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11-letter words containing p, o, l, i, c, e

  • iconophiles — a connoisseur of icons or images.
  • in close-up — If you see something in close-up, you see it in great detail in a photograph or piece of film which has been taken very near to the subject.
  • in lockstep — When members of the armed forces march in lockstep, they march very close to each other.
  • in place of — instead of, replacing
  • incompleted — Incomplete, uncompleted.
  • incompletes — Plural form of incomplete.
  • incorporeal — not corporeal or material; insubstantial.
  • intercouple — two of the same sort considered together; pair.
  • intercupola — the space between an inner and an outer dome.
  • iproclozide — A hydrazine drug previously used as an antidepressant, known to cause fulminant hepatitis.
  • isocephalic — (of a composition) having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
  • isospectral — (mathematics) Having the same spectrum.
  • kiloparsecs — Plural form of kiloparsec.
  • kohl pencil — a thin cylindrical cosmetic instrument used to darken the area around the eyes
  • lace pillow — pillow (def 3).
  • leptokurtic — (of a frequency distribution) being more concentrated about the mean than the corresponding normal distribution.
  • leucoplakia — a disorder of a mucous membrane characterized by one or more white patches, occurring most commonly on the cheek, tongue, vulva, or penis: often medically insignificant but sometimes becoming malignant.
  • leucoplasia — a disorder of a mucous membrane characterized by one or more white patches, occurring most commonly on the cheek, tongue, vulva, or penis: often medically insignificant but sometimes becoming malignant.
  • leukoplakic — Relating to leukoplakia.
  • long splice — a splice for forming a united rope narrow enough to pass through a block, made by unlaying the ends of two ropes for a considerable distance, overlapping the strands so as to make pairs of one strand from each rope, unlaying one of each pair, twisting the other strand into its place in the united rope, and tucking the yarns of the unlaid strand separately into place.
  • loupcervier — the Canada lynx.
  • low-pitched — pitched in a low register or key: a low-pitched aria for the basso.
  • luteotropic — affecting the corpus luteum.
  • mesopelagic — of, relating to, or living in the ocean at a depth of between 600 feet (180 meters) and 3000 feet (900 meters).
  • mesophyllic — (botany) Of or pertaining to the mesophyll of a leaf.
  • microcephal — a person with microcephaly
  • monodelphic — having a sole set of reproductive organs
  • myelopathic — any disorder of the spinal cord or of bone marrow.
  • narcoleptic — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
  • necrophilia — an erotic attraction to corpses.
  • necrophilic — an erotic attraction to corpses.
  • necropoleis — Plural form of necropolis.
  • neoplatonic — a philosophical system, originated in the 3rd century a.d. by Plotinus, founded chiefly on Platonic doctrine and Eastern mysticism, with later influences from Christianity. It holds that all existence consists of emanations from the One with whom the soul may be reunited.
  • neotropical — belonging or pertaining to a geographical division comprising that part of the New World extending from the tropic of Cancer southward.
  • neuroleptic — (chiefly of a drug) tending to reduce nervous tension by depressing nerve functions.
  • nucleophile — of or relating to electron contribution in covalent bonding (opposed to electrophilic).
  • object lisp — (language)   An object-oriented Lisp developed by Lisp Machines Inc. (LMI) in about 1987. Object Lisp was based on nested closures and operator shadowing. Several competing object-orientated extensions to Lisp were around at the time, such as Flavors, in use by Symbolics; Common Objects, developed by Hewlett-Packard; and CommonLoops in use by Xerox. LMI submitted the specification as a candidate for an object-oriented standard for Common Lisp, but it was defeated in favour of CLOS.
  • octuplicate — a group, series, or set of eight identical copies (usually preceded by in).
  • open policy — a continuous policy covering goods of a class subject to changes in volume, usually requiring periodic reports of values.
  • ophicalcite — a type of marble containing serpentine and calcite
  • ophicleides — Plural form of ophicleide.
  • palaeotypic — characterized by palaeotype
  • paleoarctic — palearctic.
  • paleolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the cultures of the late Pliocene and the Pleistocene epochs, or early phase of the Stone Age, which appeared first in Africa and are marked by the steady development of stone tools and later antler and bone artifacts, engravings on bone and stone, sculpted figures, and paintings and engravings on the walls of caves and rock-shelters: usually divided into three periods (Lower Paleolithic, c2,000,000–c200,000 b.c., Middle Paleolithic, c150,000–c40,000 b.c., Upper Paleolithic, c40,000–c10,000 b.c.)
  • parfocalize — to make parfocal
  • pedagogical — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
  • pediculosis — the state of being infested with lice.
  • pedological — the scientific study of the nature and development of children.
  • pedophiliac — pedophile.
  • penciliform — having a pencillike shape.
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