11-letter words containing m, e, c, o, p
- onomatopeic — Alternative form of onomatopoeic.
- out-compete — 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.
- overcomplex — composed of many interconnected parts; compound; composite: a complex highway system.
- panicmonger — a person who spreads panic
- paracetamol — painkilling drug
- parcel bomb — explosive device in a package
- pct theorem — the proposition that all the laws of physics are unchanged by the combined operations of charge conjugation (C), space inversion (P), and time reversal (T).
- pedomorphic — a speeding up of the rate of development, resulting in an adult form that has the appearance of its larval or juvenile ancestor.
- penciliform — having a pencillike shape.
- performance — a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience.
- phlebectomy — the surgical excision of a vein or part of a vein
- phlebotomic — of or noting phlebotomy.
- phonematics — phonemics.
- phonemicize — to transcribe into phonemic symbols.
- phoneticism — a phonetic scheme of writing
- photometric — the measurement of the intensity of light or of relative illuminating power.
- phycomycete — any of various fungi that resemble algae, as downy mildew.
- phytochrome — a plant pigment that is associated with the absorption of light in the photoperiodic response and that may regulate various types of growth and development.
- piezometric — any of several instruments for measuring the pressure of a fluid or the compressibility of a substance when subjected to such a pressure.
- pitchometer — an instrument embodying a clinometer, for measuring the pitch of a ship's propeller
- pleochroism — the property of certain crystals of exhibiting different colors when viewed from different directions under transmitted light. Compare dichroism (def 1), trichroism.
- pleomorphic — of, relating to, or characterized by pleomorphism; polymorphous.
- plyometrics — a system of exercise in which the muscles are repeatedly stretched and suddenly contracted
- pneumectomy — pneumonectomy.
- police motu — a pidginized version of the Motu language, used as a lingua franca in Papua, originally chiefly by the police
- policewoman — a female member of a police force or body.
- policy term — The policy term is the lifetime of an insurance policy.
- policymaker — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- pomiculture — the growing or cultivation of fruit.
- postscenium — a wing on either side of the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theatre where props could be stored and actors could prepare; a parascenium
- pre-confirm — to make valid or binding by some formal or legal act; sanction; ratify: to confirm a treaty; to confirm her appointment to the Supreme Court.
- pre-homeric — of, relating to, or suggestive of Homer or his poetry.
- precomposed — to compose beforehand: to precompose a reply to a possible question.
- precomputer — designating the period prior to the introduction of computers; occurring or existing in this period
- preromantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- prime focus — the focal point of the objective lens or primary mirror of a telescope
- problematic — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- procerebrum — (in certain invertebrates) the front part of the central nervous system
- proctodaeum — proctodeum.
- procurement — the act of procuring, or obtaining or getting by effort, care, or the use of special means: The organ procurement procedure is very complicated.
- producement — production
- project mac — (project) A project suggested by J C R Licklider; its founding director was MIT Prof. Robert M Fano. MAC stood for Multiple Access Computers on the 5th floor of Tech Square, and Man and Computer on the 9th floor. The major efforts were Corbato's Multics development and Marvin Minsky's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. In 1963 Project MAC hosted a summer study, which brought many well-known computer scientists to Cambridge to use CTSS and to discuss the future of computing. Funding for Project MAC was provided by the Information Processing Techniques Office of the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the US Department of Defense. See also Early PL/I, MacLisp, MACSYMA, MDL, Multipop-68, OCAL.
- projectment — a design or projection
- promycelium — a short filament produced in the germination of a spore that bears small spores and then dies.
- prosenchyma — the tissue characteristic of the woody and bast portions of plants, consisting typically of long, narrow cells with pointed ends.
- psychometer — a device for measuring mental or psychological activity
- psychometry — Psychology. psychometrics.
- pylorectomy — the surgical removal of all or part of the pylorus, often including the adjacent portion of the stomach (partial gastrectomy)
- roman peace — the establishment and maintenance of peace by armed force.
- scopolamine — a colorless, syrupy, water-soluble alkaloid, C 1 7 H 2 1 NO 4 , obtained from certain plants of the nightshade family, used chiefly as a sedative and mydriatic and to alleviate the symptoms of motion sickness.