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11-letter words containing p, r, o, c, n

  • noncomposer — a person who is not a composer
  • noncomputer — Not of or pertaining to computers.
  • noncoplanar — not existing in the same plane
  • nondescript — of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind: a nondescript novel; a nondescript color.
  • nonoperatic — not operatic
  • nonspecular — that reflects light diffusely and evenly over the hemisphere surrounding the reflective surface; diffuse
  • nontropical — not located in or originating from the tropics, not having the characteristics of the tropics
  • normocapnia — (medicine) The presence of the normal amount of carbon dioxide in arterial blood.
  • nuncupatory — Nuncupative; oral rather than written.
  • nyctitropic — tending to assume at or just before nightfall positions unlike those maintained during the day, as the leaves or flowers of certain plants.
  • ocean perch — redfish (def 1).
  • odd pricing — a strategy whereby retail prices are set at levels a little less than a round number, for example $19.99, £8.98, £99.95
  • oncoprotein — (genetics, oncology, protein) A protein that is coded for by an oncogene.
  • oneiroscopy — the interpretation or study of dreams
  • open secret — something supposedly secret but actually known quite generally.
  • open source — Computers. pertaining to or denoting software whose source code is available free of charge to the public to use, copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute.
  • open-source — Computers. pertaining to or denoting software whose source code is available free of charge to the public to use, copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute.
  • optic nerve — either one of the second pair of cranial nerves, consisting of sensory fibers that conduct impulses from the retina to the brain.
  • orthopnoeic — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
  • outcropping — Geology. a cropping out, as of a stratum or vein at the surface of the earth. the exposed portion of such a stratum or vein.
  • palindromic — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
  • 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.
  • panegyricon — a collection of sermons
  • panicmonger — a person who spreads panic
  • panromantic — noting or relating to a person who is romantically attracted to people of all sexual orientations and gender identities: The singer came out as queer and panromantic at age 17.
  • pantisocrat — someone who believes, or takes part, in pantisocracy
  • pantropical — living or growing throughout the tropics.
  • paramountcy — chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: a point of paramount significance.
  • paronychial — of or relating to paronychia
  • patroclinic — inherited from the father; more like the father than the mother
  • peano curve — a curve that passes through every point of a two-dimensional region.
  • pedantocrat — a pedantic ruler
  • penciliform — having a pencillike shape.
  • penteconter — (in ancient Greece) a commander of fifty men
  • peppercorny — the berry of the pepper plant, Piper nigrum, dried and used as a condiment, in pickling, etc.
  • perceptions — the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
  • percolation — the act or state of percolating or of being percolated.
  • performance — a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience.
  • perfunctory — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
  • peritonitic — inflammation of the peritoneum, often accompanied by pain and tenderness in the abdomen, vomiting, constipation, and moderate fever.
  • perlocution — (of a speech act) producing an effect upon the listener, as in persuading, frightening, amusing, or causing the listener to act.
  • persecution — the act of persecuting.
  • phanerozoic — the eon comprising the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras.
  • phoniatrics — the study and treatment of voice disorders.
  • pilocarpine — an oil or crystalline alkaloid, C 1 1 H 1 6 N 2 O 2 , obtained from jaborandi, and used chiefly to produce sweating, promote the flow of saliva, contract the pupil of the eye, and for glaucoma.
  • pink collar — of or relating to a type of employment traditionally held by women, especially relatively low-paying work: secretaries, phone operators, and other pink-collar workers.
  • pink-collar — of or relating to a type of employment traditionally held by women, especially relatively low-paying work: secretaries, phone operators, and other pink-collar workers.
  • piping cord — Cord that is covered in fabric and used to decorate a seam
  • pitchperson — a pitchman or pitchwoman
  • plantocracy — government by plantation owners.
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