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14-letter words containing p, o, l, i, c, y

  • leukocytopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
  • limited policy — a policy that covers only certain types of losses within an area of risks.
  • listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
  • livery company — a distinctive uniform, badge, or device formerly provided by someone of rank or title for his retainers, as in time of war.
  • medigap policy — A Medigap policy is a private extra health insurance plan in the U.S. that provides coverage for medical expenses that are not or only partially covered by Medicare.
  • megascopically — macroscopically
  • metaphorically — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
  • micropathology — the branch of pathology dealing with the microscopic study of changes that occur in tissues and cells during disease.
  • monophonically — In a monophonic manner.
  • monophysitical — Of or pertaining to monophysitism.
  • myrmecophilous — (biology) Adapted to thrive in the presence of ants.
  • non-complicity — the state of being an accomplice; partnership or involvement in wrongdoing: complicity in a crime.
  • nonphysiologic — of or relating to physiology.
  • nymphomaniacal — a woman who has abnormally excessive and uncontrollable sexual desire.
  • occupationally — of or relating to an occupation, trade, or calling: occupational guidance.
  • optimistically — disposed to take a favorable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
  • package policy — an insurance policy which incorporates cover for different types of risk, such as liability and property
  • pantomimically — in the manner of a pantomime character or performance
  • parabiotically — in a parabiotic manner
  • paradoxicality — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
  • party official — an official of a political party
  • party politics — politics based on strict adherence to the policies and principles of a political party regardless of the public interest; partisan loyalism.
  • pathologically — of or relating to pathology.
  • peritrichously — in a peritrichous manner; in a fashion characteristic of a peritrichous organism
  • perlocutionary — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
  • peroxy-radical — the bivalent group –O 2 –, derived from hydrogen peroxide.
  • pertinaciously — holding tenaciously to a purpose, course of action, or opinion; resolute.
  • petty official — a minor official in government, etc
  • phallic symbol — any object, as a cigar or skyscraper, that may broadly resemble or represent the penis, especially such an object that symbolizes power, as an automobile.
  • phase velocity — the velocity with which a simple harmonic wave is propagated, equal to the wavelength divided by the period of vibration.
  • phenologically — in a phenological manner
  • phenotypically — the observable constitution of an organism.
  • phenylcarbinol — benzyl alcohol.
  • phosphorolytic — of or relating to phosphorolysis
  • photocatalysis — the acceleration or retardation of the reaction rate in chemical reactions by light.
  • photocatalytic — the acceleration or retardation of the reaction rate in chemical reactions by light.
  • photolytically — in a photolytic manner, by photolytic means
  • phthalocyanine — Also called metal-free phthalocyanine. a blue-green pigment, C 3 2 H 1 8 N 8 , derived from phthalic anhydride.
  • phyllosilicate — any silicate mineral having the tetrahedral silicate groups linked in sheets, each group containing four oxygen atoms, three of which are shared with other groups so that the ratio of silicon atoms to oxygen atoms is two to five.
  • phytosociology — the branch of ecology dealing with the origin, composition, structure, and classification of plant communities.
  • picture layout — a picture spread. See under spread (def 33).
  • plastic memory — the tendency of certain plastics after being deformed to resume their original form when heated
  • platinocyanide — a salt of platinocyanic acid.
  • police academy — a school for training police officers
  • police custody — If somebody or something is in police custody, they are kept somewhere secure, under the supervision of police officers, for example in a police station.
  • policy adviser — a person who provides ideas or plans that are used by an organization or government as a basis for making decisions
  • policy science — a branch of the social sciences concerned with the formulation and implementation of policy in bureaucracies, etc
  • policy wording — Policy wording is the terms and conditions and definitions of insurance coverage as they are written down in the insurance policy.
  • polite society — sophisticated company
  • polyacrylamide — a white, solid, water-soluble polymer of acrylamide, used in secondary oil recovery, as a thickening agent, a flocculant, and an absorbent, and to separate macromolecules of different molecular weights.
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