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11-letter words containing e, c, h, i

  • orthogenics — the treatment of mentally and emotionally disturbed children
  • orthometric — (crystallography) having axes at right angles.
  • orthopaedic — of or relating to orthopedics.
  • orthopedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
  • orthopnoeic — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
  • osteopathic — Of or pertaining to osteopathy or osteopathic medicine.
  • osteophytic — a small osseous excrescence or outgrowth on bone.
  • ostrich egg — the large egg produced by a fast-running flightless African bird, Struthio camelus, that is the largest living bird, with stout two-toed feet and dark feathers, except on the naked head, neck, and legs: order Struthioniformes
  • ostrichlike — a large, two-toed, swift-footed flightless bird, Struthio camelus, indigenous to Africa and Arabia, domesticated for its plumage: the largest of living birds.
  • outreaching — Present participle of outreach.
  • overachieve — to perform, especially academically, above the potential indicated by tests of one's mental ability or aptitude.
  • overarching — forming an arch above: great trees with overarching branches.
  • oxychloride — a compound having oxygen and chlorine atoms bonded to another element, as bismuth oxychloride, BiOCl.
  • pachydermia — an abnormal thickening of the skin
  • pachydermic — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
  • paleolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the cultures of the late Pliocene and the Pleistocene epochs, or early phase of the Stone Age, which appeared first in Africa and are marked by the steady development of stone tools and later antler and bone artifacts, engravings on bone and stone, sculpted figures, and paintings and engravings on the walls of caves and rock-shelters: usually divided into three periods (Lower Paleolithic, c2,000,000–c200,000 b.c., Middle Paleolithic, c150,000–c40,000 b.c., Upper Paleolithic, c40,000–c10,000 b.c.)
  • panathenaic — of or relating to a Panathenaea, a festival in honor of the goddess Athena.
  • panhellenic — of or relating to all Greeks or to Panhellenism.
  • 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.
  • pantothenic — denoting an acid which is a growth-promoting vitamin of vitamin B complex
  • paper birch — a North American birch, Betula papyrifera, having a tough bark and yielding a valuable wood: the state tree of New Hampshire.
  • paper chain — a decorative chain of loops of coloured paper
  • paranephric — located near the kidney
  • parenthetic — of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
  • paresthetic — an abnormal sensation, as prickling, itching, etc.
  • pasticheuse — a woman who makes or composes a pastiche.
  • peckishness — the state or condition of being peckish
  • pedomorphic — a speeding up of the rate of development, resulting in an adult form that has the appearance of its larval or juvenile ancestor.
  • pedophiliac — pedophile.
  • pelvic arch — (in vertebrates) a bony or cartilaginous arch supporting the hind limbs or analogous parts.
  • pentahydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) pentahydroxy.
  • perchloride — the chloride of any particular element or group with the maximum proportion of chlorine.
  • perichylous — (of a plant) having water-storing tissue outside the green tissue
  • perihepatic — surrounding the liver; located around the liver
  • perinephric — the capsule of connective tissue that envelops the kidney.
  • perithecial — of, pertaining to, or having a perithecium
  • perithecium — the fruiting body of ascomycetous fungi, typically a minute, more or less completely closed, globose or flask-shaped body enclosing the asci.
  • persichetti — Vincent, 1915–87, U.S. composer.
  • petrarchism — the poetic style introduced by Petrarch and characteristic of his work, marked by complex grammatical structure, elaborate conceits, and conventionalized diction.
  • petrarchist — a person who imitates the literary style employed by Petrarch, especially the poets of the English Renaissance who employed the Petrarchan sonnet style.
  • phagedaenic — relating to or having the characteristics of phagedaena
  • phagocytize — (of a phagocyte) to devour (material).
  • phanerozoic — the eon comprising the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras.
  • pheneticist — a person who makes classifications in the field of biology according to phenetic criteria
  • phenix city — a city in E Alabama, on the Chattahoochee River.
  • philoctetes — Classical Mythology. a noted archer and squire of Hercules. Bitten by a snake and abandoned on an island because of his festering wound, he was at length brought by the Greeks to Troy, where he recovered and later killed Paris.
  • phlebotomic — of or noting phlebotomy.
  • phonematics — phonemics.
  • phonemicize — to transcribe into phonemic symbols.
  • phonetastic — (communications)   A CTI product from Callware. Phonetastic employs if-then rules and customer records to tell those receiving calls who is calling (based on ANI and DNIS) and to determine how the call should be routed, e.g. to a certain sales representative or to the general sales department; receive high-priority treatment; receive a fax-back, etc.
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