11-letter words containing e, c, h, i
- phonetician — a specialist in phonetics or in some aspect of phonetics.
- phoneticism — a phonetic scheme of writing
- phoneticize — to represent (speech) in writing by means of a system in which individual symbols correspond regularly with speech sounds.
- photic zone — the upper layer of a body of water delineated by the depth to which enough sunlight can penetrate to permit photosynthesis.
- photoactive — the activation or control of a chemical, chemical reaction, or organism by light, as the activation of chlorophyll by sunlight during photosynthesis.
- photocopier — any electrically operated machine using a photographic method, as the electrostatic process, for making instant copies of written, drawn, or printed material.
- photometric — the measurement of the intensity of light or of relative illuminating power.
- phrenetical — of or relating to phrenitis
- phycophaein — a brownish pigment which is found in seaweed
- phylacteric — of or relating to phylacteries
- physicalise — to express in physical terms; give form or shape to: The dancers physicalized the mood of the music.
- physicalize — to express in physical terms; give form or shape to: The dancers physicalized the mood of the music.
- pickelhaube — a spiked German helmet from the 19th and 20th centuries
- picture hat — a woman's hat having a very broad, flexible brim, often decorated with feathers, flowers, or the like.
- pinacotheca — a place where works of art are displayed or stored
- pinch pleat — a narrow pleat that is usually part of a series at the top of curtains.
- pinchbottle — a bottle with concave sides, as for containing liquor.
- pipe wrench — a tool having two toothed jaws, one fixed and the other free to grip pipes and other tubular objects when the tool is turned in one direction only.
- pitch plane — (in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane) a cylinder (pitch cylinder) or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
- pitch-faced — (of a stone) having all arrises in the same plane and the faces roughly dressed with a pick.
- pitchblende — a massive variety of uraninite, occurring in black pitchlike masses: a major ore of uranium and radium.
- pitchometer — an instrument embodying a clinometer, for measuring the pitch of a ship's propeller
- pitchperson — a pitchman or pitchwoman
- pleochroism — the property of certain crystals of exhibiting different colors when viewed from different directions under transmitted light. Compare dichroism (def 1), trichroism.
- pleomorphic — of, relating to, or characterized by pleomorphism; polymorphous.
- polytechnic — of, relating to, or offering instruction in a variety of industrial arts, applied sciences, or technical subjects: a polytechnic institute.
- 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).
- post chaise — a four-wheeled coach for rapid transportation of passengers and mail, used in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
- power chain — an endless chain for transmitting motion and power between sprockets on shafts with parallel axes.
- pre-ethical — not governed by ethics, or not having an ethical or moral aspect
- pre-homeric — of, relating to, or suggestive of Homer or his poetry.
- preachiness — the quality of being preachy; a preachy style, esp a tedious one
- preachingly — in a preaching manner, with preaching
- predispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- prefectship — the position of, or period served as, a prefect
- prehispanic — Spanish.
- prehistoric — of or relating to the time or a period prior to recorded history: The dinosaur is a prehistoric beast.
- price check — A price check is an investigation of the prices charged by different retailers for the same goods to find the best value.
- pro-chinese — the standard language of China, based on the speech of Beijing; Mandarin.
- pro-choicer — a person who supports the right of a woman to have an abortion
- procephalic — of or relating to the head.
- prochlorite — a dark green member of the chlorite group, usually foliated.
- prophetical — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
- prosthetics — an artificial body part; a prosthesis: Hundreds of amputees volunteered to test the new prosthetics.
- psychedelia — the realm or artifacts of psychedelic drugs, art, writings, or the like.
- psychedelic — of or noting a mental state characterized by a profound sense of intensified sensory perception, sometimes accompanied by severe perceptual distortion and hallucinations and by extreme feelings of either euphoria or despair.
- psychodelia — the production of, or the culture associated with, psychedelic experiences
- psychogenic — having origin in the mind or in a mental condition or process: a psychogenic disorder.
- puckishness — the state of being puckish
- pulchritude — physical beauty; comeliness.