11-letter words containing i, c, o, n, p
- open ticket — a return ticket which does not specify a date for travel
- opening act — the first act at a concert, etc, esp before a main act
- optic nerve — either one of the second pair of cranial nerves, consisting of sensory fibers that conduct impulses from the retina to the brain.
- optokinetic — relating to a reflex whereby the eye follows a moving object
- orthopnoeic — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- outcropping — Geology. a cropping out, as of a stratum or vein at the surface of the earth. the exposed portion of such a stratum or vein.
- outpouching — (pathology) evagination.
- packing box — a box in which goods are packed for transport or storage.
- paedodontic — of or relating to paedodontics
- palindromic — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- panegyricon — a collection of sermons
- panicmonger — a person who spreads panic
- panromantic — noting or relating to a person who is romantically attracted to people of all sexual orientations and gender identities: The singer came out as queer and panromantic at age 17.
- pantisocrat — someone who believes, or takes part, in pantisocracy
- pantoscopic — showing a wide-angled view
- pantothenic — denoting an acid which is a growth-promoting vitamin of vitamin B complex
- pantropical — living or growing throughout the tropics.
- paronychial — of or relating to paronychia
- patroclinic — inherited from the father; more like the father than the mother
- pedodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with the care and treatment of children's teeth.
- pedogenetic — the process of soil formation.
- penciliform — having a pencillike shape.
- penological — the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
- pentazocine — a synthetic narcotic analgesic, C 1 9 H 2 7 NO, used chiefly for the relief of moderate to severe pain.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- photophonic — of, relating to, or having the properties of a photophone
- phycocyanin — a blue protein pigment, found in algae, involved in the process of photosynthesis.
- phycophaein — a brownish pigment which is found in seaweed
- piano music — printed music intended to be played on the piano
- piano piece — a piece of music played on the piano
- 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.
- pima cotton — a variety of fine cotton developed from Egyptian cotton, produced in the southwestern U.S., used chiefly in the manufacture of shirts, ties, etc.
- pina colada — a tall mixed drink of rum, cream of coconut, pineapple juice, and ice usually frappéed in a blender.
- pinacotheca — a place where works of art are displayed or stored
- pinchbottle — a bottle with concave sides, as for containing liquor.
- pink collar — of or relating to a type of employment traditionally held by women, especially relatively low-paying work: secretaries, phone operators, and other pink-collar workers.