11-letter words containing i, n, c, h, p
- hypocretins — Plural form of hypocretin.
- hypocrinism — an abnormal condition caused by insufficient secretion from a gland, especially an endocrine gland.
- hypodynamic — diminished strength; adynamia.
- hypokinetic — abnormally diminished muscular function or mobility.
- hyponychium — (anatomy) The thickened epithelium beneath a nail or claw.
- ichnography — the art of drawing a ground plan or layout of a building.
- iconography — symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images.
- iconophiles — a connoisseur of icons or images.
- impeachment — the impeaching of a public official before an appropriate tribunal.
- infographic — Often, infographics. a visual presentation of information in the form of a chart, graph, or other image accompanied by minimal text, intended to give an easily understood overview, often of a complex subject: a mass-transit infographic that uses different colors to represent different modes of transportation.
- ionospheric — Of or pertaining to the ionosphere.
- ipecacuanha — the dried root of a shrubby South American plant, Cephaelis ipecacuanha, of the madder family.
- isenthalpic — pertaining to or characterized by constant enthalpy.
- kanchipuram — a city in SE India, in Tamil Nadu: a sacred Hindu town known as "the Benares of the South"; textile industries. Pop: 152 984 (2001)
- kohl pencil — a thin cylindrical cosmetic instrument used to darken the area around the eyes
- match point — (in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) the point that if won would enable the scorer or the scorer's side to win the match.
- mesonephric — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of vertebrates, becoming the functional kidney of fishes and amphibians and becoming part of the tubules or ductules in the reproductive systems of higher vertebrates.
- metanephric — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of higher vertebrates, becoming the permanent and functional kidney.
- microphones — Plural form of microphone.
- microphonic — of, relating to, or in the nature of a microphone.
- monodelphic — having a sole set of reproductive organs
- monographic — a treatise on a particular subject, as a biographical study or study of the works of one artist.
- monomorphic — Biology. having only one form.
- morphogenic — the development of structural features of an organism or part.
- munich pact — the pact signed by Great Britain, France, Italy, and Germany on September 29, 1938, by which the Sudetenland was ceded to Germany: often cited as an instance of unwise and unprincipled appeasement of an aggressive nation.
- nanophysics — the physics of structures and artefacts with dimensions in the nanometre range or of phenomena occurring in nanoseconds
- neanthropic — of or relating to modern forms of humans as compared with extinct species of the genus Homo.
- necrophagia — the eating of dead bodies; esp., the practice of feeding on carrion
- necrophilia — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- necrophilic — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- necrophobia — an abnormal fear of death; thanatophobia.
- nephritical — Alternative form of nephritic.
- nephrogenic — (medicine, anatomy) that forms the tissues of the kidney.
- nephrotoxic — Damaging or destructive to the kidneys.
- neuropathic — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- nightscopes — Plural form of nightscope.
- noctiphobia — Fear of night; nyctophobia.
- nonemphatic — lacking emphasis, not emphatic
- nonphonemic — not phonemic
- nonphonetic — not phonetic
- nonphysical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- nucleophile — of or relating to electron contribution in covalent bonding (opposed to electrophilic).
- nyctophobia — an abnormal fear of night or darkness.
- open switch — (IBM, probably from railways) An unresolved question, issue, or problem.
- orthopnoeic — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- outpouching — (pathology) evagination.
- panathenaic — of or relating to a Panathenaea, a festival in honor of the goddess Athena.
- pancha sila — a standard recitation of Hinayanists, including repetitions of formulas and of vows to abstain from anger, lust, cowardice, malevolence, and to abstain from the desire for possessions and unwholesome pleasures.
- panhellenic — of or relating to all Greeks or to Panhellenism.
- panpsychism — a theory that all matter has some form of consciousness.