11-letter words containing h, p, c
- 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.
- 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
- 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).
- phagocytose — phagocytize.
- phallically — in a phallic manner or in a manner that is suggestive of a phallus
- phanerozoic — the eon comprising the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras.
- pharisaical — of or relating to the Pharisees.
- pharyngitic — relating to the medical condition of pharyngitis that is characterized by pain and swelling of the pharynx
- phase space — a hypothetical space constructed so as to have as many coordinates as are necessary to define the state of a given substance or system.
- 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.
- philomathic — relating to or enjoying the process of learning new facts and acquiring new knowledge
- philosophic — of or relating to philosophy: philosophical studies.
- phlebectomy — the surgical excision of a vein or part of a vein
- phlebotomic — of or noting phlebotomy.
- phlyctenule — a small phlyctena
- 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.
- phoniatrics — the study and treatment of voice disorders.
- phonotactic — of or relating to phonotactics: Phonotactic constraints in English prevent the occurrence of the consonant clusters (sr) and (dl) at the beginning of words.
- 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.
- photobiotic — living or thriving only in the presence of light.
- photochromy — a former technique of color photography.
- 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.
- photomosaic — mosaic (def 4).
- photophilic — of or relating to an organism, as a plant, that is receptive to, seeks, or thrives in light.
- photophobic — of or relating to an organism that avoids light.
- photophonic — of, relating to, or having the properties of a photophone
- photoreduce — to undergo or to cause to undergo photoreduction
- photostatic — a camera for making facsimile copies of documents, drawings, etc., in the form of paper negatives on which the positions of lines, objects, etc., in the originals are maintained.
- phototactic — movement of an organism toward or away from a source of light.