radiation is sensed by detectors and converted into computer-generated images of blood flow, oxygen utilization, glucose uptake, etc.
- phanerozoic — the eon comprising the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras.
- phrenetical — of or relating to phrenitis
- 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.
- plane chart — a chart used in plane sailing, in which the lines of latitude and longitude are straight and parallel
- plane crash — an accident in which an aircraft hits land or water and is damaged or destroyed
- planimetric — the measurement of plane areas.
- 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
- plecopteran — Also, plecopterous. belonging or pertaining to the insect order Plecoptera, comprising the stoneflies.
- pneudraulic — of or relating to a mechanism involving both pneumatic and hydraulic action.
- pococurante — a careless or indifferent person.
- polynuclear — having many nuclei.
- power chain — an endless chain for transmitting motion and power between sprockets on shafts with parallel axes.
- preachiness — the quality of being preachy; a preachy style, esp a tedious one
- preachingly — in a preaching manner, with preaching
- preacquaint — to acquaint (someone with information) in advance
- preannounce — to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of: to announce a special sale.
- preaudience — the right to be given an audience before other people; the privilege of being the first to be heard
- precambrian — noting or pertaining to the earliest era of earth history, ending 570 million years ago, during which the earth's crust formed and life first appeared in the seas.
- precipitant — falling headlong.
- precisional — the state or quality of being precise.
- preclinical — of or relating to the period prior to the appearance of the symptoms.
- precolonial — of or relating to the time before a region or country became a colony.
- precontract — a preexisting contract that legally prevents a person from making another contract of the same nature.
- predicament — an unpleasantly difficult, perplexing, or dangerous situation.
- predication — to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
- predynastic — of, relating to, or belonging to a time or period before the first dynasty of a nation, especially the period in Egypt before c3200 b.c.
- prefinanced — financed in advance
- prehispanic — Spanish.
- preindicate — to indicate in advance; presage: The early thaw preindicated an avalanche.
- prejudicant — judging beforehand
- preoccupant — a previous occupant
- prepunctual — arriving before the appointed time
- preromantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- presanctify — to sanctify ahead of an event
- presynaptic — being or occurring on the transmitting end of a discharge across a synapse.
- prevacation — a period of suspension of work, study, or other activity, usually used for rest, recreation, or travel; recess or holiday: Schoolchildren are on vacation now.
- price range — the highest and lowest price of a commodity, security, etc., over a given period of time.
- pro-vaccine — any preparation used as a preventive inoculation to confer immunity against a specific disease, usually employing an innocuous form of the disease agent, as killed or weakened bacteria or viruses, to stimulate antibody production.
- procreation — to beget or generate (offspring).
- procrustean — pertaining to or suggestive of Procrustes.
- prosaicness — commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
- prosenchyma — the tissue characteristic of the woody and bast portions of plants, consisting typically of long, narrow cells with pointed ends.
- protodeacon — a chief deacon in the Greek Church.
- recarpeting — a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- reciprocant — a differential invariant
- relandscape — to landscape again after a previous landscaping
- renographic — of or pertaining to renography, using or produced by a renogram
- replacement — the act of replacing.
- replication — a reply; answer.