11-letter words containing l, y, c
- octagonally — In an octagonal manner.
- octal forty — (jargon) Jargon for "I'm drawing a blank.", I can't work it out.
- officiously — objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome: an officious person.
- old country — the original home country of an immigrant or a person's ancestors, especially a European country.
- old hickory — Jackson1
- olfactology — the medical science which studies the sense of smell
- olfactorily — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
- oneirically — In an oneiric fashion.
- onycholysis — (medicine) The loosening or separation of a fingernail or toenail from its bed.
- oologically — From the perspective of scientific study of eggs or of a collector of eggs.
- open policy — a continuous policy covering goods of a class subject to changes in volume, usually requiring periodic reports of values.
- oracularity — Oracular speech or behaviour.
- oraculously — in an oraculous manner
- oral cavity — inside of the mouth
- orbicularly — In an orbicular fashion.
- orchidology — the branch of botany or horticulture dealing with orchids.
- organically — in an organic manner.
- oscillatory — characterized by or involving oscillation.
- osmotically — Physical Chemistry, Cell Biology. the tendency of a fluid, usually water, to pass through a semipermeable membrane into a solution where the solvent concentration is higher, thus equalizing the concentrations of materials on either side of the membrane. the diffusion of fluids through membranes or porous partitions. Compare endosmosis, exosmosis.
- oxychloride — a compound having oxygen and chlorine atoms bonded to another element, as bismuth oxychloride, BiOCl.
- pachydactyl — with thick digits
- pachydermal — having the characteristics of a pachyderm
- pacifically — peaceably, mildly, calmly, or quietly.
- packability — The quality or state of being packable.
- palaeotypic — characterized by palaeotype
- panegyrical — a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
- parenchymal — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- parfocality — the quality of being parfocal
- parochially — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
- paronychial — of or relating to paronychia
- patricianly — a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat.
- patsy cline — Patsy (Virginia Patterson Hensley) 1932–63, U.S. country singer.
- pay a claim — If an insurer pays a claim, it pays money to a policyholder because a loss or risk occurs against which they were insured.
- peace lobby — a lobby for peace or the end of conflict
- pectinately — in a pectinate manner
- peculiarity — a trait, manner, characteristic, or habit that is odd or unusual.
- pecuniarily — of or relating to money: pecuniary difficulties.
- pedal cycle — a cycle that is propelled by operating the pedals, as opposed to a motorcycle
- pellucidity — allowing the maximum passage of light, as glass; translucent.
- penny black — the first adhesive postage stamp, issued in Britain in 1840; an imperforate stamp bearing the profile of Queen Victoria on a dark background
- pentacyclic — having five rings of atoms
- pentadactyl — having five digits on each hand or foot.
- perceivably — capable of being perceived; perceptible.
- perceivedly — to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through the mist.
- perceptibly — capable of being perceived; recognizable; appreciable: a perceptible change in his behavior.
- perichylous — (of a plant) having water-storing tissue outside the green tissue
- phallically — in a phallic manner or in a manner that is suggestive of a phallus
- phlebectomy — the surgical excision of a vein or part of a vein
- phlyctenule — a small phlyctena
- phycologist — the branch of botany dealing with algae.