11-letter words containing c, o, l, r, i
- olive crown — (esp in ancient Greece and Rome) a garland of olive leaves awarded as a token of victory
- oneirically — In an oneiric fashion.
- optical art — op art.
- oracularity — Oracular speech or behaviour.
- oral cavity — inside of the mouth
- orbicularis — a muscle surrounding an opening
- orbicularly — In an orbicular fashion.
- orchidology — the branch of botany or horticulture dealing with orchids.
- organically — in an organic manner.
- oscillators — Plural form of oscillator.
- oscillatory — characterized by or involving oscillation.
- oscillogram — the record produced by the action of an oscillograph or oscilloscope.
- ostrichlike — a large, two-toed, swift-footed flightless bird, Struthio camelus, indigenous to Africa and Arabia, domesticated for its plumage: the largest of living birds.
- overlocking — the act of oversewing a hem or fabric edge to prevent fraying
- oxychloride — a compound having oxygen and chlorine atoms bonded to another element, as bismuth oxychloride, BiOCl.
- paleoarctic — palearctic.
- 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.
- pantropical — living or growing throughout the tropics.
- parabolical — of, relating to, or involving a parable.
- paradoxical — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
- 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
- patroclinic — inherited from the father; more like the father than the mother
- penciliform — having a pencillike shape.
- perchloride — the chloride of any particular element or group with the maximum proportion of chlorine.
- percolation — the act or state of percolating or of being percolated.
- perichylous — (of a plant) having water-storing tissue outside the green tissue
- perlocution — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
- pictorially — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- 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.
- pilot chart — any of a number of charts issued to mariners by the U.S. Hydrographic Office and showing meteorological, hydrographic, and navigational conditions prevailing, or likely to prevail, subsequent to the date of issue in some part of the world: issued monthly for most areas.
- pink collar — of or relating to a type of employment traditionally held by women, especially relatively low-paying work: secretaries, phone operators, and other pink-collar workers.
- pink-collar — of or relating to a type of employment traditionally held by women, especially relatively low-paying work: secretaries, phone operators, and other pink-collar workers.
- piscatorial — of or relating to fishermen or fishing: a piscatory treaty.
- pleiotropic — the phenomenon of one gene being responsible for or affecting more than one phenotypic characteristic.
- 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.
- plutocratic — of, relating to, or characterized by a plutocracy or plutocrats.
- plyometrics — a system of exercise in which the muscles are repeatedly stretched and suddenly contracted
- polariscope — an instrument for measuring or exhibiting the polarization of light or for examining substances in polarized light, often to determine stress and strain in glass and other substances.
- police work — the everyday duties of police officers, esp the investigation of criminal activities
- policy term — The policy term is the lifetime of an insurance policy.
- policymaker — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- policyowner — policyholder.
- poliorcetic — relating to the besieging of cities
- polycentric — having many centers, especially of power or importance: the polycentric world of banking.
- 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.