11-letter words containing a, p, r, e, t, y
- hyetography — the study of the annual and geographical distribution of rainfall.
- hymenoptera — hymenopteran.
- hyperactive — unusually or abnormally active: a company's hyperactive growth; the child's hyperactive imagination.
- hyperacuity — an extreme acuteness (of the senses)
- hyperdactyl — having an excessive number of fingers or toes
- hypergelast — Someone who laughs excessively.
- hypermarket — a combined supermarket and department store.
- hyperstatic — redundant (def 5b).
- hyperthymia — a condition characterized by extreme overactivity.
- hypervalent — (chemistry) having a higher than normal valence.
- hypocentral — (geology) Of or pertaining to the hypocentre of an earthquake.
- hypothecary — of or relating to a hypothec.
- hypothermal — lukewarm; tepid.
- hypothermia — Pathology. subnormal body temperature.
- hythergraph — a climatic graph showing relationships between temperature and humidity or temperature and precipitation.
- imperiality — the state of being imperial
- impetratory — to obtain by entreaty.
- imprecatory — to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person.
- ineptocracy — (countable, pejorative) A government characterized by incompetent leaders.
- inter-party — a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.: a cocktail party.
- keratophyre — a fine-grained soda trachyte
- keratoscopy — an instrument, as Placido's disk, for determining the symmetry of the curvature of the cornea.
- kleptocracy — a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.
- laparectomy — excision of strips of the abdominal wall and suturing of the wounds so as to correct laxity of the abdominal muscles.
- liberty cap — a soft, conical cap given to a freed slave in ancient Rome at manumission of his servitude, used as a symbol of liberty, especially since the 18th century.
- linear type — 1. (theory, programming) An attribute of values which are used exactly once: they are neither duplicated nor destroyed. Such values require no garbage collection, and can safely be updated in place, even if they form part of a data structure. Linear types are related to the linear logic of J.-Y Girard. They extend Schmidt's notion of single threading, provide an alternative to Hudak and Bloss' update analysis, and offer a practical complement to Lafont and Holmström's elegant linear languages.
- logotherapy — (psychotherapy) A therapy that involves finding the meaning of one's life.
- lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
- macrophytes — Plural form of macrophyte.
- master copy — an original copy, stencil, tape, etc, from which duplicates are made
- 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
- monotherapy — (medicine) A therapy which is administered by itself.
- multiplayer — of or relating to a video game, or a portion of a video game, in which more than one person plays at the same time in a shared game environment: a multiplayer game; multiplayer mode; a multiplayer experience.
- nephropathy — any disease of the kidney.
- neuroplasty — Any surgery to repair nerve tissue.
- operability — that can be treated by a surgical operation. Compare inoperable (def 2).
- operatively — a person engaged, employed, or skilled in some branch of work, especially productive or industrial work; worker.
- operativity — a person engaged, employed, or skilled in some branch of work, especially productive or industrial work; worker.
- osteography — The scientific description of bones; osteology.
- ostreophagy — the consumption of oysters
- overpayment — to pay more than (an amount due): I received a credit after overpaying the bill.
- paedotrophy — the art of raising children
- panty liner — a pad worn inside a woman's underwear for feminine hygiene purposes such as absorbing light menstrual flow, daily vaginal discharge, etc
- parent body — an organization's parent body is the organization that created it and usually still controls it
- partial key — (database) A key which identifies a subset of a set of information items (e.g. database "records"), and which could narrow the subset to one item if other partial key(s) were combined with it.
- party dress — a dress to wear to a party
- party liner — a person who follows a party line, especially the Communist Party line.
- party piece — Someone's party piece is something that they often do to entertain people, especially at parties, for example singing a particular song or saying a particular poem.
- party-giver — a person who gives a party
- pastry case — a case made of pastry that is filled with fruit, custard etc to make a tart or flan