11-letter words containing l, y, c
- postpyloric — the opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
- potvaliancy — brave only as a result of being drunk.
- power cycle — (hardware) (Or "cycle power", "cycle") To turn a machine's power off and on, with the intention of clearing some kind of hung or gronked state. Synonym 120 reset; see also Big Red Switch. Compare Vulcan nerve pinch, bounce and boot, and see the AI Koan about Tom Knight and the novice.
- practically — in effect; virtually: It is practically useless to protest.
- preachingly — in a preaching manner, with preaching
- precedently — in a precedent or preceding fashion, beforehand
- predictably — able to be foretold or declared in advance: New technology allows predictable weather forecasting.
- prepollency — the quality of being prepollent
- prickly ash — Also called Northern prickly ash, toothache tree. a citrus shrub or small tree, Zanthoxylum americanum, having aromatic leaves and usually prickly branches.
- principally — chiefly; mainly.
- proactively — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- procyclical — cyclic.
- prolificacy — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- prolificity — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- promycelium — a short filament produced in the germination of a spore that bears small spores and then dies.
- prosaically — commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
- prosiliency — prominence
- proteolytic — the breaking down of proteins into simpler compounds, as in digestion.
- protocolary — the customs and regulations dealing with diplomatic formality, precedence, and etiquette.
- psilophytic — (of a plant) that grows well in the dry savannah
- psychedelia — the realm or artifacts of psychedelic drugs, art, writings, or the like.
- psychedelic — of or noting a mental state characterized by a profound sense of intensified sensory perception, sometimes accompanied by severe perceptual distortion and hallucinations and by extreme feelings of either euphoria or despair.
- psychically — of or relating to the human soul or mind; mental (opposed to physical).
- psychoanal. — psychoanalysis
- psychobilly — loud frantic rockabilly music
- psychodelia — the production of, or the culture associated with, psychedelic experiences
- psychologic — of or relating to psychology.
- psychophily — the pollination of flowers by butterflies
- pterodactyl — any of a number of genera of flying reptiles of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a highly reduced tail and teeth and a birdlike beak.
- ptyalagogic — saliva-inducing
- pulp cavity — the entire space occupied by pulp, composed of the root canal and pulp chamber.
- punctuality — the quality or state of being punctual.
- pylorectomy — the surgical removal of all or part of the pylorus, often including the adjacent portion of the stomach (partial gastrectomy)
- pyramidical — pyramidal.
- pyroclastic — composed chiefly of fragments of volcanic origin, as agglomerate, tuff, and certain other rocks; volcaniclastic.
- quadricycle — a vehicle similar to the bicycle and tricycle but having four wheels.
- quiescently — being at rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless: a quiescent mind.
- quizzically — odd, queer, or comical.
- receptively — having the quality of receiving, taking in, or admitting.
- reclaimably — in a reclaimable manner
- reclusively — in a reclusive manner, as or like a recluse; reclusely
- recurrently — that recurs; occurring or appearing again, especially repeatedly or periodically.
- recurringly — occurring or appearing again.
- recursively — pertaining to or using a rule or procedure that can be applied repeatedly.
- recyclables — objects that are able to be processed and used again
- reductively — of or relating to reduction; serving to reduce or abridge: an urgent need for reductive measures.
- rejectingly — in a rejecting way or manner
- rejoicingly — in a rejoicing or exultant manner
- reluctantly — unwilling; disinclined: a reluctant candidate.
- reluctivity — the tendency of a magnetic circuit to conduct magnetic flux, equal to the reciprocal of the permeability of the circuit.