11-letter words containing p, a, c, i
- jack-up rig — an offshore drill rig or platform having a floating hull fitted with retractable legs that can be lowered to the seabed to elevate the hull above wave level.
- jackpudding — An amusing person who acts foolishly in order to entertain people.
- joe sixpack — Slang. the average or typical blue-collar man.
- kanchipuram — a city in SE India, in Tamil Nadu: a sacred Hindu town known as "the Benares of the South"; textile industries. Pop: 152 984 (2001)
- kiloparsecs — Plural form of kiloparsec.
- kirkpatrick — Jeane (Jordan) [jeen] /dʒin/ (Show IPA), 1926–2006, U.S. diplomat: ambassador to the U.N. 1981–85.
- kneecapping — (uncountable) The act of destroying the kneecaps of (a person), usually by shooting at the knees, as a punishment carried out by criminals or terrorists.
- kymographic — Of or pertaining to a kymograph.
- lace pillow — pillow (def 3).
- lagomorphic — Shaped like a hare.
- lake placid — a town in NE New York, in the Adirondack Mountains: resort.
- landscaping — a section or expanse of rural scenery, usually extensive, that can be seen from a single viewpoint.
- landscapist — an artist who paints landscapes.
- lap dancing — an erotic dance by a stripteaser performed mostly in the lap of a customer.
- lapidescent — in the process of changing into stone
- lasiocampid — (zoology) Any member of the Lasiocampidae.
- lead pencil — a writing or drawing implement made of graphite in a wooden or metal holder.
- leucoplakia — a disorder of a mucous membrane characterized by one or more white patches, occurring most commonly on the cheek, tongue, vulva, or penis: often medically insignificant but sometimes becoming malignant.
- leucoplasia — a disorder of a mucous membrane characterized by one or more white patches, occurring most commonly on the cheek, tongue, vulva, or penis: often medically insignificant but sometimes becoming malignant.
- leukoplakic — Relating to leukoplakia.
- lex scripta — written law; statute law.
- lexigraphic — Of or pertaining to lexigraphy.
- liberty cap — a soft, conical cap given to a freed slave in ancient Rome at manumission of his servitude, used as a symbol of liberty, especially since the 18th century.
- lipoic acid — sulphur-containing fatty acid
- liposarcoma — (medicine) Any malignant tumour that originates in adipose tissue.
- logographic — of, relating to, or using logograms.
- machi chips — in Indian English, fish and chips
- macrophagic — Of or pertaining to macrophages.
- macrophytic — Relating to macrophytes.
- macroscopic — visible to the naked eye. Compare microscopic (def 1).
- magic paper — An early interactive symbolic mathematics system.
- magic spell — incantation or curse
- major piece — a queen or rook.
- malacophily — pollination of plants by snails
- malpractice — Law. failure of a professional person, as a physician or lawyer, to render proper services through reprehensible ignorance or negligence or through criminal intent, especially when injury or loss follows.
- mancipation — (obsolete) slavery.
- mancipatory — relating to mancipation
- mantelpiece — a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- mantlepiece — mantel.
- manuscripts — Plural form of manuscript.
- masterpiece — a person's greatest piece of work, as in an art.
- match point — (in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) the point that if won would enable the scorer or the scorer's side to win the match.
- meatpacking — (US) The slaughter and further processing of animals for meat.
- mesopelagic — of, relating to, or living in the ocean at a depth of between 600 feet (180 meters) and 3000 feet (900 meters).
- metamorphic — pertaining to or characterized by change of form, or metamorphosis.
- metanephric — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of higher vertebrates, becoming the permanent and functional kidney.
- metaphysics — metaphysics.
- metaplasmic — Cell Biology. the nonliving matter or inclusions, as starch or pigments, within a cell.
- metaplastic — the transformation of one type of tissue into another.
- metapsychic — relating to metapsychics