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11-letter words containing p, a, l, e, o, c

  • planoconvex — pertaining to or noting a lens that is plane on one side and convex on the other.
  • plate block — a block of four or more stamps containing the number or numbers of the printing plate or plates in the margin of the sheet.
  • plecopteran — Also, plecopterous. belonging or pertaining to the insect order Plecoptera, comprising the stoneflies.
  • plectognath — belonging to the Plectognathi, a group or order of fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick, often spiny, scaleless skin, and including the filefish, globefish, puffer, and triggerfish.
  • 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.
  • policymaker — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
  • polynuclear — having many nuclei.
  • polyvalence — Chemistry. having more than one valence.
  • postal code — British. postcode.
  • power cable — cable for conducting electric power.
  • 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.
  • predoctoral — of or relating to study undertaken in preparation for a doctoral degree.
  • 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.
  • procerebral — relating to the procerebrum
  • processable — capable of being processed.
  • produceable — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
  • projectable — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
  • prophetical — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
  • protectable — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
  • protractile — capable of being protracted, lengthened, or protruded.
  • psychodelia — the production of, or the culture associated with, psychedelic experiences
  • pterodactyl — any of a number of genera of flying reptiles of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a highly reduced tail and teeth and a birdlike beak.
  • replication — a reply; answer.
  • reproachful — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
  • sceuophylax — a keeper of sacred vessels
  • scolopendra — a member of a genus of centipedes belonging to the Scolopendridae family
  • 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.
  • sea scallop — Also called giant scallop. a large scallop, Pecten magellanicus, of deep waters off the Atlantic coast of North America.
  • 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.
  • speculatory — a place suitable for observation
  • the capitol — the main building of the US Congress
  • touch plate — a pewter plate belonging to a guild of pewterers and bearing samples of the touchmarks of all pewterers belonging to the guild.
  • tropicalize — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
  • xenoplastic — involving distantly related individuals
  • zoocephalic — (of gods, mythological beings, etc) with the head of an animal
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