11-letter words containing e, c, t, y
- persnickety — overparticular; fussy.
- perspicuity — clearness or lucidity, as of a statement.
- pertinacity — the quality of being pertinacious; persistence.
- petty crime — minor offences
- phagocytize — (of a phagocyte) to devour (material).
- phagocytose — phagocytize.
- phenix city — a city in E Alabama, on the Chattahoochee River.
- phlebectomy — the surgical excision of a vein or part of a vein
- phlyctenule — a small phlyctena
- phycomycete — any of various fungi that resemble algae, as downy mildew.
- phylacteric — of or relating to phylacteries
- 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.
- picket duty — the activity of standing outside an establishment to make a protest, to dissuade or prevent employees or clients from entering, etc
- pinocytoses — (of a cell) to take within by means of pinocytosis.
- pirate copy — an illicitly reproduced copy of a DVD, video, book, game, etc
- platycnemia — (in the shinbone) the state of being laterally flattened.
- play-centre — a regular meeting of small children arranged by their parents or a welfare agency to give them an opportunity of supervised creative play
- plyometrics — a system of exercise in which the muscles are repeatedly stretched and suddenly contracted
- pneumectomy — pneumonectomy.
- poikilocyte — an abnormally shaped red blood cell
- policy term — The policy term is the lifetime of an insurance policy.
- polycentric — having many centers, especially of power or importance: the polycentric world of banking.
- polyculture — the raising at the same time and place of more than one species of plant or animal.
- polygenetic — Biology. relating to or exhibiting polygenesis.
- polytechnic — of, relating to, or offering instruction in a variety of industrial arts, applied sciences, or technical subjects: a polytechnic institute.
- 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.
- presanctify — to sanctify ahead of an event
- presynaptic — being or occurring on the transmitting end of a discharge across a synapse.
- pretty much — mostly
- 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.
- prosecutory — of, relating to, or concerned with prosecution.
- proteolytic — the breaking down of proteins into simpler compounds, as in digestion.
- psyche knot — a woman's hairdo in which a knot or coil of hair projects from the back of the head.
- psychometer — a device for measuring mental or psychological activity
- psychometry — Psychology. psychometrics.
- psychotogen — a substance that causes a psychotic reaction.
- pterodactyl — any of a number of genera of flying reptiles of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a highly reduced tail and teeth and a birdlike beak.
- pylorectomy — the surgical removal of all or part of the pylorus, often including the adjacent portion of the stomach (partial gastrectomy)
- pyrogenetic — heat-producing
- pyrokinetic — the ability to set objects or people on fire through the concentration of psychic power.
- pyrotechnic — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
- pyroxenitic — relating to pyroxenite
- quebec city — French Canadian capital
- quezon city — a city on W central Luzon Island, in the Philippines, NE of Manila: former national capital (1948–76).
- quiescently — being at rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless: a quiescent mind.
- reactionary — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
- receptively — having the quality of receiving, taking in, or admitting.