12-letter words containing n, o, c, t, i
- pertinacious — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
- petrifaction — the act or process of petrifying; the state of being petrified.
- petrogenetic — relating to petrogenesis
- phenocrystic — relating to a phenocryst
- phenotypical — the observable constitution of an organism.
- phi-function — Euler's phi-function.
- phonesthemic — (of a speech sound) shared by a set of echoic or symbolic words, as the sn- of sneer, snarl, snatch, snide, snitch, snoop, etc.
- phonetic law — a statement of some regular pattern of sound change in a specific language, as Grimm's law or Verner's law.
- phonetically — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
- phonocamptic — possessing the property of reflecting sound or producing an echo
- phonotactics — the patterns in which the phonemes of a language may combine to form sequences.
- photoactinic — emitting radiation having the chemical effects of light and ultraviolet rays, as on a photographic film.
- photodynamic — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
- photoinduced — induced by light.
- photomachine — a machine that prints copies of digital photographs
- phycoxanthin — a yellow pigment found in brown seaweeds and types of algae
- phylogenetic — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- picturephone — a type of telephone where users can see each other as they talk, through the transmission of video images
- pigeon-chest — chicken breast.
- pinealectomy — a surgical operation to remove the pineal gland
- pinturicchio — real name Bernardino di Betto. ?1454–1513, Italian painter of the Umbrian school
- placentation — Anatomy, Zoology. the formation of a placenta. the manner of placement or construction of a placenta.
- placentiform — shaped like a placenta, with a flat rounded form
- plainclothes — Plainclothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
- plastocyanin — a blue protein found in green plants and in some bacteria
- platonically — of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or his doctrines: the Platonic philosophy of ideal forms.
- plenipotence — the possession of total authority
- plenipotency — the state of being plenipotent
- plinth block — a plinth interrupting a door or window architrave at the floor or ground level.
- pneumocystis — any protozoan of the genus Pneumocystis, esp P. carinii, which is a cause of pneumonia in people whose immune defences have been lowered by drugs or a disease
- pneumotropic — directed toward or having an affinity for lung tissue.
- pocket knife — A pocket knife is a small knife with several blades which fold into the handle so that you can carry it around with you safely.
- poeticalness — the characteristic of being poetical
- point charge — an electric charge considered to exist at a single point, and thus having neither area nor volume.
- point defect — an imperfection in a crystal's lattice structure, either a missing atom or ion creating a vacancy in the lattice or an extra atom or ion between two normal lattice points creating an interstitial.
- point source — a source of radiation sufficiently distant compared to its length and width that it can be considered as a point.
- point-device — completely; perfectly; exactly.
- pointed arch — an arch having a pointed apex.
- polycentrism — the doctrine that a plurality of independent centers of leadership, power, or ideology may exist within a single political system, especially Communism.
- polysynaptic — having or involving more than one synapse.
- pontificates — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
- pontificator — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
- porcelainite — Mineralogy. mullite.
- porcellanite — hard and dense rock resembling unglazed porcelain
- port captain — an official in charge of the harbor activities of a seaport.
- post captain — (formerly) a naval officer holding a commission as a captain, as distinct from an officer with the courtesy title of captain
- postaccident — occurring after an accident
- postcolonial — of or relating to the period following a state of colonialism.
- postelection — the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.
- posthypnotic — of or relating to the period after hypnosis.