11-letter words containing c, o, s, h
- pleochroism — the property of certain crystals of exhibiting different colors when viewed from different directions under transmitted light. Compare dichroism (def 1), trichroism.
- polychasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which each axis produces more than two lateral axes.
- polychroism — the ability of a crystal to absorb different wavelengths of light and thus to display multiple colours
- pooh sticks — a children's game: each player throws a stick into a stream from one side of a bridge and the winner is the person whose stick emerges first on the other side
- port neches — a town in SE Texas.
- post chaise — a four-wheeled coach for rapid transportation of passengers and mail, used in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
- prehistoric — of or relating to the time or a period prior to recorded history: The dinosaur is a prehistoric beast.
- prep school — preparatory school.
- preschooler — a child below the official school starting age, usually a child up to age five.
- pro-chinese — the standard language of China, based on the speech of Beijing; Mandarin.
- prochronism — a chronological error in which a person, event, etc., is assigned a date earlier than the actual one; prolepsis.
- proctorship — a person appointed to keep watch over students at examinations.
- prosenchyma — the tissue characteristic of the woody and bast portions of plants, consisting typically of long, narrow cells with pointed ends.
- prosobranch — a gastropod mollusc of the subclass Prosobranchia, which includes conches, limpets, abalones, and numerous aquatic and terrestrial snails
- prosthetics — an artificial body part; a prosthesis: Hundreds of amputees volunteered to test the new prosthetics.
- psilophytic — (of a plant) that grows well in the dry savannah
- psychagogue — a necromancer
- psyche knot — a woman's hairdo in which a knot or coil of hair projects from the back of the head.
- psychoanal. — psychoanalysis
- psychobilly — loud frantic rockabilly music
- psychodelia — the production of, or the culture associated with, psychedelic experiences
- psychodrama — a method of group psychotherapy in which participants take roles in improvisational dramatizations of emotionally charged situations.
- psychogenic — having origin in the mind or in a mental condition or process: a psychogenic disorder.
- psychograph — Psychology. a graph indicating the relative strength of the personality traits of an individual.
- psychologic — of or relating to psychology.
- psychomancy — occult communication between souls or with spirits.
- 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.
- psychonomic — of or relating to psychonomics
- 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.
- psychophily — the pollination of flowers by butterflies
- psychotogen — a substance that causes a psychotic reaction.
- psychotoxic — toxic or harmful to the mind or personality.
- punch spoon — a spoon having a pierced bowl and a barbed end for removing fruit, ice, etc., from punch.
- radio shack — a room or structure, as on a ship, for housing radio equipment.
- ramgunshoch — surly; bad-tempered; rude
- ranch house — the house of the owner of a ranch, usually of one story and with a low-pitched roof.
- record shop — store selling recorded music
- reject shop — a shop that sells damaged or imperfect products that cannot be sold at the full price
- rhamnaceous — belonging to the Rhamnaceae, the buckthorn family of plants.
- rhapsodical — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
- rock thrush — any of several Old World thrushes of the genus Monticola, usually having bluish plumage, especially M. saxatilis, of Europe.
- rocket ship — a rocket-propelled aircraft or spacecraft.
- rope stitch — (in embroidery) a stitch formed from the entwining of stitches.
- rose chafer — a tan scarabaeid beetle, Macrodactylus subspinosis, that feeds on the flowers and foliage of roses, grapes, peach trees, etc.
- rough music — (formerly) a loud cacophony created with tin pans, drums, etc, esp as a protest or demonstration of indignation outside someone's house
- saddlecloth — Horse Racing. a cloth placed over the saddle of a racehorse bearing the horse's number.
- sap orchard — sugarbush (def 2).
- sapphic ode — Horatian ode.