11-letter words containing p, s, y, c
- cryptoscopy — (dated) fluoroscopy.
- cyclosporin — a substance, synthesized by certain soil fungi, that suppresses the immune response by disabling helper T cells, used to minimize rejection of foreign tissue transplants.
- cymophanous — lustrous; brilliant
- cynophilist — a person with a love of dogs
- cyperaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Cyperaceae, a family of grasslike flowering plants with solid triangular stems, including the sedges, bulrush, cotton grass, and certain rushes. Some are grown as water plants or as ornamental grasses; and Cyperus papyrus is the papyrus plant
- cypherpunks — Plural form of cypherpunk.
- cystography — radiography of the urinary bladder using a contrast medium
- cystoplasty — (surgery) Repair to the urinary bladder.
- cystoscopes — Plural form of cystoscope.
- cystoscopic — Relating to, or using cystoscopy.
- cytophagous — the ingestion of cells by other cells.
- cytoplasmic — the cell substance between the cell membrane and the nucleus, containing the cytosol, organelles, cytoskeleton, and various particles.
- cytotropism — cytotropic tendency or behavior.
- despondency — Despondency is a strong feeling of unhappiness caused by difficulties which you feel you cannot overcome.
- discography — a selective or complete list of phonograph recordings, typically of one composer, performer, or conductor.
- discrepancy — the state or quality of being discrepant or in disagreement, as by displaying an unexpected or unacceptable difference; inconsistency: The discrepancy between the evidence and his account of what happened led to his arrest.
- dry compass — a compass having a compass card mounted on pivots.
- dyspathetic — characterized by dyspathy
- dyspeptical — (archaic) dyspeptic.
- epicycloids — Plural form of epicycloid.
- episcopally — By episcopal authority.
- expiscatory — acting to expiscate; tending to expiscate
- fancy pants — Slang. fancy or snobbish; foppish; dandified.
- fancy-pants — Slang. fancy or snobbish; foppish; dandified.
- floppy disc — (spelling) It's "floppy disk", not like "compact disc".
- fluoroscopy — the use of or examination by means of a fluoroscope.
- flyspecking — A technique for painting furniture with flicked drops of paint.
- gastroscopy — the examination with a gastroscope to detect disease.
- geophysical — the branch of geology that deals with the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including oceanography, seismology, volcanology, and geomagnetism.
- glycolipids — Plural form of glycolipid.
- gonycampsis — abnormal curvature of the knee.
- gypsy scale — either of two scales that often form the basis of Hungarian Gypsy music.
- gypsy winch — a small winch or crab.
- gyrocompass — a navigational compass containing a gyroscope rotor, that, when adjusted for the latitude and speed of the vessel or aircraft, indicates the direction of true north along the surface of the earth or communicates this information to one or more gyro repeaters.
- hepatocytes — Plural form of hepatocyte.
- hepatoscopy — medical examination of the liver.
- hydroponics — the cultivation of plants by placing the roots in liquid nutrient solutions rather than in soil; soilless growth of plants. Compare aeroculture, geoponics (def 2).
- hydroscopes — Plural form of hydroscope.
- hydroscopic — an optical device for viewing objects below the surface of water.
- hygroscopes — Plural form of hygroscope.
- hygroscopic — absorbing or attracting moisture from the air.
- hyperacusis — (medicine) A heightened sensitivity to some sounds.
- hypercasual — Extremely casual.
- hypermnesic — the condition of having an unusually vivid or precise memory.
- hyperplasic — Relating to hyperplasia.
- hyperscript — Informix. The object-based programming language for Wingz, used for creating charts, graphs, graphics, and customised data entry.
- hyperstatic — redundant (def 5b).
- hyperstrict — A function which is hyperstrict in some argument will fully evaluate that argument. To fully evaluate an object, evaluate it to WHNF and if it is a constructed data object (e.g. a list or tuple) then fully evaluate every component and so on recursively. Thus a hyperstrict function will fail to terminate if its argument or any component or sub-component of its argument fails to terminate (i.e. if its argument is not "total").
- hypnotistic — of or relating to a hypnotist
- hypoblastic — Of, or relating to the hypoblast.