11-letter words containing p
- antipopular — opposed to the people or to popular cause
- antipoverty — acting against poverty
- antiprotons — Plural form of antiproton.
- antipyresis — checking or preventing fever.
- antipyretic — preventing or alleviating fever
- antipyrotic — relieving the pain and stimulating the healing of burns.
- antiseptics — pertaining to or affecting antisepsis.
- antispastic — preventing or reducing spasms
- antispyware — Designed or intended to combat or eliminate spyware on a computer system.
- antistrophe — the second of two movements made by a chorus during the performance of a choral ode
- antityphoid — preventing or acting against typhoid
- antitypical — something that is foreshadowed by a type or symbol, as a New Testament event prefigured in the Old Testament.
- antiutopian — Opposing utopian values.
- aortography — an X-ray examination of the aorta
- apartmental — relating to an apartment
- apathetical — having or showing little or no emotion: apathetic behavior.
- apatosaurus — brontosaurus
- apertometer — an instrument for measuring the angular and numerical aperture of the objective lens of a microscope.
- apgar score — system for determining the condition of an infant at birth
- aphasiology — The study of linguistic problems resulting from brain damage.
- aphelandras — Plural form of aphelandra.
- aphetically — (linguistics) In an aphetic way: through aphesis.
- aphidicolin — A tetracyclic diterpene antibiotic with antiviral and antimitotical properties.
- aphlogistic — (archaic) flameless.
- aphrodisiac — An aphrodisiac is a food, drink, or drug which is said to make people want to have sex.
- apicodental — articulated with the apex of the tongue near the upper front teeth, as ( (θ) ; t h) ) and (; ð) ; th) )
- apicoectomy — a surgical procedure to remove the end of a tooth root in endodontic therapy.
- aplanospore — a nonmotile asexual spore produced by certain algae and fungi
- apocalypses — Plural form of apocalypse.
- apocalyptic — Apocalyptic means relating to the total destruction of something, especially of the world.
- apocopation — to shorten by apocope.
- apocynthion — the point at which a spacecraft in lunar orbit is farthest from the moon
- apodictical — (archaic) Apodictic; being clearly demonstrable; certain.
- apodization — (mathematics) Any of several techniques to modify the form of a mathematical function, or of a spectrum etc. by smoothing or removing irregularities.
- apodyterium — the changing room in an ancient Roman bathhouse
- apoferritin — a homogeneous protein, found especially in the intestinal mucosa and the liver, that interacts with a ferric hydroxide-ferric phosphate complex to form ferritin.
- apogamously — in an apogamous manner
- apoliticism — the quality of being apolitical
- apollinaire — Guillaume (ɡijom), real name Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrowitzki. 1880–1918, French poet, novelist, and dramatist, regarded as a precursor of surrealism; author of Alcoöls (1913) and Calligrammes (1918)
- apollinaris — an effervescent mineral water
- apollonicon — a large chamber organ with keyboards and barrels
- apologetics — the branch of theology concerned with the defence and rational justification of Christianity
- apologising — to offer an apology or excuse for some fault, insult, failure, or injury: He apologized for accusing her falsely.
- apologizing — Present participle of apologize.
- apomorphine — a white crystalline alkaloid, derived from morphine, that is used medicinally as an emetic, as an expectorant, and in Parkinson's disease. Formula: C17H17NO2
- aponeuroses — Plural form of aponeurosis.
- aponeurosis — a white fibrous sheet of tissue by which certain muscles are attached to bones
- aponeurotic — a whitish, fibrous membrane that connects a muscle to a bone or fascia.
- apophthegms — Plural form of apophthegm.
- apophyllite — a white, colourless, pink, or green mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate of calcium, potassium, and fluorine in tetragonal crystalline form. It occurs in cracks in volcanic rocks. Formula: KCa4(Si4O10)2(OH1F).8H2O