11-letter words containing p, r, o, c, h
- mesonephric — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of vertebrates, becoming the functional kidney of fishes and amphibians and becoming part of the tubules or ductules in the reproductive systems of higher vertebrates.
- mesospheric — Of or pertaining to the mesosphere.
- mesotrophic — (of freshwater lakes) containing medium levels of nutrients
- metamorphic — pertaining to or characterized by change of form, or metamorphosis.
- metatrophic — requiring dead organic matter for food.
- microcephal — a person with microcephaly
- micrographs — Plural form of micrograph.
- micrography — the description or delineation of microscopic objects.
- microphages — Plural form of microphage.
- microphones — Plural form of microphone.
- microphonic — of, relating to, or in the nature of a microphone.
- microphylls — Plural form of microphyll.
- microphytes — Plural form of microphyte.
- microsphere — a very small medical particle, containing a diagnostic or therapeutic agent, that is injected into the blood
- mixotrophic — relating to a combination of heterotrophic and autotrophic sustenance
- monographic — a treatise on a particular subject, as a biographical study or study of the works of one artist.
- monomorphic — Biology. having only one form.
- morphogenic — the development of structural features of an organism or part.
- morphologic — Of or pertaining to morphology; morphological.
- mycotrophic — (of a plant) symbiotic with a fungus, esp a mycorrhizal fungus
- neanthropic — of or relating to modern forms of humans as compared with extinct species of the genus Homo.
- necrophagan — (zoology) Any of the tribe Necrophaga of beetles whose larvae feed on carrion.
- necrophagia — the eating of dead bodies; esp., the practice of feeding on carrion
- necrophilia — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- necrophilic — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- necrophobia — an abnormal fear of death; thanatophobia.
- nephrectomy — excision of a kidney.
- nephrogenic — (medicine, anatomy) that forms the tissues of the kidney.
- nephroscope — (surgery) An instrument used to examine the kidney through an inserted tube.
- nephrotoxic — Damaging or destructive to the kidneys.
- neuropathic — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- ocean perch — redfish (def 1).
- officership — a person who holds a position of rank or authority in the army, navy, air force, or any similar organization, especially one who holds a commission.
- orthopaedic — of or relating to orthopedics.
- orthopedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
- orthophyric — of or relating to a texture in which the groundmass is characterized by closely packed, short, quadrilateral crystals of feldspar larger than those in a trachytic groundmass.
- orthopnoeic — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- orthoscopic — pertaining to, characterized by, or produced by normal vision.
- orthotropic — Botany. noting, pertaining to, or exhibiting a mode of vertical growth.
- 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.
- paratrophic — obtaining nourishment from living organic matter; parasitic.
- parochially — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
- paronychial — of or relating to paronychia
- pathoformic — Pathology. pertaining to the beginning of a disease, especially to symptoms that occur in the preliminary stages of mental disease.
- pct theorem — the proposition that all the laws of physics are unchanged by the combined operations of charge conjugation (C), space inversion (P), and time reversal (T).
- pechora sea — the SE part of the Barents Sea, northwest of Russia
- pedomorphic — a speeding up of the rate of development, resulting in an adult form that has the appearance of its larval or juvenile ancestor.
- perchlorate — a salt or ester of perchloric acid, as potassium perchlorate, KClO 4 .
- perchloride — the chloride of any particular element or group with the maximum proportion of chlorine.
- perichylous — (of a plant) having water-storing tissue outside the green tissue