12-letter words containing a, r, t, o, y, p
- play through — to pass another foursome or group with their permission, while playing a round of golf
- polygraphist — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- polyurethane — a thermoplastic polymer containing the group NHCOO: used for padding and insulation in furniture, clothing, and packaging, and in the manufacture of resins for adhesives, elastomers, and fillers.
- post-primary — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
- postcoronary — of, relating to, or occurring after a heart attack
- postliminary — of or relating to postliminy
- poultry farm — place where fowl are bred
- poverty trap — If someone is in a poverty trap, they are very poor but cannot improve their income because the money they get from the government decreases as the money they earn increases.
- praiseworthy — deserving of praise; laudable: a praiseworthy motive.
- preovulatory — to produce and discharge eggs from an ovary or ovarian follicle.
- preservatory — a preservative
- primary root — the first root produced by a germinating seed, developing from the radicle of the embryo.
- pro-activity — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- pro-equality — the state or quality of being equal; correspondence in quantity, degree, value, rank, or ability: promoting equality of opportunity in the workplace.
- pro-military — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
- probationary — the act of testing.
- property law — the branch of law dealing with issues relating to land and houses
- property man — a member of the stage crew in charge of the stage properties
- property tax — a tax levied on real or personal property.
- prophylactic — defending or protecting from disease or infection, as a drug.
- propitiatory — serving or intended to propitiate.
- prostacyclin — a prostaglandin, C 2 0 H 3 2 O 5 , that specifically inhibits the formation of blood clots.
- proteoglycan — a macromolecule composed of a polysaccharide joined to a polypeptide and forming the ground substance of connective tissue.
- prothonotary — a chief clerk or official in certain courts of law.
- prototypical — the original or model on which something is based or formed.
- protuberancy — protuberance.
- pseudomartyr — someone falsely or inaccurately called a martyr
- punditocracy — influential media pundits collectively.
- put years on — to make (someone) feel or look much older
- pyloroplasty — the surgical alteration of the pylorus, usually a widening to facilitate the passage of food from the stomach to the duodenum.
- pyritohedral — of or relating to a pyritohedron
- pyrocatechol — catechol.
- pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
- pyrosulphate — any salt of pyrosulphuric acid
- pyrotartrate — a salt derived from pyrotartaric acid
- radiotherapy — treatment of disease by means of x-rays or of radioactive substances.
- recuperatory — of or relating to recovery or recuperation
- rhythmopoeia — the art or process of composing, for example, music or poetry rhythmically
- rotary press — a printing press in which the type or plates to be printed are fastened upon a rotating cylinder and are impressed on a continuous roll of moving paper.
- saprophytism — living and feeding on dead organic matter
- spatiography — the study of the characteristics of space beyond the atmosphere, including the mapping of the movements of celestial bodies and the recording of electrical, magnetic, and gravitational effects, especially those likely to affect missiles and spacecraft.
- spermatocyte — a male germ cell (primary spermatocyte) that gives rise by meiosis to a pair of haploid cells (secondary spermatocytes) that give rise in turn to spermatids.
- sportability — suitability to be used in or as a sport
- stereography — the art of delineating the forms of solid bodies on a plane.
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- supplicatory — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
- technography — the description and study of the arts and sciences in their geographical and ethnic distribution and historical development.
- tetrapyrrole — a chemical formed from four pyrrole rings
- thermography — a technique for imitating an embossed appearance, as on business cards, stationery, or the like, by dusting printed areas with a powder that adheres only to the wet ink, and fusing the ink and powder to the paper by heat.
- to play fair — If you say that someone plays fair, you mean that they behave or act in a reasonable and honest way.