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11-letter words containing p, c, i, m, e

  • pitchometer — an instrument embodying a clinometer, for measuring the pitch of a ship's propeller
  • planimetric — the measurement of plane areas.
  • platycnemia — (in the shinbone) the state of being laterally flattened.
  • pleochroism — the property of certain crystals of exhibiting different colors when viewed from different directions under transmitted light. Compare dichroism (def 1), trichroism.
  • pleomorphic — of, relating to, or characterized by pleomorphism; polymorphous.
  • pleximetric — relating to a pleximeter
  • plyometrics — a system of exercise in which the muscles are repeatedly stretched and suddenly contracted
  • police motu — a pidginized version of the Motu language, used as a lingua franca in Papua, originally chiefly by the police
  • policewoman — a female member of a police force or body.
  • policy term — The policy term is the lifetime of an insurance policy.
  • policymaker — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
  • pomiculture — the growing or cultivation of fruit.
  • postscenium — a wing on either side of the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theatre where props could be stored and actors could prepare; a parascenium
  • 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-homeric — of, relating to, or suggestive of Homer or his poetry.
  • pre-islamic — existing prior to the ascendancy of Islam; pre-Muslim.
  • precambrian — noting or pertaining to the earliest era of earth history, ending 570 million years ago, during which the earth's crust formed and life first appeared in the seas.
  • predicament — an unpleasantly difficult, perplexing, or dangerous situation.
  • preeminence — the state or character of being preeminent.
  • premedicate — to administer preparatory medication to
  • premier cru — See under cru.
  • preromantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
  • price limit — the maximum that somebody is prepared to pay for something
  • prima facie — at first appearance; at first view, before investigation.
  • prime focus — the focal point of the objective lens or primary mirror of a telescope
  • problematic — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
  • promycelium — a short filament produced in the germination of a spore that bears small spores and then dies.
  • pump prices — petrol prices
  • 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.
  • seismic gap — the part of an active fault that has experienced little or no seismic activity for a long period, indicating the buildup of stresses that are useful in predicting earthquakes.
  • seismoscope — an instrument for recording the occurrence or time of an earthquake.
  • semiplastic — imperfectly plastic; in a state between rigidity and plasticity.
  • semispheric — shaped like half a sphere; hemispheric.
  • septicaemia — the invasion and persistence of pathogenic bacteria in the blood-stream.
  • simpliciter — simply
  • spermatoxic — (of a substance) toxic to spermatozoa.
  • spermicidal — that kills sperm
  • spermotoxic — (of a substance) toxic to spermatozoa.
  • supercilium — the fillet above the cyma of a cornice.
  • supremacist — a person who believes in or advocates the supremacy of a particular group, especially a racial group: a white supremacist.
  • sympathetic — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
  • telescopium — an inconspicuous constellation in the S hemisphere, close to Sagittarius and Ara
  • temple city — a town in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • tennis camp — a camp that people go to in order to play and be taught tennis
  • term policy — a policy whose period of coverage is in excess of one year, usually paying a reduced premium rate, as in fire insurance.
  • theomorphic — having the form or likeness of God or a deity.
  • uncompanied — unaccompanied
  • unempirical — derived from or guided by experience or experiment.
  • unimpeached — (of a desirable quality or status) not challenged or questioned
  • xenomorphic — in an unusual form; having a strange form.
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