11-letter words containing c, l, o, m
- penciliform — having a pencillike shape.
- philomathic — relating to or enjoying the process of learning new facts and acquiring new knowledge
- phlebectomy — the surgical excision of a vein or part of a vein
- phlebotomic — of or noting phlebotomy.
- pleochroism — the property of certain crystals of exhibiting different colors when viewed from different directions under transmitted light. Compare dichroism (def 1), trichroism.
- pleomorphic — of, relating to, or characterized by pleomorphism; polymorphous.
- plyometrics — a system of exercise in which the muscles are repeatedly stretched and suddenly contracted
- police motu — a pidginized version of the Motu language, used as a lingua franca in Papua, originally chiefly by the police
- policewoman — a female member of a police force or body.
- policy term — The policy term is the lifetime of an insurance policy.
- policymaker — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- polychasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which each axis produces more than two lateral axes.
- polychotomy — the division of something into multiple parts
- polychroism — the ability of a crystal to absorb different wavelengths of light and thus to display multiple colours
- polychromic — having or exhibiting a variety of colors.
- polycrotism — a polycrotic condition
- polymorphic — polymorphism
- pomiculture — the growing or cultivation of fruit.
- problematic — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- proclaimant — someone who proclaims
- promycelium — a short filament produced in the germination of a spore that bears small spores and then dies.
- public room — a lounge or other room that is open to all, especially in a hotel or on a ship.
- pulmobranch — a respiratory organ found in some invertebrates
- pylorectomy — the surgical removal of all or part of the pylorus, often including the adjacent portion of the stomach (partial gastrectomy)
- real income — the amount of goods and services that money income will buy.
- reclamation — the reclaiming of desert, marshy, or submerged areas or other wasteland for cultivation or other use.
- roche limit — the minimum distance below which a moon orbiting a celestial body would be disrupted by tidal forces or below which a moon would not have formed.
- rock salmon — (formerly) any of several coarse fishes when used as food, esp the dogfish or wolffish: now called rockfish or catfish
- rollicksome — rollicking; frolicsome.
- sacculiform — (of plant parts, etc) shaped like a small sac
- sacrolumbar — of, relating to, or involving the lumbar and sacral regions or parts of the body.
- salon music — music of a simple, agreeable, frequently sentimental character, played usually by a small orchestra.
- saltimbanco — a charlatan or fake
- saltimbocca — veal and ham wrapped together and sautéed in butter, often seasoned with sage.
- sarcolemmal — of or relating to the sarcolemma
- scalariform — ladderlike.
- scale model — a drawing which has been reduced or enlarged from its original size, to a specified scale
- scalpriform — chisel-shaped, as the incisors of certain rodents.
- school meal — lunch served at educational institution
- school milk — (formerly, in Britain) a third of a pint of milk, originally provided free by the local education authority to all young pupils, then later given only to children who passed a needs or means test
- school time — the period of the day or year when children are at school
- schoolma'am — schoolmarm.
- schoolmarms — a female schoolteacher, especially of the old-time country school type, popularly held to be strict and priggish.
- schorlomite — a mineral that is black in colour and belongs to the garnet group
- sclerectomy — excision of part of the sclera.
- scleroderma — a disease in which connective tissue anywhere in the body becomes hardened and rigid.
- sclerometer — any instrument for determining with precision the degree of hardness of a substance, especially a mineral, as by measuring the pressure necessary to pierce or scratch it.
- scopolamine — a colorless, syrupy, water-soluble alkaloid, C 1 7 H 2 1 NO 4 , obtained from certain plants of the nightshade family, used chiefly as a sedative and mydriatic and to alleviate the symptoms of motion sickness.
- semi-closed — having or forming a boundary or barrier: He was blocked by a closed door. The house had a closed porch.
- sociologism — an explanation, expression, concept, etc., characteristic of sociology, especially when lacking reference to other disciplines concerned with human development.