11-letter words containing c, o, p, y, t
- polydactyly — the condition of being polydactyl.
- polygenetic — Biology. relating to or exhibiting polygenesis.
- polytechnic — of, relating to, or offering instruction in a variety of industrial arts, applied sciences, or technical subjects: a polytechnic institute.
- polytrophic — (of certain bacteria) deriving nourishment from many organic substances.
- 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.
- proctoscopy — examination by means of a proctoscope.
- procuratory — Roman History. any of various imperial officials with fiscal or administrative powers.
- 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.
- prolificity — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- promiscuity — the state of being promiscuous.
- prosecutory — of, relating to, or concerned with prosecution.
- proteolytic — the breaking down of proteins into simpler compounds, as in digestion.
- protocolary — the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.
- protophytic — pertaining to the class Protophyta
- provocatory — tending to provoke
- psilophytic — (of a plant) that grows well in the dry savannah
- psyche knot — a woman's hairdo in which a knot or coil of hair projects from the back of the head.
- psychometer — a device for measuring mental or psychological activity
- psychometry — Psychology. psychometrics.
- psychomotor — of or relating to a response involving both motor and psychological components.
- psychopathy — a mental disorder in which an individual manifests amoral and antisocial behavior, lack of ability to love or establish meaningful personal relationships, extreme egocentricity, failure to learn from experience, etc.
- psychotogen — a substance that causes a psychotic reaction.
- psychotoxic — toxic or harmful to the mind or personality.
- pterodactyl — any of a number of genera of flying reptiles of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a highly reduced tail and teeth and a birdlike beak.
- ptochocracy — government by the poor
- ptyalagogic — saliva-inducing
- pylorectomy — the surgical removal of all or part of the pylorus, often including the adjacent portion of the stomach (partial gastrectomy)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- spasmolytic — of or noting spasmolysis.
- spectrology — the study of ghosts, phantoms, or apparitions.
- speculatory — a place suitable for observation
- splenectomy — excision or removal of the spleen.