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11-letter words containing p, r, o, c, t, a

  • diaphoretic — relating to or causing sweat
  • diastrophic — Also called tectonism. the action of the forces that cause the earth's crust to be deformed, producing continents, mountains, changes of level, etc.
  • dipterocarp — A tall forest tree from which are obtained resins and timber for the export trade, occurring mainly in Southeast Asia.
  • disceptator — a person who disputes or disagrees
  • doctorspeak — the language of physicians and other health professionals; specialized or technical jargon used by healthcare workers.
  • downpatrick — a market town in Northern Ireland: reputedly the burial place of Saint Patrick. Pop: 10 316 (2001)
  • duplicators — Plural form of duplicator.
  • electroplax — Each of a number of flattened plates of protoplasm that make up the electric organ of certain fishes, e.g., the electric eel.
  • emancipator — A person who emancipates.
  • exculpatory — Excusing or clearing of any wrongdoing.
  • expectorant — A medicine that promotes the secretion of sputum by the air passages, used especially to treat coughs.
  • expectorate — Cough or spit out phlegm from the throat or lungs.
  • expiscatory — acting to expiscate; tending to expiscate
  • explicatory — Explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.
  • footscraper — a metal bar, set in a small frame and attached to a doorstep, used in cleaning mud from the bottoms of the shoes before entering a house.
  • forcipation — the state or condition of being forcipated
  • fort casper — a fort in central Wyoming, near Casper: an important post on the Oregon Trail.
  • gastroscope — a lighted flexible tubular instrument passed through the mouth for examining the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum.
  • gastroscopy — the examination with a gastroscope to detect disease.
  • graptolitic — relating to, or containing, graptolites
  • haptotropic — relating to haptotropism
  • heterocarpy — the production of more than one kind of fruit in one plant.
  • hippocrates — ("Father of Medicine") c460–c377 b.c, Greek physician.
  • hippocratic — ("Father of Medicine") c460–c377 b.c, Greek physician.
  • hydropathic — Relating to hydropathy.
  • hypocentral — (geology) Of or pertaining to the hypocentre of an earthquake.
  • hypogastric — of, relating to, or situated in the hypogastrium.
  • hypothecary — of or relating to a hypothec.
  • implicatory — implicative.
  • importances — the quality or state of being important; consequence; significance.
  • importunacy — the quality or condition of being importunate; importunateness.
  • imprecation — the act of imprecating; cursing.
  • imprecatory — to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person.
  • incorporate — to form into a legal corporation.
  • inculpatory — to charge with fault; blame; accuse.
  • ineptocracy — (countable, pejorative) A government characterized by incompetent leaders.
  • intercupola — the space between an inner and an outer dome.
  • isospectral — (mathematics) Having the same spectrum.
  • justaucorps — a fitted, knee-length coat, characterized by wide turned-back cuffs and stiff flared skirts, worn especially by men in the 17th and 18th centuries.
  • karate chop — a sharp blow used in karate, usually delivered by a slanting stroke with the side of the hand.
  • karate-chop — a sharp blow used in karate, usually delivered by a slanting stroke with the side of the hand.
  • keratoscope — an instrument, as Placido's disk, for determining the symmetry of the curvature of the cornea.
  • keratoscopy — an instrument, as Placido's disk, for determining the symmetry of the curvature of the cornea.
  • kleptocracy — a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.
  • kleptocrats — Plural form of kleptocrat.
  • laparectomy — excision of strips of the abdominal wall and suturing of the wounds so as to correct laxity of the abdominal muscles.
  • leptocercal — having a long thin tail
  • lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
  • lycanthropy — a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
  • macrophytes — Plural form of macrophyte.
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