11-letter words containing p, a, l, i, c
- predictably — able to be foretold or declared in advance: New technology allows predictable weather forecasting.
- prejudicial — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
- prickleback — any of several blennioid fishes of the family Stichaeidae, usually inhabiting cold waters, having spiny rays in the dorsal fin.
- prickly ash — Also called Northern prickly ash, toothache tree. a citrus shrub or small tree, Zanthoxylum americanum, having aromatic leaves and usually prickly branches.
- principally — chiefly; mainly.
- 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.
- psychedelia — the realm or artifacts of psychedelic drugs, art, writings, or the like.
- psychically — of or relating to the human soul or mind; mental (opposed to physical).
- psychodelia — the production of, or the culture associated with, psychedelic experiences
- ptyalagogic — saliva-inducing
- public gaze — If someone or something is in the public gaze, they are receiving a lot of attention from the general public.
- public sale — auction (def 1).
- publication — the act of publishing a book, periodical, map, piece of music, engraving, or the like.
- pulp cavity — the entire space occupied by pulp, composed of the root canal and pulp chamber.
- punctualist — a person who is concerned with points of conduct
- punctuality — the quality or state of being punctual.
- puritanical — very strict in moral or religious matters, often excessively so; rigidly austere.
- pyramidical — pyramidal.
- pyroclastic — composed chiefly of fragments of volcanic origin, as agglomerate, tuff, and certain other rocks; volcaniclastic.
- rapscallion — a rascal; rogue; scamp.
- recall slip — a printed piece of paper sent by library staff to a borrower's home address to remind them that a book is overdue
- reduplicate — to double; repeat.
- replication — a reply; answer.
- replicative — characterized by or capable of replication, especially of an experiment.
- res publica — the state, republic, or commonwealth
- rhapsodical — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
- sales pitch — promotional talk
- 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
- semiplastic — imperfectly plastic; in a state between rigidity and plasticity.
- skeptically — inclined to skepticism; having an attitude of doubt: a skeptical young woman who will question whatever you say.
- snail-paced — slow of pace or motion, like a snail; sluggish.
- social wasp — any of several wasps, as the hornets or yellowjackets, that live together in a community.
- sophistical — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
- spaceflight — the flying of manned or unmanned spacecraft into or in outer space.
- spasmolytic — of or noting spasmolysis.
- spastically — Pathology. pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by spasm, especially tonic spasm.
- special act — a legislative act that applies only to specific persons or to a specific area.