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14-letter words containing c, y, p, s

  • nonsymptomatic — pertaining to a symptom or symptoms.
  • oesophagectomy — (surgery) the surgical procedure for the removal of all, or part of the oesophagus.
  • ophthalmoscopy — the use of or technique of using an ophthalmoscope.
  • optimistically — disposed to take a favorable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
  • pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
  • pacific oyster — Japanese oyster.
  • pacifistically — from a pacifistic point of view
  • paradisiacally — in a paradisiacal way
  • parapsychology — the branch of psychology that deals with the investigation of purportedly psychic phenomena, as clairvoyance, extrasensory perception, telepathy, and the like.
  • parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
  • party politics — politics based on strict adherence to the policies and principles of a political party regardless of the public interest; partisan loyalism.
  • peck's bad boy — the mischievous boy in a series of newspaper stories and collected volumes by the American newspaperman and humorist George Wilbur Peck (1840–1916).
  • penalty clause — part of contract specifying a forfeit
  • pentadactylism — the state of having five digits on each limb
  • percutaneously — through the skin
  • peritoneoscopy — an endoscopy examining the peritoneal cavity
  • peritrichously — in a peritrichous manner; in a fashion characteristic of a peritrichous organism
  • pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
  • petrochemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with petroleum or its products.
  • petrophysicist — a person who studies, or is an expert in, petrophysics
  • phallic symbol — any object, as a cigar or skyscraper, that may broadly resemble or represent the penis, especially such an object that symbolizes power, as an automobile.
  • phase velocity — the velocity with which a simple harmonic wave is propagated, equal to the wavelength divided by the period of vibration.
  • phonochemistry — the branch of chemistry concerned with the chemical effects of sound and ultrasonic waves
  • phosphorolytic — of or relating to phosphorolysis
  • photocatalysis — the acceleration or retardation of the reaction rate in chemical reactions by light.
  • photochemistry — the branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of light.
  • photosynthetic — the complex process by which carbon dioxide, water, and certain inorganic salts are converted into carbohydrates by green plants, algae, and certain bacteria, using energy from the sun and chlorophyll.
  • phyllosilicate — any silicate mineral having the tetrahedral silicate groups linked in sheets, each group containing four oxygen atoms, three of which are shared with other groups so that the ratio of silicon atoms to oxygen atoms is two to five.
  • physical layer — (networking)   Layer one, the lowest layer in the OSI seven layer model. The physical layer encompasses details such as electrical and mechanical connections to the network, transmission of binary data as changing voltage levels on wires or similar concepts on other connectors, and data rates. The physical layer is used by the data link layer. Example physical layer protocols are CSMA/CD, token ring and bus.
  • phytochemistry — the branch of biochemistry dealing with plants and plant processes.
  • phytosociology — the branch of ecology dealing with the origin, composition, structure, and classification of plant communities.
  • pick one's way — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
  • piezochemistry — the study of chemical reactions at high pressures
  • plastic memory — the tendency of certain plastics after being deformed to resume their original form when heated
  • platycephalous — flat-headed
  • play one's ace — to use one's best weapon or resource
  • plumbosolvency — the ability to dissolve lead
  • pneumodynamics — Physics. pneumatics.
  • police custody — If somebody or something is in police custody, they are kept somewhere secure, under the supervision of police officers, for example in a police station.
  • policy adviser — a person who provides ideas or plans that are used by an organization or government as a basis for making decisions
  • policy science — a branch of the social sciences concerned with the formulation and implementation of policy in bureaucracies, etc
  • polite society — sophisticated company
  • polyphosphoric — as in polyphosphoric acid, any oxyacid of pentavalent phosphorus
  • polysaccharide — a carbohydrate, as starch, inulin, or cellulose, containing more than three monosaccharide units per molecule, the units being attached to each other in the manner of acetals, and therefore capable of hydrolysis by acids or enzymes to monosaccharides.
  • pop psychology — beliefs about psychology, and about ways of applying psychology which are not based on science
  • pop-psychology — psychological or pseudopsychological counseling, interpretations, concepts, terminology, etc., often simplistic or superficial, popularized by certain personalities, magazine articles, television shows, advice columns, or the like, that influence the general public.
  • post-pregnancy — the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant.
  • postcopulatory — of or relating to the period of time following copulation
  • postmastectomy — of or relating to the period after a mastectomy
  • pre-psychology — the science of the mind or of mental states and processes.
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