11-letter words containing c, h, e, n, o, p
- hypocenters — Plural form of hypocenter.
- hypocentral — (geology) Of or pertaining to the hypocentre of an earthquake.
- hypocretins — Plural form of hypocretin.
- hypokinetic — abnormally diminished muscular function or mobility.
- iconophiles — a connoisseur of icons or images.
- ionospheric — Of or pertaining to the ionosphere.
- john scopes — John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
- kohl pencil — a thin cylindrical cosmetic instrument used to darken the area around the eyes
- lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
- lychnoscope — lowside window.
- mesonephric — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of vertebrates, becoming the functional kidney of fishes and amphibians and becoming part of the tubules or ductules in the reproductive systems of higher vertebrates.
- microphones — Plural form of microphone.
- monodelphic — having a sole set of reproductive organs
- morphogenic — the development of structural features of an organism or part.
- neanthropic — of or relating to modern forms of humans as compared with extinct species of the genus Homo.
- necrophagan — (zoology) Any of the tribe Necrophaga of beetles whose larvae feed on carrion.
- necrophagia — the eating of dead bodies; esp., the practice of feeding on carrion
- necrophilia — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- necrophilic — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- necrophobia — an abnormal fear of death; thanatophobia.
- nephoscopes — Plural form of nephoscope.
- nephrectomy — excision of a kidney.
- nephrogenic — (medicine, anatomy) that forms the tissues of the kidney.
- nephroscope — (surgery) An instrument used to examine the kidney through an inserted tube.
- nephrotoxic — Damaging or destructive to the kidneys.
- neuropathic — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- nightscopes — Plural form of nightscope.
- nonemphatic — lacking emphasis, not emphatic
- nonphonemic — not phonemic
- nonphonetic — not phonetic
- nucleophile — of or relating to electron contribution in covalent bonding (opposed to electrophilic).
- ocean perch — redfish (def 1).
- on the cusp — If you say that someone or something is on the cusp, you mean they are between two states, or are about to be in a particular state.
- open cheque — an uncrossed cheque that can be cashed at the drawee bank
- open switch — (IBM, probably from railways) An unresolved question, issue, or problem.
- orthopnoeic — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- panchreston — a proposed explanation intended to address a complex problem by trying to account for all possible contingencies but typically proving to be too broadly conceived and therefore oversimplified to be of any practical use.
- pantothenic — denoting an acid which is a growth-promoting vitamin of vitamin B complex
- peach stone — the stone in the centre of the fruit the peach
- phanerozoic — the eon comprising the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras.
- phonematics — phonemics.
- phonemicize — to transcribe into phonemic symbols.
- 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.
- phoneticism — a phonetic scheme of writing
- phoneticize — to represent (speech) in writing by means of a system in which individual symbols correspond regularly with speech sounds.
- photic zone — the upper layer of a body of water delineated by the depth to which enough sunlight can penetrate to permit photosynthesis.
- phycophaein — a brownish pigment which is found in seaweed
- pinacotheca — a place where works of art are displayed or stored
- pinchbottle — a bottle with concave sides, as for containing liquor.