11-letter words containing c, r, o, p, i
- percolation — the act or state of percolating or of being percolated.
- perichylous — (of a plant) having water-storing tissue outside the green tissue
- periodicity — the character of being periodic; the tendency to recur at regular intervals.
- peritonitic — inflammation of the peritoneum, often accompanied by pain and tenderness in the abdomen, vomiting, constipation, and moderate fever.
- perlocution — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
- persecution — the act of persecuting.
- perspicuous — clearly expressed or presented; lucid.
- phanerozoic — the eon comprising the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras.
- phoniatrics — the study and treatment of voice disorders.
- 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.
- phototropic — growing toward or away from the light.
- picked over — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- pico rivera — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- pictography — the use of pictographs; picture writing.
- pictorially — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
- picturegoer — a person who goes to the cinema, esp frequently
- pieceworker — someone who does work paid for according to the quantity produced
- piezometric — any of several instruments for measuring the pressure of a fluid or the compressibility of a substance when subjected to such a pressure.
- pilocarpine — an oil or crystalline alkaloid, C 1 1 H 1 6 N 2 O 2 , obtained from jaborandi, and used chiefly to produce sweating, promote the flow of saliva, contract the pupil of the eye, and for glaucoma.
- pilot chart — any of a number of charts issued to mariners by the U.S. Hydrographic Office and showing meteorological, hydrographic, and navigational conditions prevailing, or likely to prevail, subsequent to the date of issue in some part of the world: issued monthly for most areas.
- pink collar — of or relating to a type of employment traditionally held by women, especially relatively low-paying work: secretaries, phone operators, and other pink-collar workers.
- pink-collar — of or relating to a type of employment traditionally held by women, especially relatively low-paying work: secretaries, phone operators, and other pink-collar workers.
- piperaceous — belonging to the Piperacae, the pepper family of plants.
- piping cord — Cord that is covered in fabric and used to decorate a seam
- pirate copy — an illicitly reproduced copy of a DVD, video, book, game, etc
- piscatorial — of or relating to fishermen or fishing: a piscatory treaty.
- piscivorous — adapted to feeding on fish; fish-eating.
- pitchometer — an instrument embodying a clinometer, for measuring the pitch of a ship's propeller
- pitchperson — a pitchman or pitchwoman
- pleiotropic — the phenomenon of one gene being responsible for or affecting more than one phenotypic characteristic.
- 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.
- plutocratic — of, relating to, or characterized by a plutocracy or plutocrats.
- plyometrics — a system of exercise in which the muscles are repeatedly stretched and suddenly contracted
- 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.
- police work — the everyday duties of police officers, esp the investigation of criminal activities
- policy term — The policy term is the lifetime of an insurance policy.
- policymaker — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- policyowner — policyholder.
- poliorcetic — relating to the besieging of cities
- polycentric — having many centers, especially of power or importance: the polycentric world of banking.
- polychroism — the ability of a crystal to absorb different wavelengths of light and thus to display multiple colours
- polychromic — having or exhibiting a variety of colors.
- polycrotism — a polycrotic condition
- polygraphic — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- polymorphic — polymorphism
- polytrophic — (of certain bacteria) deriving nourishment from many organic substances.
- pomiculture — the growing or cultivation of fruit.
- 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).