11-letter words containing p, h, o, t, c, n
- open switch — (IBM, probably from railways) An unresolved question, issue, or problem.
- orthopnoeic — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- outpouching — (pathology) evagination.
- panchreston — a proposed explanation intended to address a complex problem by trying to account for all possible contingencies but typically proving to be too broadly conceived and therefore oversimplified to be of any practical use.
- pantothenic — denoting an acid which is a growth-promoting vitamin of vitamin B complex
- peach stone — the stone in the centre of the fruit the peach
- phonematics — phonemics.
- phonetastic — (communications) A CTI product from Callware. Phonetastic employs if-then rules and customer records to tell those receiving calls who is calling (based on ANI and DNIS) and to determine how the call should be routed, e.g. to a certain sales representative or to the general sales department; receive high-priority treatment; receive a fax-back, etc.
- phonetician — a specialist in phonetics or in some aspect of phonetics.
- phoneticism — a phonetic scheme of writing
- phoneticize — to represent (speech) in writing by means of a system in which individual symbols correspond regularly with speech sounds.
- phoniatrics — the study and treatment of voice disorders.
- phonotactic — of or relating to phonotactics: Phonotactic constraints in English prevent the occurrence of the consonant clusters (sr) and (dl) at the beginning of words.
- photic zone — the upper layer of a body of water delineated by the depth to which enough sunlight can penetrate to permit photosynthesis.
- photophonic — of, relating to, or having the properties of a photophone
- pinacotheca — a place where works of art are displayed or stored
- pinchbottle — a bottle with concave sides, as for containing liquor.
- pitchperson — a pitchman or pitchwoman
- 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.
- pocketphone — a mobile phone
- polytechnic — of, relating to, or offering instruction in a variety of industrial arts, applied sciences, or technical subjects: a polytechnic institute.
- port neches — a town in SE Texas.
- psyche knot — a woman's hairdo in which a knot or coil of hair projects from the back of the head.
- psychotogen — a substance that causes a psychotic reaction.
- pyrotechnic — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
- rockhampton — a city in E Queensland, in E Australia.
- scotch pine — a pine, Pinus sylvestris, of Eurasia, having a reddish trunk and twisted, bluish-green needles.
- scotch snap — a rhythmic pattern consisting of a short note followed by a long one
- scotophobin — a peptide isolated from the brains of rats conditioned to avoid darkness, alleged to induce a dark-avoidance response in untrained rats, mice, and other animals.
- sycophantic — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- tautophonic — having or repeating the same sound
- technophile — a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.
- technophobe — abnormal fear of or anxiety about the effects of advanced technology.
- technopolis — a society with a concentration of technology-based businesses or an emphasis on technology
- technospeak — any abstruse technical jargon
- tephromancy — the seeking of the future using ashes
- 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.
- unprophetic — not prophetic, not seeing future events correctly
- zoanthropic — relating to or displaying zoanthropy