11-letter words containing c, o, p, l
- occipitally — from an occipital point of view
- ochlophobia — an abnormal fear of crowds.
- ochlophobic — relating to or suffering from ochlophobia
- octuplicate — a group, series, or set of eight identical copies (usually preceded by in).
- omphalocele — A hernia of the navel.
- opalescence — exhibiting a play of colors like that of the opal.
- open policy — a continuous policy covering goods of a class subject to changes in volume, usually requiring periodic reports of values.
- opera cloak — a large cloak worn over evening clothes
- operculated — relating to the operculum
- ophicalcite — a type of marble containing serpentine and calcite
- ophicleides — Plural form of ophicleide.
- optical art — op art.
- optocoupler — An optoisolator.
- outpolitick — to surpass in politicking
- overcomplex — composed of many interconnected parts; compound; composite: a complex highway system.
- pace bowler — a bowler who characteristically delivers the ball rapidly
- palace coup — a challenge to or overthrow of a sovereign or other leader by members of the ruling family or group.
- palaeotypic — characterized by palaeotype
- paleoarctic — palearctic.
- paleocortex — the olfactory region of the brain.
- 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.
- pantropical — living or growing throughout the tropics.
- papal cross — a cross with three horizontal crosspieces.
- parabolical — of, relating to, or involving a parable.
- paracetamol — painkilling drug
- paradoxical — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
- parcel bomb — explosive device in a package
- parcel post — (in the U.S. Postal Service) nonpreferential mail consisting of packages and parcels, weighing one pound or more sent at fourth-class rates. Compare fourth class.
- 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
- peace lobby — a lobby for peace or the end of conflict
- pedagogical — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
- pediculosis — the state of being infested with lice.
- pedological — the scientific study of the nature and development of children.
- pedophiliac — pedophile.
- penciliform — having a pencillike shape.
- penological — the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
- pentecostal — of or relating to Pentecost, a Christian festival commemorating the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the apostles.
- perchlorate — a salt or ester of perchloric acid, as potassium perchlorate, KClO 4 .
- 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.
- philoctetes — Classical Mythology. a noted archer and squire of Hercules. Bitten by a snake and abandoned on an island because of his festering wound, he was at length brought by the Greeks to Troy, where he recovered and later killed Paris.
- philomathic — relating to or enjoying the process of learning new facts and acquiring new knowledge
- philosophic — of or relating to philosophy: philosophical studies.