11-letter words containing p, y, o, s
- impetuosity — the quality or condition of being impetuous.
- impetuously — of, relating to, or characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.; impulsive: an impetuous decision; an impetuous person.
- inspiratory — of or relating to inspiration or inhalation.
- keratoscopy — an instrument, as Placido's disk, for determining the symmetry of the curvature of the cornea.
- laparoscopy — examination of the abdominal cavity or performance of minor abdominal surgery using a laparoscope.
- lithophytes — Plural form of lithophyte.
- lithotripsy — the pulverization and removal of urinary calculi using a lithotripter.
- lychnoscope — lowside window.
- lycopodiums — Plural form of lycopodium.
- lymph nodes — any of the glandlike masses of tissue in the lymphatic vessels containing cells that become lymphocytes.
- lymphoblast — a large, metabolically active lymphocyte shortly before it enters into mitosis.
- lymphocytes — Plural form of lymphocyte.
- lymphokines — Plural form of lymphokine.
- lymphonodus — (anatomy) lymph node.
- lyophilised — (of tissue, blood, serum, or the like) to dry by freezing in a high vacuum.
- lyosorption — the adsorption of a liquid on a solid surface, esp of a solvent on suspended particles
- lyssophobia — a pathological fear of going insane.
- macrophytes — Plural form of macrophyte.
- mammoplasty — reconstruction or alteration in size or contour of the female breast.
- massey hope — (language, functional programming) A refinement of Hope+C by Nigel Perry <[email protected]> of Massey University, NZ, with improved syntax.
- master copy — an original copy, stencil, tape, etc, from which duplicates are made
- mastoplasty — (surgery) Plastic surgery of a breast to alter its shape or size.
- memory span — the capacity of short-term memory, usually between 5 and 10 items
- mentoplasty — plastic surgery to correct a functional or cosmetic deformity of the chin.
- mesophyllic — (botany) Of or pertaining to the mesophyll of a leaf.
- mesotherapy — a cosmetic procedure in which minute doses of medication, vitamins, etc, are injected repeatedly into the mesodermal tissue under the skin to promote fat loss
- metoposcopy — the prediction of a person's fortune, or the reading of a person's character, through the examination of the forehead or face
- microphylls — Plural form of microphyll.
- microphytes — Plural form of microphyte.
- misanthropy — hatred, dislike, or distrust of humankind.
- misemployed — Simple past tense and past participle of misemploy.
- monophysite — a person who maintains that Christ has one nature, partly divine and partly human.
- museography — The systematic description of objects in museums.
- mycophagist — a fungus-eating organism.
- mycophagous — feeding on fungi.
- mycoplasmal — Of or pertaining to mycoplasma.
- mycoplasmas — Plural form of mycoplasma.
- myographist — a person who has expert knowledge of muscles
- mythopoesis — Creation of myth.
- nanophysics — the physics of structures and artefacts with dimensions in the nanometre range or of phenomena occurring in nanoseconds
- nasopharynx — the part of the pharynx behind and above the soft palate, directly continuous with the nasal passages. Compare oropharynx (def 2).
- neuroplasty — Any surgery to repair nerve tissue.
- neutrosophy — (philosophy) (From Latin "neuter" - neutral, Greek "sophia" - skill/wisdom) A branch of philosophy, introduced by Florentin Smarandache in 1980, which studies the origin, nature, and scope of neutralities, as well as their interactions with different ideational spectra. Neutrosophy considers a proposition, theory, event, concept, or entity, "A" in relation to its opposite, "Anti-A" and that which is not A, "Non-A", and that which is neither "A" nor "Anti-A", denoted by "Neut-A". Neutrosophy is the basis of neutrosophic logic, neutrosophic probability, neutrosophic set, and neutrosophic statistics.
- nonphysical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- nosy parker — a prying person
- nympholepsy — an ecstasy supposed by the ancients to be inspired by nymphs.
- nympholepts — Plural form of nympholept.
- oneiroscopy — the interpretation or study of dreams
- open system — a region separated from its surroundings by a boundary that admits a transfer of matter or energy across it.
- osteography — The scientific description of bones; osteology.