11-letter words containing e, n, c, r, o
- overbalance — to outweigh: The opportunity overbalances the disadvantages of leaving town.
- overcasting — Meteorology. the condition of the sky when more than 95 percent covered by clouds.
- overcaution — excessive caution
- overcoating — a coat worn over the ordinary indoor clothing, as in cold weather.
- overconcern — to relate to; be connected with; be of interest or importance to; affect: The water shortage concerns us all.
- overconsume — to destroy or expend by use; use up.
- overcontrol — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- overcooking — Present participle of overcook.
- overcurrent — a current of a magnitude that is greater than a limiting value, as the value at which a fuse melts.
- overcutting — excessive cutting
- overlocking — the act of oversewing a hem or fabric edge to prevent fraying
- 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.
- panegyricon — a collection of sermons
- panicmonger — a person who spreads panic
- peano curve — a curve that passes through every point of a two-dimensional region.
- pedantocrat — a pedantic ruler
- penciliform — having a pencillike shape.
- penteconter — (in ancient Greece) a commander of fifty men
- peppercorny — the berry of the pepper plant, Piper nigrum, dried and used as a condiment, in pickling, etc.
- perceptions — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
- percolation — the act or state of percolating or of being percolated.
- performance — a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience.
- perfunctory — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
- peritonitic — inflammation of the peritoneum, often accompanied by pain and tenderness in the abdomen, vomiting, constipation, and moderate fever.
- perlocution — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
- persecution — the act of persecuting.
- phanerozoic — the eon comprising the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras.
- pilocarpine — an oil or crystalline alkaloid, C 1 1 H 1 6 N 2 O 2 , obtained from jaborandi, and used chiefly to produce sweating, promote the flow of saliva, contract the pupil of the eye, and for glaucoma.
- pitchperson — a pitchman or pitchwoman
- plecopteran — Also, plecopterous. belonging or pertaining to the insect order Plecoptera, comprising the stoneflies.
- pococurante — a careless or indifferent person.
- policyowner — policyholder.
- polycentric — having many centers, especially of power or importance: the polycentric world of banking.
- polynuclear — having many nuclei.
- 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).
- pop concert — a concert of popular and light classical music played by a symphony orchestra.
- port neches — a town in SE Texas.
- postconcert — occurring after a concert
- pound-force — a foot-pound-second unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration equal to the acceleration of gravity when acting on a mass of one pound. Abbreviation: lbf.
- power chain — an endless chain for transmitting motion and power between sprockets on shafts with parallel axes.
- power lunch — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
- pre-confirm — to make valid or binding by some formal or legal act; sanction; ratify: to confirm a treaty; to confirm her appointment to the Supreme Court.
- pre-control — to hold in check; curb: to control a horse; to control one's emotions.
- pre-scoring — to record the sound of (a motion picture) before filming.
- preannounce — to make known publicly or officially; proclaim; give notice of: to announce a special sale.
- precisional — the state or quality of being precise.
- precognosce — to conduct a preliminary examination of (a witness, a claim) prior to a trial
- precolonial — of or relating to the time before a region or country became a colony.
- preconceive — to form a conception or opinion of beforehand, as before seeing evidence or as a result of previously held prejudice.
- preconquest — of or relating to the time before the conquest of one people, region, or country by another.