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

  • occipitalis — A muscle of the head, sometimes considered to be part of the occipitofrontal muscle.
  • occipitally — from an occipital point of view
  • ochlophobia — an abnormal fear of crowds.
  • octuplicate — a group, series, or set of eight identical copies (usually preceded by in).
  • ophicalcite — a type of marble containing serpentine and calcite
  • optical art — op art.
  • pacifically — peaceably, mildly, calmly, or quietly.
  • pack animal — a mule, donkey, burro, or horse bred for vigor and hardiness and used for carrying heavy loads.
  • packability — The quality or state of being packable.
  • pain clinic — a facility specializing in the treatment of pain
  • palaearctic — of or denoting a zoogeographical region consisting of Europe, Africa north of the Sahara, and most of Asia north of the Himalayas
  • palaeotypic — characterized by palaeotype
  • paleoarctic — palearctic.
  • paleolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the cultures of the late Pliocene and the Pleistocene epochs, or early phase of the Stone Age, which appeared first in Africa and are marked by the steady development of stone tools and later antler and bone artifacts, engravings on bone and stone, sculpted figures, and paintings and engravings on the walls of caves and rock-shelters: usually divided into three periods (Lower Paleolithic, c2,000,000–c200,000 b.c., Middle Paleolithic, c150,000–c40,000 b.c., Upper Paleolithic, c40,000–c10,000 b.c.)
  • palindromic — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
  • palmatisect — (of leaves) having palmate veins and lobes split almost to the base of the blade.
  • pan-islamic — the idea or advocacy of a political union of all Muslim nations.
  • pancha sila — a standard recitation of Hinayanists, including repetitions of formulas and of vows to abstain from anger, lust, cowardice, malevolence, and to abstain from the desire for possessions and unwholesome pleasures.
  • panegyrical — a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
  • panhellenic — of or relating to all Greeks or to Panhellenism.
  • panic alarm — an alarm that can be set off to alert others in the case of an emergency
  • pantropical — living or growing throughout the tropics.
  • parableptic — relating to parablepsis
  • parabolical — of, relating to, or involving a parable.
  • paradoxical — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
  • parallactic — the apparent displacement of an observed object due to a change in the position of the observer.
  • paramedical — related to the medical profession in a secondary or supplementary capacity.
  • paraphiliac — a person with paraphilia
  • parasitical — of, relating to, or characteristic of parasites.
  • parcel-gilt — the gilding of only some areas or ornaments of a piece of furniture.
  • parfocality — the quality of being parfocal
  • parfocalize — to make parfocal
  • parochially — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
  • paronychial — of or relating to paronychia
  • participial — of or relating to a participle.
  • particulars — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
  • particulate — of, relating to, or composed of distinct particles.
  • passacaglia — a slow, dignified dance of Spanish origin.
  • patch quilt — a patchwork quilt
  • patriarchal — of or relating to a patriarch, the male head of a family, tribe, community, church, order, etc.: my father's conservative, patriarchal ways.
  • patricianly — a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat.
  • patriclinic — inherited from the father; more like the father than the mother
  • patroclinic — inherited from the father; more like the father than the mother
  • patsy cline — Patsy (Virginia Patterson Hensley) 1932–63, U.S. country singer.
  • pay a claim — If an insurer pays a claim, it pays money to a policyholder because a loss or risk occurs against which they were insured.
  • pc-talk iii — (communications, tool)   An MS-DOS communications program by Andrew Fluegelman.
  • pectinately — in a pectinate manner
  • peculiarity — a trait, manner, characteristic, or habit that is odd or unusual.
  • peculiarize — to make peculiar, unusual, distinguished, etc.
  • pecuniarily — of or relating to money: pecuniary difficulties.
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