11-letter words containing p, h, o, c, m
- phlebotomic — of or noting phlebotomy.
- phonematics — phonemics.
- phonemicize — to transcribe into phonemic symbols.
- phoneticism — a phonetic scheme of writing
- photochromy — a former technique of color photography.
- photometric — the measurement of the intensity of light or of relative illuminating power.
- photomosaic — mosaic (def 4).
- phycomycete — any of various fungi that resemble algae, as downy mildew.
- phytochrome — a plant pigment that is associated with the absorption of light in the photoperiodic response and that may regulate various types of growth and development.
- pitchometer — an instrument embodying a clinometer, for measuring the pitch of a ship's propeller
- 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.
- polychasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which each axis produces more than two lateral axes.
- polychotomy — the division of something into multiple parts
- polychroism — the ability of a crystal to absorb different wavelengths of light and thus to display multiple colours
- polychromic — having or exhibiting a variety of colors.
- polymorphic — polymorphism
- pre-homeric — of, relating to, or suggestive of Homer or his poetry.
- prochronism — a chronological error in which a person, event, etc., is assigned a date earlier than the actual one; prolepsis.
- prosenchyma — the tissue characteristic of the woody and bast portions of plants, consisting typically of long, narrow cells with pointed ends.
- psychodrama — a method of group psychotherapy in which participants take roles in improvisational dramatizations of emotionally charged situations.
- psychomancy — occult communication between souls or with spirits.
- psychometer — a device for measuring mental or psychological activity
- psychometry — Psychology. psychometrics.
- psychomotor — of or relating to a response involving both motor and psychological components.
- psychonomic — of or relating to psychonomics
- pulmobranch — a respiratory organ found in some invertebrates
- rockhampton — a city in E Queensland, in E Australia.
- roman punch — a lemon-water ice flavored with rum or other alcoholic beverage.
- scyphistoma — a stage in the life cycle of a jellyfish or other scyphozoan when it is fixed in place and reproduces asexually to produce free-swimming medusas.
- speech form — linguistic form.
- symposiarch — the president, director, or master of a symposium.
- tcp theorem — the proposition that all the laws of physics are unchanged by the combined operations of charge conjugation (C), space inversion (P), and time reversal (T).
- tephromancy — the seeking of the future using ashes
- theomorphic — having the form or likeness of God or a deity.
- thermoscope — a device that indicates a change in temperature, esp one that does not measure the actual temperature
- tomographic — relating to tomography
- trichonymph — a flagellated protozoan of the genus Trichonympha that lives in the intestine of wood-eating termites, transforming the cellulose in the wood into soluble carbohydrates that can be utilized by the insect.
- xenomorphic — in an unusual form; having a strange form.
- xeromorphic — of or relating to structural adaptations of xerophytes that help them store water and withstand drought.
- zygomorphic — having bilateral symmetry; divisible lengthwise into similar or symmetrical halves.