11-letter words that end in ic
- pleiotropic — the phenomenon of one gene being responsible for or affecting more than one phenotypic characteristic.
- pleomorphic — of, relating to, or characterized by pleomorphism; polymorphous.
- pleximetric — relating to a pleximeter
- pluralistic — Philosophy. a theory that there is more than one basic substance or principle. Compare dualism (def 2), monism (def 1a). a theory that reality consists of two or more independent elements.
- plutocratic — of, relating to, or characterized by a plutocracy or plutocrats.
- pneudraulic — of or relating to a mechanism involving both pneumatic and hydraulic action.
- poliorcetic — relating to the besieging of cities
- polycentric — having many centers, especially of power or importance: the polycentric world of banking.
- polychromic — having or exhibiting a variety of colors.
- polygenetic — Biology. relating to or exhibiting polygenesis.
- polygraphic — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- polymorphic — polymorphism
- polytechnic — of, relating to, or offering instruction in a variety of industrial arts, applied sciences, or technical subjects: a polytechnic institute.
- polytrophic — (of certain bacteria) deriving nourishment from many organic substances.
- porphyritic — of, pertaining to, containing, or resembling porphyry, its texture, or its structure.
- post-cyclic — denoting rules that apply only after the transformations of a whole cycle
- posticteric — pertaining to or affected with icterus; jaundiced.
- postpyloric — the opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
- postvocalic — immediately following a vowel.
- pre-homeric — of, relating to, or suggestive of Homer or his poetry.
- pre-islamic — existing prior to the ascendancy of Islam; pre-Muslim.
- prediabetic — a person suffering from prediabetes
- predynastic — of, relating to, or belonging to a time or period before the first dynasty of a nation, especially the period in Egypt before c3200 b.c.
- prehispanic — Spanish.
- prehistoric — of or relating to the time or a period prior to recorded history: The dinosaur is a prehistoric beast.
- preromantic — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- presynaptic — being or occurring on the transmitting end of a discharge across a synapse.
- problematic — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- procephalic — of or relating to the head.
- proctologic — the branch of medicine dealing with the rectum and anus.
- prokaryotic — any cellular organism that has no nuclear membrane, no organelles in the cytoplasm except ribosomes, and has its genetic material in the form of single continuous strands forming coils or loops, characteristic of all organisms in the kingdom Monera, as the bacteria and blue-green algae.
- proteolytic — the breaking down of proteins into simpler compounds, as in digestion.
- proterozoic — noting or pertaining to the latter half of the Precambrian Era, from about 2.5 billion to 570 million years ago, characterized by the appearance of bacteria and marine algae; Algonkian.
- prothoracic — relating to an insect's prothorax
- proto-doric — of or relating to architecture, as in certain Egyptian tombs, supposedly anticipating the Grecian Doric order.
- proto-ionic — of or relating to architecture supposedly anticipating the Grecian Ionic order.
- protolithic — noting or pertaining to stone implements selected according to suitability of the form to a particular purpose without definite shaping on the part of the user.
- protopathic — noting or pertaining to a general, nondiscriminating responsiveness to pain or temperature stimuli (opposed to epicritic).
- protophilic — having or involving an affinity for hydrogen ions (protons)
- protophytic — pertaining to the class Protophyta
- psilophytic — (of a plant) that grows well in the dry savannah
- psittacotic — of or relating to psittacosis
- psychedelic — of or noting a mental state characterized by a profound sense of intensified sensory perception, sometimes accompanied by severe perceptual distortion and hallucinations and by extreme feelings of either euphoria or despair.
- psychiatric — the practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders.
- psychogenic — having origin in the mind or in a mental condition or process: a psychogenic disorder.
- psychologic — of or relating to psychology.
- psychonomic — of or relating to psychonomics
- psychotoxic — toxic or harmful to the mind or personality.
- ptyalagogic — saliva-inducing
- pyroclastic — composed chiefly of fragments of volcanic origin, as agglomerate, tuff, and certain other rocks; volcaniclastic.