12-letter words containing i, c, o, n, p
- open circuit — a discontinuous circuit through which no current can flow.
- open verdict — law: coroner's jury finding
- opisthotonic — of or relating to opisthotonos
- optic center — a point about ten percent above the exact center of a printed page or layout.
- optogenetics — (genetics) A science that combines optics and genetics to probe neural circuits.
- organoleptic — perceived by a sense organ.
- organotropic — designating or of a substance or virus that travels predominantly to a specific organ
- ornithoscopy — divination from the observation of birds
- outcompeting — to strive to outdo another for acknowledgment, a prize, supremacy, profit, etc.; engage in a contest; vie: to compete in a race; to compete in business.
- outcroppings — Plural form of outcropping.
- outpouchings — Plural form of outpouching.
- overcropping — Agriculture. to crop (land) to excess; exhaust the fertility of by continuous cropping.
- p-n junction — a boundary between a p-type and n-type semiconductor that functions as a rectifier and is used in diodes and junction transistors
- pacification — to pacify.
- pack rolling — the hot rolling of metal sheets in two or more thicknesses to produce composite sheets.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- paedodontics — the branch of dentistry that focuses on the care of children's teeth
- pain control — methods for the relief and management of pain
- palification — the act of fortifying something with stakes
- pancake coil — a coil (of wire, etc) wound in a flat circular shape
- pancho-villa — Francisco [frahn-sees-kaw] /frɑnˈsis kɔ/ (Show IPA), (Doroteo Arango"Pancho Villa") 1877–1923, Mexican general and revolutionist.
- panchromatic — sensitive to all visible colors, as a photographic film.
- pancytopenia — an abnormally low level of all blood cells
- panic button — an alarm button for use in an emergency, as to summon help.
- panification — the making of bread
- pantechnicon — a furniture van; moving van.
- pantisocracy — a community, social group, etc, in which all have rule and everyone is equal
- papal nuncio — someone, such as an archbishop, who is a state's representative of or ambassador to the Pope
- parachronism — a chronological error in which a person, event, etc., is assigned a date later than the actual one.
- paralation c — Paralation embedded in C. Under development.
- paranoically — in a paranoiac manner
- paronomastic — the use of a word in different senses or the use of words similar in sound to achieve a specific effect, as humor or a dual meaning; punning.
- pas d'action — a dramatic, pantomimic dance sequence serving to advance the plot.
- pathogenetic — the production and development of disease.
- patroclinous — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- pauciloquent — using few words in speech or conversation
- peace-loving — If you describe someone as peace-loving, you mean that they try to avoid quarrelling or fighting with other people.
- pectoral fin — (in fishes) either of a pair of fins usually situated behind the head, one on each side, and corresponding to the forelimbs of higher vertebrates.
- pediculation — the act or process of growing a stalk or pedicle
- pelecaniform — of, or having the nature of, an order (Pelecaniformes) of swimming birds having all four toes connected in a webbed foot, including pelicans and cormorants
- pelican hook — a hooklike device for holding the link of a chain or the like, consisting of a long shackle with a hinged rod held closed with a sliding ring.
- pentacrinoid — a larval crinoid resembling members of the genus Pentacrinus
- perceptional — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
- percussional — of or relating to percussion
- perfectation — the action or process of becoming or causing to become perfect or complete
- pericynthion — the point at which a spacecraft launched from earth into a lunar orbit is nearest the moon
- periodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with the study and treatment of diseases of the periodontium.
- perionychium — the epidermis surrounding the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
- peristeronic — of, pertaining to, or resembling pigeons
- perniciously — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.