11-letter words containing c, y, p
- policymaker — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- policyowner — policyholder.
- politically — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
- polyactinal — possessing many rays
- polyalcohol — polyol.
- polycarpous — producing fruit many times, as a perennial plant.
- polycentric — having many centers, especially of power or importance: the polycentric world of banking.
- polychasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which each axis produces more than two lateral axes.
- polychotomy — the division of something into multiple parts
- 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
- polycrystal — an object composed of randomly oriented crystals, formed by rapid solidification
- polyculture — the raising at the same time and place of more than one species of plant or animal.
- polydactyly — the condition of being polydactyl.
- polygenetic — Biology. relating to or exhibiting polygenesis.
- polygraphic — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- polymorphic — polymorphism
- polynuclear — having many nuclei.
- polytechnic — of, relating to, or offering instruction in a variety of industrial arts, applied sciences, or technical subjects: a polytechnic institute.
- polytrophic — (of certain bacteria) deriving nourishment from many organic substances.
- polyvalence — Chemistry. having more than one valence.
- pond hockey — ice hockey played on a frozen pond
- 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).
- porphyritic — of, pertaining to, containing, or resembling porphyry, its texture, or its structure.
- post-cyclic — denoting rules that apply only after the transformations of a whole cycle
- postpyloric — the opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
- potty-chair — a small chair with an open seat over a removable pot, for use by a child during toilet training.
- potvaliancy — brave only as a result of being drunk.
- power cycle — (hardware) (Or "cycle power", "cycle") To turn a machine's power off and on, with the intention of clearing some kind of hung or gronked state. Synonym 120 reset; see also Big Red Switch. Compare Vulcan nerve pinch, bounce and boot, and see the AI Koan about Tom Knight and the novice.
- practically — in effect; virtually: It is practically useless to protest.
- preachingly — in a preaching manner, with preaching
- precedently — in a precedent or preceding fashion, beforehand
- predicatory — of or relating to preaching.
- predictably — able to be foretold or declared in advance: New technology allows predictable weather forecasting.
- predynastic — of, relating to, or belonging to a time or period before the first dynasty of a nation, especially the period in Egypt before c3200 b.c.
- prepollency — the quality of being prepollent
- presanctify — to sanctify ahead of an event
- presbycusia — impaired hearing due to old age.
- presbycusis — the gradual loss of acute hearing with advancing age
- presynaptic — being or occurring on the transmitting end of a discharge across a synapse.
- pretty much — mostly
- prickly ash — Also called Northern prickly ash, toothache tree. a citrus shrub or small tree, Zanthoxylum americanum, having aromatic leaves and usually prickly branches.
- principally — chiefly; mainly.
- privacy act — an act that protects a person against the unauthorized use of personal data by any government agency
- proactively — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- proactivity — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- proctoscopy — examination by means of a proctoscope.
- procuratory — Roman History. any of various imperial officials with fiscal or administrative powers.
- procyclical — cyclic.