11-letter words containing o, r, c, i, n
- orchestrion — a mechanical musical instrument, resembling a barrel organ but more elaborate, for producing the effect of an orchestra.
- oregon city — a town in NW Oregon, on the Willamette River.
- organically — in an organic manner.
- orthodontic — Of, or relating to the dental speciality of orthodontics.
- orthogenics — the treatment of mentally and emotionally disturbed children
- orthopnoeic — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- ostracising — Present participle of ostracise.
- ostracizing — Simple past tense and past participle of ostracize.
- outcropping — Geology. a cropping out, as of a stratum or vein at the surface of the earth. the exposed portion of such a stratum or vein.
- outcrossing — Present participle of outcross.
- outreaching — Present participle of outreach.
- outsourcing — (of a company or organization) to purchase (goods) or subcontract (services) from an outside supplier or source.
- overarching — forming an arch above: great trees with overarching branches.
- overcasting — Meteorology. the condition of the sky when more than 95 percent covered by clouds.
- overcaution — excessive caution
- overcoating — a coat worn over the ordinary indoor clothing, as in cold weather.
- overcooking — Present participle of overcook.
- overcutting — excessive cutting
- overlocking — the act of oversewing a hem or fabric edge to prevent fraying
- palindromic — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- panegyricon — a collection of sermons
- panicmonger — a person who spreads panic
- panromantic — noting or relating to a person who is romantically attracted to people of all sexual orientations and gender identities: The singer came out as queer and panromantic at age 17.
- pantisocrat — someone who believes, or takes part, in pantisocracy
- pantropical — living or growing throughout the tropics.
- paronychial — of or relating to paronychia
- patroclinic — inherited from the father; more like the father than the mother
- penciliform — having a pencillike shape.
- perceptions — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
- percolation — the act or state of percolating or of being percolated.
- peritonitic — inflammation of the peritoneum, often accompanied by pain and tenderness in the abdomen, vomiting, constipation, and moderate fever.
- perlocution — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
- persecution — the act of persecuting.
- phanerozoic — the eon comprising the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras.
- phoniatrics — the study and treatment of voice disorders.
- pilocarpine — an oil or crystalline alkaloid, C 1 1 H 1 6 N 2 O 2 , obtained from jaborandi, and used chiefly to produce sweating, promote the flow of saliva, contract the pupil of the eye, and for glaucoma.
- pink collar — of or relating to a type of employment traditionally held by women, especially relatively low-paying work: secretaries, phone operators, and other pink-collar workers.
- pink-collar — of or relating to a type of employment traditionally held by women, especially relatively low-paying work: secretaries, phone operators, and other pink-collar workers.
- piping cord — Cord that is covered in fabric and used to decorate a seam
- pitchperson — a pitchman or pitchwoman
- policyowner — policyholder.
- polycentric — having many centers, especially of power or importance: the polycentric world of banking.
- pondicherry — a union territory of India, on the Coromandel Coast: formerly the chief settlement of French India; territory includes Mahé (on the Malabar Coast), Karikal, and Yanaon. 181 sq. mi. (469 sq. km).
- porto rican — former official name (until 1932) of Puerto Rico.
- postcranial — located posterior to the head.
- power chain — an endless chain for transmitting motion and power between sprockets on shafts with parallel axes.
- 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-scoring — to record the sound of (a motion picture) before filming.
- precisional — the state or quality of being precise.
- precolonial — of or relating to the time before a region or country became a colony.