11-letter words containing c, o, p, y, i
- porphyritic — of, pertaining to, containing, or resembling porphyry, its texture, or its structure.
- post-cyclic — denoting rules that apply only after the transformations of a whole cycle
- postpyloric — the opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
- potty-chair — a small chair with an open seat over a removable pot, for use by a child during toilet training.
- potvaliancy — brave only as a result of being drunk.
- predicatory — of or relating to preaching.
- proactively — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- proactivity — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- procyclical — cyclic.
- proficiency — the state of being proficient; skill; expertness: proficiency in music.
- prokaryotic — any cellular organism that has no nuclear membrane, no organelles in the cytoplasm except ribosomes, and has its genetic material in the form of single continuous strands forming coils or loops, characteristic of all organisms in the kingdom Monera, as the bacteria and blue-green algae.
- prolificacy — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- prolificity — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- promiscuity — the state of being promiscuous.
- promycelium — a short filament produced in the germination of a spore that bears small spores and then dies.
- prosaically — commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
- prosiliency — prominence
- proteolytic — the breaking down of proteins into simpler compounds, as in digestion.
- protophytic — pertaining to the class Protophyta
- psilophytic — (of a plant) that grows well in the dry savannah
- psychobilly — loud frantic rockabilly music
- psychodelia — the production of, or the culture associated with, psychedelic experiences
- psychogenic — having origin in the mind or in a mental condition or process: a psychogenic disorder.
- psychologic — of or relating to psychology.
- psychonomic — of or relating to psychonomics
- psychophily — the pollination of flowers by butterflies
- psychotoxic — toxic or harmful to the mind or personality.
- ptyalagogic — saliva-inducing
- pycniospore — the spore produced in a pycnium.
- pyroclastic — composed chiefly of fragments of volcanic origin, as agglomerate, tuff, and certain other rocks; volcaniclastic.
- pyrogenetic — heat-producing
- pyrognostic — relating to heated minerals
- pyrokinetic — the ability to set objects or people on fire through the concentration of psychic power.
- pyrotechnic — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
- pyrovanadic — of or relating to an acid of vanadium
- pyroxenitic — relating to pyroxenite
- radiopacity — opaque to radiation; visible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiotransparent).
- reciprocity — a reciprocal state or relation.
- retinoscopy — an objective method of determining the refractive error of an eye.
- review copy — a copy of a book sent by a publisher to a journal, newspaper, etc, to enable it to be reviewed
- ribbon copy — the original copy of a number of typewritten copies (distinguished from carbon copy).
- saprophytic — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- schizophyte — any of the Schizophyta, a group of organisms comprising the schizomycetes and the schizophyceous algae, characterized by a simple structure and reproduction by simple fission or spores.
- scorpionfly — any of several harmless insects of the order Mecoptera, the male of certain species having a reproductive structure that resembles the sting of a scorpion.
- scripophily — the collecting by hobbyists of old stock certificates and bonds that have no intrinsic value other than their aesthetic appeal or relative rarity.
- scyphistoma — a stage in the life cycle of a jellyfish or other scyphozoan when it is fixed in place and reproduces asexually to produce free-swimming medusas.
- sociography — the branch of sociology that uses statistical data to describe social phenomena.
- spasmolytic — of or noting spasmolysis.
- spondylitic — inflammation of the vertebrae.
- sporadicity — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.