11-letter words containing c, y, p, r, i
- pyroclastic — composed chiefly of fragments of volcanic origin, as agglomerate, tuff, and certain other rocks; volcaniclastic.
- pyrogenetic — heat-producing
- pyrognostic — relating to heated minerals
- pyrokinetic — the ability to set objects or people on fire through the concentration of psychic power.
- pyrotechnic — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
- pyrovanadic — of or relating to an acid of vanadium
- pyroxenitic — relating to pyroxenite
- radiopacity — opaque to radiation; visible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiotransparent).
- receptively — having the quality of receiving, taking in, or admitting.
- receptivity — having the quality of receiving, taking in, or admitting.
- reciprocity — a reciprocal state or relation.
- retinoscopy — an objective method of determining the refractive error of an eye.
- review copy — a copy of a book sent by a publisher to a journal, newspaper, etc, to enable it to be reviewed
- ribbon copy — the original copy of a number of typewritten copies (distinguished from carbon copy).
- saprophytic — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- scorpionfly — any of several harmless insects of the order Mecoptera, the male of certain species having a reproductive structure that resembles the sting of a scorpion.
- scripophily — the collecting by hobbyists of old stock certificates and bonds that have no intrinsic value other than their aesthetic appeal or relative rarity.
- skyscraping — of or like a skyscraper; very high: a skyscraping chimney.
- sociography — the branch of sociology that uses statistical data to describe social phenomena.
- spectrality — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- specularity — the state of resembling a mirror
- sporadicity — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- sporocystic — of or like a sporocyst
- stereotypic — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- symposiarch — the president, director, or master of a symposium.
- term policy — a policy whose period of coverage is in excess of one year, usually paying a reduced premium rate, as in fire insurance.
- thyrotropic — capable of stimulating the thyroid gland.
- trichonymph — a flagellated protozoan of the genus Trichonympha that lives in the intestine of wood-eating termites, transforming the cellulose in the wood into soluble carbohydrates that can be utilized by the insect.
- trophically — of or relating to nutrition; concerned in nutritive processes.
- tropicality — pertaining to, characteristic of, occurring in, or inhabiting the tropics, especially the humid tropics: tropical flowers.
- trypanocide — a drug or substance that kills trypanosomes
- typographic — of or relating to typography.
- xylographic — Of or pertaining to xylographs.
- zincography — the art or process of producing a printing surface on a zinc plate, especially of producing one in relief by etching away unprotected parts with acid.
- zygomorphic — having bilateral symmetry; divisible lengthwise into similar or symmetrical halves.