11-letter words containing p, e, o, y
- cone pulley — (on a lathe) a pulley consisting of a conelike arrangement of graduated, concentric pulleys for driving the headstock at different speeds.
- cooper city — a town in SE Florida.
- coparcenary — a form of joint ownership of property, esp joint heirship
- copolyester — A polyester that has been modified by the addition of other chemicals.
- copolymeric — of or relating to a copolymer
- copy editor — A copy editor is a person whose job it is to check and correct articles in newspapers or magazines before they are printed.
- copy member — copybook
- copy module — copybook
- copy taster — a person who selects or approves text for publication, esp in a periodical
- copyediting — Alternative spelling of copy editing.
- copyeditors — Plural form of copyeditor.
- copyholders — Plural form of copyholder.
- copyreaders — Plural form of copyreader.
- copyrighted — Copyrighted material is protected by a copyright.
- copyrighter — One who obtains the copyright on a work.
- copywriters — Plural form of copywriter.
- copywronged — copybroke
- corporately — of, for, or belonging to a corporation or corporations: a corporate executive; She considers the new federal subsidy just corporate welfare.
- corporeally — of the nature of the physical body; bodily.
- corpulently — In a corpulent manner.
- cotemporary — contemporary
- counterplay — a positive or aggressive action by the defending side, esp in chess
- counterploy — an opposing or retaliatory ploy
- countertype — an opposite type
- cow parsley — a common Eurasian umbelliferous hedgerow plant, Anthriscus sylvestris, having umbrella-shaped clusters of white flowers
- cryotherapy — medical treatment in which all or part of the body is subjected to cold temperatures, as by means of ice packs
- cryptogenic — (esp of diseases) of unknown or obscure origin
- cryptomeria — a coniferous tree, Cryptomeria japonica, of China and Japan, with curved needle-like leaves and small round cones: family Taxodiaceae
- cryptometer — an instrument used to determine the opacity of pigments and paints
- cryptophyte — any perennial plant that bears its buds below the soil or water surface
- cryptozoite — a malarial parasite at the stage of development in its host before it enters the red blood cells
- cyberphobia — an irrational fear of computers
- cycadophyte — any plant belonging to the phylum Cycadophyta
- cyclopaedia — (archaic) The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowledge.
- cyclopentyl — (organic chemistry) The univalent radical derived from cyclopentane by the formal removal of a hydrogen atom.
- cycloplegia — paralysis of the muscles that adjust the shape of the lens of the eye, resulting in loss of ability to focus
- cycloplegic — paralysis of the intraocular muscles.
- cyperaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Cyperaceae, a family of grasslike flowering plants with solid triangular stems, including the sedges, bulrush, cotton grass, and certain rushes. Some are grown as water plants or as ornamental grasses; and Cyperus papyrus is the papyrus plant
- cyproterone — an antiandrogen drug that suppresses testosterone in the body
- cystoscopes — Plural form of cystoscope.
- dehypnotize — to bring out of the hypnotic state
- demob-happy — feeling elated in anticipation of demobilization from the armed forces
- dendroglyph — the art of carving in the bark of a living tree, esp as practised by the aboriginal peoples of New Zealand
- deploringly — In a deploring manner.
- deployments — Plural form of deployment.
- deprecatory — expressing disapproval; protesting
- depredatory — Tending or designed to depredate.
- dermography — a type of marking on the skin, whether in the form of writing or pictures, supposedly of psychic origin, similar to stigmata except for being more short-lived
- dermoplasty — skin grafting.
- despondency — Despondency is a strong feeling of unhappiness caused by difficulties which you feel you cannot overcome.