11-letter words containing c, s, p
- overprocess — to process too much
- oxo process — a process for producing carbonyl compounds, especially alcohols and aldehydes, by adding, under high pressure, carbon monoxide and hydrogen to an olefin in the presence of a cobalt catalyst.
- pacesetting — a person, group, or organization that is the most progressive or successful and serves as a model to be imitated.
- pachysandra — any plant of the genus Pachysandra, as the Allegheny spurge or Japanese spurge, the leaves of which grow in a rounded clump, widely used as a ground cover in the U.S.
- packet soup — soup supplied in dried form in a packet
- paediatrics — Paediatrics is the area of medicine that is concerned with the treatment of children's illnesses.
- pallescence — the condition of being pallescent
- palmatisect — (of leaves) having palmate veins and lobes split almost to the base of the blade.
- pan crusher — A pan crusher is a crusher in which solids are broken by a wheel which is turning in a pan.
- pan-islamic — the idea or advocacy of a political union of all Muslim nations.
- pancarditis — inflammation of the entire heart: the pericardium, myocardium, and endocardium.
- pancha sila — a standard recitation of Hinayanists, including repetitions of formulas and of vows to abstain from anger, lust, cowardice, malevolence, and to abstain from the desire for possessions and unwholesome pleasures.
- 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.
- pancratiast — (in ancient Greece) a person who takes part in a pancratium
- panic grass — Also called panic grass. any grass of the genus Panicum, many species of which bear edible grain.
- panpsychism — a theory that all matter has some form of consciousness.
- panpsychist — someone who believes that all matter has an element of consciousness
- pantheistic — the doctrine that God is the transcendent reality of which the material universe and human beings are only manifestations: it involves a denial of God's personality and expresses a tendency to identify God and nature.
- pantisocrat — someone who believes, or takes part, in pantisocracy
- pantoscopic — showing a wide-angled view
- papal cross — a cross with three horizontal crosspieces.
- paper chase — the effort to earn a diploma or college degree, especially in law, or a professional certificate or license.
- papyraceous — papery.
- parachutist — sb who makes parachute jumps
- paracrostic — a poem in which the initial letters of each line replicate the first line
- parapsychic — of or relating to actions of the mind for which there are no scientific explanations
- parascender — a person who takes part in parascending
- parascenium — either of two wings flanking and extending forward from the skene of an ancient Greek theater.
- parascience — the study of subjects that are outside the scope of traditional science because they cannot be explained by accepted scientific theory or tested by conventional scientific methods
- parasitical — of, relating to, or characteristic of parasites.
- parasuicide — the deliberate infliction of injury on oneself or the taking of a drug overdose as an attempt at suicide which may not be intended to be successful
- parcel post — (in the U.S. Postal Service) nonpreferential mail consisting of packages and parcels, weighing one pound or more sent at fourth-class rates. Compare fourth class.
- parchedness — the state or characteristic of being parched
- paresthetic — an abnormal sensation, as prickling, itching, etc.
- particulars — of or relating to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general: one's particular interests in books.
- party music — music for or at a party
- pas de chat — a jump of one foot over the other.
- pas de cote — a two-track.
- pascal plus — (language) Pascal with extensions for object-oriented multiprogramming by Jim Welsh and D. Bustard of Queens University, Belfast, UK. Pascal Plus uses an "envelope" construct for both packages and classes.
- pasigraphic — of or related to pasigraphy
- passacaglia — a slow, dignified dance of Spanish origin.
- pasticheuse — a woman who makes or composes a pastiche.
- pastry case — a case made of pastry that is filled with fruit, custard etc to make a tart or flan
- pastry chef — cook who specializes in patisserie
- pasty-faced — having a pale, unhealthy, sallow complexion: an awkward, pasty-faced youth.
- pataphysics — a supposed branch of philosophy or science that studies imaginary phenomena beyond the realm of metaphysics; the science of imaginary solutions.
- patch space — An unused block of bits left in a binary so that it can later be modified by insertion of machine-language instructions there (typically, the patch space is modified to contain new code, and the superseded code is patched to contain a jump or call to the patch space). The widening use of HLLs has made this term rare; it is now primarily historical outside IBM shops. See patch, zap, hook.
- path pascal — Parallel extension of Pascal. Processes have shared access to data objects. Constraints on their synchronisation are specified in a path expression.
- patsy cline — Patsy (Virginia Patterson Hensley) 1932–63, U.S. country singer.
- peace corps — a civilian organization, sponsored by the U.S. government, that sends volunteers to instruct citizens of underdeveloped countries in the execution of industrial, agricultural, educational, and health programs.