11-letter words containing p, l, e, n, c
- plane chart — a chart used in plane sailing, in which the lines of latitude and longitude are straight and parallel
- plane crash — an accident in which an aircraft hits land or water and is damaged or destroyed
- planimetric — the measurement of plane areas.
- planoconvex — pertaining to or noting a lens that is plane on one side and convex on the other.
- platycnemia — (in the shinbone) the state of being laterally flattened.
- play-centre — a regular meeting of small children arranged by their parents or a welfare agency to give them an opportunity of supervised creative play
- plecopteran — Also, plecopterous. belonging or pertaining to the insect order Plecoptera, comprising the stoneflies.
- 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.
- pleistocene — noting or pertaining to the epoch forming the earlier half of the Quaternary Period, beginning about two million years ago and ending 10,000 years ago, characterized by widespread glacial ice and the advent of modern humans.
- pneudraulic — of or relating to a mechanism involving both pneumatic and hydraulic action.
- policewoman — a female member of a police force or body.
- policyowner — policyholder.
- polycentric — having many centers, especially of power or importance: the polycentric world of banking.
- polygenetic — Biology. relating to or exhibiting polygenesis.
- polynuclear — having many nuclei.
- polytechnic — of, relating to, or offering instruction in a variety of industrial arts, applied sciences, or technical subjects: a polytechnic institute.
- polyvalence — Chemistry. having more than one valence.
- power lunch — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
- pre-control — to hold in check; curb: to control a horse; to control one's emotions.
- preachingly — in a preaching manner, with preaching
- precedently — in a precedent or preceding fashion, beforehand
- precisional — the state or quality of being precise.
- preclinical — of or relating to the period prior to the appearance of the symptoms.
- precolonial — of or relating to the time before a region or country became a colony.
- preelection — a choice or selection made beforehand.
- preluncheon — a light meal before lunch
- prepollence — prevalence; predominance
- prepollency — the quality of being prepollent
- prepunctual — arriving before the appointed time
- prosiliency — prominence
- punchinello — a grotesque or absurd chief character in a puppet show of Italian origin: the prototype of Punch.
- punctulated — bearing small spots or dots
- relandscape — to landscape again after a previous landscaping
- replacement — the act of replacing.
- replication — a reply; answer.
- scolopendra — a member of a genus of centipedes belonging to the Scolopendridae family
- 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.
- snail-paced — slow of pace or motion, like a snail; sluggish.
- soft pencil — a type of pencil that contains a thicker, oilier and darker form of graphite
- speculating — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
- spinachlike — resembling or characteristic of spinach
- splenectomy — excision or removal of the spleen.
- stanley cup — a trophy emblematic since 1926 of the championship of the National Hockey League, composed of Canadian and U.S. professional teams.
- technophile — a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.
- technopolis — a society with a concentration of technology-based businesses or an emphasis on technology
- telescoping — an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed. Compare radio telescope.
- ten's place — ten (def 6).
- thunderclap — a crash of thunder.
- tickle pink — to please greatly