11-letter words containing c, r, e, o, p, h
- nephrotoxic — Damaging or destructive to the kidneys.
- neuropathic — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- ocean perch — redfish (def 1).
- officership — a person who holds a position of rank or authority in the army, navy, air force, or any similar organization, especially one who holds a commission.
- orthopaedic — of or relating to orthopedics.
- orthopedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
- orthopnoeic — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- panchreston — a proposed explanation intended to address a complex problem by trying to account for all possible contingencies but typically proving to be too broadly conceived and therefore oversimplified to be of any practical use.
- pct theorem — the proposition that all the laws of physics are unchanged by the combined operations of charge conjugation (C), space inversion (P), and time reversal (T).
- pechora sea — the SE part of the Barents Sea, northwest of Russia
- pedomorphic — a speeding up of the rate of development, resulting in an adult form that has the appearance of its larval or juvenile ancestor.
- 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.
- perichylous — (of a plant) having water-storing tissue outside the green tissue
- phanerozoic — the eon comprising the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras.
- photocopier — any electrically operated machine using a photographic method, as the electrostatic process, for making instant copies of written, drawn, or printed material.
- photometric — the measurement of the intensity of light or of relative illuminating power.
- photoreduce — to undergo or to cause to undergo photoreduction
- phytochrome — a plant pigment that is associated with the absorption of light in the photoperiodic response and that may regulate various types of growth and development.
- pitchometer — an instrument embodying a clinometer, for measuring the pitch of a ship's propeller
- pitchperson — a pitchman or pitchwoman
- placeholder — Mathematics, Logic. a symbol in an expression that may be replaced by the name of any element of the set.
- pleochroism — the property of certain crystals of exhibiting different colors when viewed from different directions under transmitted light. Compare dichroism (def 1), trichroism.
- pleomorphic — of, relating to, or characterized by pleomorphism; polymorphous.
- pondicherry — a union territory of India, on the Coromandel Coast: formerly the chief settlement of French India; territory includes Mahé (on the Malabar Coast), Karikal, and Yanaon. 181 sq. mi. (469 sq. km).
- porkchopper — a labor official put on the union payroll as a reward for past loyalty or services.
- port neches — a town in SE Texas.
- pouched rat — pocket gopher.
- power chain — an endless chain for transmitting motion and power between sprockets on shafts with parallel axes.
- power lunch — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
- pre-homeric — of, relating to, or suggestive of Homer or his poetry.
- prehistoric — of or relating to the time or a period prior to recorded history: The dinosaur is a prehistoric beast.
- preluncheon — a light meal before lunch
- 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.
- pro-choicer — a person who supports the right of a woman to have an abortion
- procephalic — of or relating to the head.
- prochlorite — a dark green member of the chlorite group, usually foliated.
- prophetical — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
- propter hoc — because of this.
- prosenchyma — the tissue characteristic of the woody and bast portions of plants, consisting typically of long, narrow cells with pointed ends.
- prosthetics — an artificial body part; a prosthesis: Hundreds of amputees volunteered to test the new prosthetics.
- psychometer — a device for measuring mental or psychological activity
- psychometry — Psychology. psychometrics.
- pyrotechnic — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
- record shop — store selling recorded music
- reject shop — a shop that sells damaged or imperfect products that cannot be sold at the full price
- renographic — of or pertaining to renography, using or produced by a renogram
- reproachful — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.