11-letter words containing c, o, s, i
- piscivorous — adapted to feeding on fish; fish-eating.
- pitchperson — a pitchman or pitchwoman
- plagioclase — any of the feldspar minerals varying in composition from acidic albite, NaAlSi 3 O 8 , to basic anorthite, CaAl 2 Si 2 O 8 , found in most igneous rocks: shows twinning striations on good cleavage surfaces.
- pleistocene — noting or pertaining to the epoch forming the earlier half of the Quaternary Period, beginning about two million years ago and ending 10,000 years ago, characterized by widespread glacial ice and the advent of modern humans.
- pleochroism — the property of certain crystals of exhibiting different colors when viewed from different directions under transmitted light. Compare dichroism (def 1), trichroism.
- plyometrics — a system of exercise in which the muscles are repeatedly stretched and suddenly contracted
- pocket-size — small enough to fit conveniently into one's pocket.
- 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.
- 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
- polycrotism — a polycrotic condition
- pontificals — of, relating to, or characteristic of a pontiff; papal.
- 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
- post chaise — a four-wheeled coach for rapid transportation of passengers and mail, used in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
- post office — an office or station of a government postal system at which mail is received and sorted, from which it is dispatched and distributed, and at which stamps are sold or other services rendered.
- post-coital — sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- post-crisis — a stage in a sequence of events at which the trend of all future events, especially for better or for worse, is determined; turning point.
- post-cyclic — denoting rules that apply only after the transformations of a whole cycle
- post-racial — characterized by the absence of racial discord, discrimination, or prejudice previously or historically present: post-racial politics; the post-racial era.
- postcranial — located posterior to the head.
- postcubital — Anatomy, Zoology. pertaining to, involving, or situated near the cubitus.
- postdivorce — of, or relating to the period after a person is divorced
- postglacial — after a given glacial epoch, especially the Pleistocene.
- posticteric — pertaining to or affected with icterus; jaundiced.
- postpyloric — the opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
- postscenium — a wing on either side of the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theatre where props could be stored and actors could prepare; a parascenium
- postvocalic — immediately following a vowel.
- pot sticker — a pan-fried and steamed Chinese dumpling with a ground meat or vegetable filling.
- pre-scoring — to record the sound of (a motion picture) before filming.
- precautious — using or displaying precaution: a precautious reply; a precautious person.
- precipitous — of the nature of or characterized by precipices: a precipitous wall of rock.
- precisional — the state or quality of being precise.
- prehistoric — of or relating to the time or a period prior to recorded history: The dinosaur is a prehistoric beast.
- prescission — the action of prescinding
- prime focus — the focal point of the objective lens or primary mirror of a telescope
- prison camp — a camp for the confinement of prisoners of war or political prisoners.
- pro-chinese — the standard language of China, based on the speech of Beijing; Mandarin.
- pro-fascist — a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
- proceedings — a particular action or course or manner of action.
- processible — capable of being processed.
- 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.
- productions — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- promiscuity — the state of being promiscuous.
- promiscuous — characterized by or involving indiscriminate mingling or association, especially having sexual relations with a number of partners on a casual basis.
- prosaically — commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
- prosaicness — commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
- prosecuting — carrying out a prosecution
- prosecution — Law. the institution and carrying on of legal proceedings against a person. the body of officials by whom such proceedings are instituted and carried on.
- prosecutrix — a female prosecutor or plaintiff