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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.
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