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11-letter words containing e, c, h, o, p

  • 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.
  • 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.)
  • panchreston — a proposed explanation intended to address a complex problem by trying to account for all possible contingencies but typically proving to be too broadly conceived and therefore oversimplified to be of any practical use.
  • pantothenic — denoting an acid which is a growth-promoting vitamin of vitamin B complex
  • pate a chou — French Cookery. cream puff paste.
  • pct theorem — the proposition that all the laws of physics are unchanged by the combined operations of charge conjugation (C), space inversion (P), and time reversal (T).
  • peach stone — the stone in the centre of the fruit the peach
  • pechora sea — the SE part of the Barents Sea, northwest of Russia
  • 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.
  • perchlorate — a salt or ester of perchloric acid, as potassium perchlorate, KClO 4 .
  • 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
  • phagocytize — (of a phagocyte) to devour (material).
  • phagocytose — phagocytize.
  • phanerozoic — the eon comprising the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras.
  • 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.
  • phlebectomy — the surgical excision of a vein or part of a vein
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • photoreduce — to undergo or to cause to undergo photoreduction
  • phycomycete — any of various fungi that resemble algae, as downy mildew.
  • phycophaein — a brownish pigment which is found in seaweed
  • phylloclade — a flattened stem or branch having the function of a leaf.
  • phytochrome — a plant pigment that is associated with the absorption of light in the photoperiodic response and that may regulate various types of growth and development.
  • pinacotheca — a place where works of art are displayed or stored
  • pinchbottle — a bottle with concave sides, as for containing liquor.
  • pitchometer — an instrument embodying a clinometer, for measuring the pitch of a ship's propeller
  • pitchperson — a pitchman or pitchwoman
  • placeholder — Mathematics, Logic. a symbol in an expression that may be replaced by the name of any element of the set.
  • plectognath — belonging to the Plectognathi, a group or order of fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick, often spiny, scaleless skin, and including the filefish, globefish, puffer, and triggerfish.
  • 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.
  • poached egg — A poached egg is an egg cooked gently in boiling water, without its shell.
  • pocketphone — a mobile phone
  • polytechnic — of, relating to, or offering instruction in a variety of industrial arts, applied sciences, or technical subjects: a polytechnic institute.
  • pond hockey — ice hockey played on a frozen pond
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