11-letter words containing c, h, i, n, o
- nonteaching — the act or profession of a person who teaches.
- nontheistic — the belief in one God as the creator and ruler of the universe, without rejection of revelation (distinguished from deism).
- northcliffe — Viscount, Alfred Charles William Harmsworth.
- nucleophile — of or relating to electron contribution in covalent bonding (opposed to electrophilic).
- nyctophobia — an abnormal fear of night or darkness.
- omnichannel — Using every channel.
- on thin ice — the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- onycholysis — (medicine) The loosening or separation of a fingernail or toenail from its bed.
- open switch — (IBM, probably from railways) An unresolved question, issue, or problem.
- orchestrina — (musical instruments) orchestrion.
- orchestrion — a mechanical musical instrument, resembling a barrel organ but more elaborate, for producing the effect of an orchestra.
- orthodontic — Of, or relating to the dental speciality of orthodontics.
- orthogenics — the treatment of mentally and emotionally disturbed children
- orthopnoeic — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- outmatching — Present participle of outmatch.
- outpouching — (pathology) evagination.
- outreaching — Present participle of outreach.
- overarching — forming an arch above: great trees with overarching branches.
- pantothenic — denoting an acid which is a growth-promoting vitamin of vitamin B complex
- paronychial — of or relating to paronychia
- 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.
- 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.
- photic zone — the upper layer of a body of water delineated by the depth to which enough sunlight can penetrate to permit photosynthesis.
- photophonic — of, relating to, or having the properties of a photophone
- phycocyanin — a blue protein pigment, found in algae, involved in the process of 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.
- pitchperson — a pitchman or pitchwoman
- polytechnic — of, relating to, or offering instruction in a variety of industrial arts, applied sciences, or technical subjects: a polytechnic institute.
- pondicherry — a union territory of India, on the Coromandel Coast: formerly the chief settlement of French India; territory includes Mahé (on the Malabar Coast), Karikal, and Yanaon. 181 sq. mi. (469 sq. km).
- power chain — an endless chain for transmitting motion and power between sprockets on shafts with parallel axes.
- pro-chinese — the standard language of China, based on the speech of Beijing; Mandarin.
- prochronism — a chronological error in which a person, event, etc., is assigned a date earlier than the actual one; prolepsis.
- psychogenic — having origin in the mind or in a mental condition or process: a psychogenic disorder.
- psychonomic — of or relating to psychonomics
- punchinello — a grotesque or absurd chief character in a puppet show of Italian origin: the prototype of Punch.
- pyrotechnic — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
- radiophonic — a radiotelephone.
- rail anchor — a fastening device for attaching the base of a rail to a crosstie.
- reckon with — to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
- renographic — of or pertaining to renography, using or produced by a renogram
- rhetorician — an expert in the art of rhetoric.