11-letter words containing h, y, p, o, c
- polyalcohol — polyol.
- polychasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which each axis produces more than two lateral axes.
- polychotomy — the division of something into multiple parts
- polychroism — the ability of a crystal to absorb different wavelengths of light and thus to display multiple colours
- polychromic — having or exhibiting a variety of colors.
- polygraphic — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- polymorphic — polymorphism
- polytechnic — of, relating to, or offering instruction in a variety of industrial arts, applied sciences, or technical subjects: a polytechnic institute.
- polytrophic — (of certain bacteria) deriving nourishment from many organic substances.
- pond hockey — ice hockey played on a frozen pond
- 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).
- porphyritic — of, pertaining to, containing, or resembling porphyry, its texture, or its structure.
- potty-chair — a small chair with an open seat over a removable pot, for use by a child during toilet training.
- prosenchyma — the tissue characteristic of the woody and bast portions of plants, consisting typically of long, narrow cells with pointed ends.
- protophytic — pertaining to the class Protophyta
- psilophytic — (of a plant) that grows well in the dry savannah
- psychagogue — a necromancer
- psyche knot — a woman's hairdo in which a knot or coil of hair projects from the back of the head.
- psychoanal. — psychoanalysis
- psychobilly — loud frantic rockabilly music
- psychodelia — the production of, or the culture associated with, psychedelic experiences
- psychodrama — a method of group psychotherapy in which participants take roles in improvisational dramatizations of emotionally charged situations.
- psychogenic — having origin in the mind or in a mental condition or process: a psychogenic disorder.
- psychograph — Psychology. a graph indicating the relative strength of the personality traits of an individual.
- psychologic — of or relating to psychology.
- psychomancy — occult communication between souls or with spirits.
- psychometer — a device for measuring mental or psychological activity
- psychometry — Psychology. psychometrics.
- psychomotor — of or relating to a response involving both motor and psychological components.
- psychonomic — of or relating to psychonomics
- psychopathy — a mental disorder in which an individual manifests amoral and antisocial behavior, lack of ability to love or establish meaningful personal relationships, extreme egocentricity, failure to learn from experience, etc.
- psychophily — the pollination of flowers by butterflies
- psychotogen — a substance that causes a psychotic reaction.
- psychotoxic — toxic or harmful to the mind or personality.
- ptochocracy — government by the poor
- pyrotechnic — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
- saprophytic — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- scenography — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- sceuophylax — a keeper of sacred vessels
- schizophyte — any of the Schizophyta, a group of organisms comprising the schizomycetes and the schizophyceous algae, characterized by a simple structure and reproduction by simple fission or spores.
- sclerophyll — Also, sclerophyllous [skleer-uh-fil-uh s] /ˌsklɪər əˈfɪl əs/ (Show IPA). of, relating to, or exhibiting sclerophylly.
- scripophily — the collecting by hobbyists of old stock certificates and bonds that have no intrinsic value other than their aesthetic appeal or relative rarity.
- scyphistoma — a stage in the life cycle of a jellyfish or other scyphozoan when it is fixed in place and reproduces asexually to produce free-swimming medusas.
- sociography — the branch of sociology that uses statistical data to describe social phenomena.
- sycophantic — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- symposiarch — the president, director, or master of a symposium.
- tephromancy — the seeking of the future using ashes
- thyrotropic — capable of stimulating the thyroid gland.
- trichonymph — a flagellated protozoan of the genus Trichonympha that lives in the intestine of wood-eating termites, transforming the cellulose in the wood into soluble carbohydrates that can be utilized by the insect.
- trophically — of or relating to nutrition; concerned in nutritive processes.