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

  • punchinello — a grotesque or absurd chief character in a puppet show of Italian origin: the prototype of Punch.
  • replication — a reply; answer.
  • riot police — police armed against public disorder
  • 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.
  • scripholder — a person who owns a scrip or scrips
  • scripophile — a person who practices scripophily.
  • slit pocket — a pocket on the underside of a garment, reached through a vertical opening
  • soft pencil — a type of pencil that contains a thicker, oilier and darker form of graphite
  • specialogue — a mail-order catalogue aimed at a specific group of customers
  • speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • 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.
  • telescopist — someone who is adept with a telescope
  • telescopium — an inconspicuous constellation in the S hemisphere, close to Sagittarius and Ara
  • term policy — a policy whose period of coverage is in excess of one year, usually paying a reduced premium rate, as in fire insurance.
  • the capitol — the main building of the US Congress
  • tropicalize — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
  • turcopolier — during the Crusades, an officer in charge of a section of turcopoles
  • well-copied — an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original: a copy of a famous painting.
  • xenoplastic — involving distantly related individuals
  • zoocephalic — (of gods, mythological beings, etc) with the head of an animal
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