11-letter words containing p, a, l, c, i, o
- plagioclase — any of the feldspar minerals varying in composition from acidic albite, NaAlSi 3 O 8 , to basic anorthite, CaAl 2 Si 2 O 8 , found in most igneous rocks: shows twinning striations on good cleavage surfaces.
- plutocratic — of, relating to, or characterized by a plutocracy or plutocrats.
- polariscope — an instrument for measuring or exhibiting the polarization of light or for examining substances in polarized light, often to determine stress and strain in glass and other substances.
- policewoman — a female member of a police force or body.
- policy loan — a loan made by a life-insurance company to a policyholder with the cash value of the policy serving as security.
- policymaker — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- politically — of, relating to, or concerned with politics: political writers.
- polyactinal — possessing many rays
- polychasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which each axis produces more than two lateral axes.
- polygraphic — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- pontificals — of, relating to, or characteristic of a pontiff; papal.
- post-coital — sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- post-racial — characterized by the absence of racial discord, discrimination, or prejudice previously or historically present: post-racial politics; the post-racial era.
- postcranial — located posterior to the head.
- postcubital — Anatomy, Zoology. pertaining to, involving, or situated near the cubitus.
- postglacial — after a given glacial epoch, especially the Pleistocene.
- postvocalic — immediately following a vowel.
- potvaliancy — brave only as a result of being drunk.
- praecordial — of or pertaining to a part of the body near or in front of the heart; located near to or in front of the heart
- precisional — the state or quality of being precise.
- precolonial — of or relating to the time before a region or country became a colony.
- 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.
- problematic — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- procephalic — of or relating to the head.
- proclaimant — someone who proclaims
- procyclical — cyclic.
- prolificacy — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- prophetical — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
- prosaically — commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
- protractile — capable of being protracted, lengthened, or protruded.
- psychodelia — the production of, or the culture associated with, psychedelic experiences
- ptyalagogic — saliva-inducing
- publication — the act of publishing a book, periodical, map, piece of music, engraving, or the like.
- pyroclastic — composed chiefly of fragments of volcanic origin, as agglomerate, tuff, and certain other rocks; volcaniclastic.
- rapscallion — a rascal; rogue; scamp.
- replication — a reply; answer.
- rhapsodical — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
- scalpriform — chisel-shaped, as the incisors of certain rodents.
- schizopodal — pertaining to a split-foot or appendage
- scholarship — learning; knowledge acquired by study; the academic attainments of a scholar.
- 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.
- scopophilia — the obtaining of sexual pleasure by looking at nude bodies, erotic photographs, etc.
- scriptorial — of or relating to a scriptorium
- social wasp — any of several wasps, as the hornets or yellowjackets, that live together in a community.
- sophistical — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
- spasmolytic — of or noting spasmolysis.
- specialogue — a mail-order catalogue aimed at a specific group of customers
- speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- spiculation — formation into spicules.
- spinal cord — the cord of nerve tissue extending through the spinal canal of the spinal column.