12-letter words containing a, p, o, y
- corporeality — the state or quality of being corporeal; bodily existence
- cotemporally — At the same time.
- counterparty — a person who is a party to a contract
- country park — an area of countryside, usually not less than 10 hectares, set aside for public recreation: often funded by a Countryside Commission grant
- craniography — examination of the skull as depicted by craniographs, photographs, and charts.
- cranioplasty — Surgical repair of a defect or deformity in the skull.
- criptography — (spelling) It's spelled "cryptography".
- crop sprayer — a device for spraying crops
- crown canopy — canopy (def 4).
- crymotherapy — cryotherapy.
- cryoplankton — minute organisms, esp algae, living in ice, snow, or icy water
- cryptococcal — of, relating to, or caused by the Cryptococcus neoformans fungus
- cryptogamian — of or relating to cryptogams
- cryptogamist — a botanist specializing in the study of cryptogams
- cryptogamous — Of or pertaining to the cryptogams.
- cryptography — the science or study of analysing and deciphering codes, ciphers, etc; cryptanalysis
- cryptomerias — Plural form of cryptomeria.
- cryptomnesia — the reappearance of a suppressed or forgotten memory which is mistaken for a new experience
- cryptomonads — Plural form of cryptomonad.
- cyclographic — of or relating to a cyclograph
- cycloheptane — (organic compound) An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C7H14; a volatile inflammable liquid.
- cyclopentane — a colourless insoluble cycloalkane found in petroleum and used mainly as a solvent. Formula: C5H10
- cyclopropane — a colourless flammable gaseous hydrocarbon, used in medicine as an anaesthetic; trimethylene. It is a cycloalkane with molecules containing rings of three carbon atoms. Formula: C3H6; boiling pt: –34°C
- cymbocephaly — scaphocephaly.
- dactyloscopy — the analysis of fingerprints for the purpose of identification
- daguerrotype — Misspelling of daguerreotype.
- dasyphyllous — (of leaves) hairy or woolly
- day hospital — part of a hospital that offers therapeutic services, where patients usually attend all day but go home or to a hospital ward at night
- delayed drop — a parachute descent with the opening of the parachute delayed, usually for a predetermined period
- demonography — a treatise on demons.
- depreciatory — tending to depreciate.
- dermatophyte — any parasitic fungus that affects the skin
- despotically — of, relating to, or of the nature of a despot or despotism; autocratic; tyrannical.
- despotocracy — the rule by a despot or despots; the power of despots
- deuteropathy — any abnormality that is secondary to another pathological condition.
- diaphanously — In a diaphanous manner or to a diaphanous extent.
- dictyopteran — any insect of the order Dictyoptera, which comprises the cockroaches and mantises
- dipyridamole — a yellow crystalline powder, C 24 H 40 N 8 O 4 , used prophylactically for angina pectoris and in combination with other drugs to reduce thrombus formation.
- disopyramide — a substance, C 21 H 29 N 3 O, used in its phosphate form in the symptomatic and prophylactic treatment of certain cardiac arrhythmias.
- dispensatory — a book in which the composition, preparation, and uses of medicinal substances are described; a nonofficial pharmacopoeia.
- do your part — contribute
- doggy paddle — a swimming stroke in which the swimmer lies on his or her front, paddles his or her hands in imitation of a swimming dog, and beats his or her legs up and down
- down payment — an initial amount paid at the time of purchase, in installment buying, time sales, etc.
- drapery shop — a shop selling fabrics and sewing materials
- dystopianism — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- economy pack — a large pack of goods that is cheaper than a normal-sized pack
- ectypography — a form of etching or engraving in which the design is produced in relief
- emancipatory — Of or pertaining to emancipation or to an emancipator.
- enantiopathy — the treatment of disease by opposites; allopathy
- enantiotropy — the possibility for stable polymorphs to exist in different states on either side of a transition-point temperature