12-letter words containing a, r, i, l, y
- non-literary — pertaining to or of the nature of books and writings, especially those classed as literature: literary history.
- non-military — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
- nonlinearity — Mathematics. the quality of a function that expresses a relationship that is not one of direct proportion.
- nonliterally — In a manner that is not literal.
- nontrivially — In a nontrivial manner.
- numerability — the fact of having the ability to be counted
- obligatorily — required as a matter of obligation; mandatory: A reply is desirable but not obligatory.
- olallieberry — a blackberry that is a cross between the loganberry and the youngberry, cultivated in California and Oregon.
- olivary body — one of two oval bodies or prominences composed of nerve tissue, one on each side of the anterior surface of the medulla oblongata.
- operatically — of or relating to opera: operatic music.
- oral history — information of historical or sociological importance obtained usually by tape-recorded interviews with persons whose experiences and memories are representative or whose lives have been of special significance.
- oral society — a society that has not developed literacy
- oratorically — of, relating to, or characteristic of an orator or oratory: His oratorical prowess has led to political success.
- orbicularity — The quality of being orbicular.
- ordinary lay — the form of lay found in a cable-laid rope
- over-qualify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
- overanalysis — the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).
- overclassify — to classify to excess
- overliterary — excessively literary
- panty girdle — women's control pants
- paralysingly — in a manner that paralyses
- paralyzation — to affect with paralysis.
- paramilitary — noting or pertaining to an organization operating as, in place of, or as a supplement to a regular military force: a paramilitary police unit.
- paranoically — in a paranoiac manner
- parasitology — the branch of biology dealing with parasites and the effects of parasitism.
- parietal eye — Zoology. a median outgrowth of the diencephalon anterior to the pineal apparatus, having visual adaptations in many anamniotes and lizards.
- parisyllabic — (of a noun or verb, in inflected languages) containing the same number of syllables in all or almost all inflected forms
- paroemiology — the study of proverbs
- particularly — in a particular or to an exceptional degree; especially: He read it with particularly great interest.
- party animal — person who frequents drinking parties
- pearl hominy — whole or ground hulled corn from which the bran and germ have been removed by bleaching the whole kernels in a lye bath (lye hominy) or by crushing and sifting (pearl hominy)
- pearly white — white and lustrous as a pearl.
- perenniality — lasting for an indefinitely long time; enduring: her perennial beauty.
- perinatology — a field of medicine focusing on problems emerging during the perinatal period.
- periodically — recurring at intervals of time: periodic revivals of an interest in handicrafts.
- peripherally — pertaining to, situated in, or constituting the periphery: peripheral resistance on the outskirts of the battle area.
- peritoneally — through the peritoneum
- permeability — the property or state of being permeable.
- perpetuality — continuing or enduring forever; everlasting.
- persuasively — able, fitted, or intended to persuade: a very persuasive argument.
- philanthropy — altruistic concern for human welfare and advancement, usually manifested by donations of money, property, or work to needy persons, by endowment of institutions of learning and hospitals, and by generosity to other socially useful purposes.
- phylacteries — Judaism. either of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deut. 6, 13–21 of Deut. 11, and 1–16 of Ex. 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men.
- piano player — pianist.
- plain turkey — a bustard
- play reading — the activity when a group of people read the parts of a play
- player piano — a piano that can play automatically when the keys are actuated electronically or by a pneumatic device controlled by a piano roll.
- playing card — one of the conventional set of 52 cards in four suits, as diamonds, hearts, spades, and clubs, used in playing various games of chance and skill.
- policymakers — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- polyarchical — a form of government in which power is vested in three or more persons.
- polygraphist — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.