12-letter words containing c, r, e, p, y
- myrmecophage — (biology) Anteaters, and other animals chiefly feeding on ants.
- myrmecophagy — Ant-eating.
- myrmecophile — An invertebrate or plant that has a symbiotic relationship with ants, such as being tended and protected by ants or living inside an ants' nest.
- myrmecophily — symbiosis with ants
- myrmecophyte — A plant that lives in association with a colony of ants. The degree of association varies and is assumed to be symbiotic in some cases.
- narcotherapy — an infrequently used method of treating mental disorders by intravenous injection of barbiturates.
- neurotypical — relating to or showing typical neurological behavior and development: She has one dyslexic and one neurotypical child.
- nordkyn cape — Cape, a cape in N Norway, E of North Cape: northernmost point of the European mainland.
- oceanography — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
- office party — a party or informal social gathering for all the employees in a particular organization or department
- oophorectomy — the operation of removing one or both ovaries; ovariectomy.
- operatically — of or relating to opera: operatic music.
- overcapacity — capacity beyond what is normal, allowed, or desirable.
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- paracyanogen — a polymer of cyanogen
- parity check — a method for detecting errors in data communications or within a computer system by counting the number of ones or zeros per byte or per word, including a special check bit (parity bit) to see if the value is even or odd.
- pastry cream — a creamy custard, often flavoured, used as a filling for éclairs, flans, etc
- pay increase — a rise in pay or salary
- payment card — A payment card is a plastic card which you use like a credit card, but which takes the money directly from your bank account.
- peace treaty — an agreement to come to peace and end conflict (between governments, countries, etc)
- peach brandy — brandy distilled from the fermented juice of peaches.
- pecksniffery — hypocritically and unctuously affecting benevolence or high moral principles.
- pectoriloquy — vocalization through the chest wall, indicating a cavity or consolidation of the lung
- pedantocracy — rule by pedants; a system of government by pedants
- penny arcade — an amusement hall or area that contains coin-operated entertainment devices, originally operated for a penny a play.
- perceptively — having or showing keenness of insight, understanding, or intuition: a perceptive analysis of the problems involved.
- perceptivity — having or showing keenness of insight, understanding, or intuition: a perceptive analysis of the problems involved.
- perceptually — of, relating to, or involving perception.
- perfect year — the lunisolar calendar used by Jews, as for determining religious holidays, that is reckoned from 3761 b.c. and was established by Hillel II in the 4th century a.d., the calendar year consisting of 353 days (defective year) 354 days (regular year) or 355 days (perfect year or abundant year) and containing 12 months: Tishri, Heshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, Adar, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, and Elul, with the 29-day intercalary month of Adar Sheni added after Adar seven times in every 19-year cycle in order to adjust the calendar to the solar cycle. The Jewish ecclesiastical year begins with Nisan and the civil year with Tishri.
- perfectively — in a perfective manner; thoroughly
- perfectivity — the state or quality of being (a) perfective
- pericynthion — the point at which a spacecraft launched from earth into a lunar orbit is nearest the moon
- periodically — recurring at intervals of time: periodic revivals of an interest in handicrafts.
- perionychium — the epidermis surrounding the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
- perniciously — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.
- perspicacity — keenness of mental perception and understanding; discernment; penetration.
- petroglyphic — relating to or having the characteristics of a petroglyph or carving made in rock
- petrophysics — the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
- phenocrystic — relating to a phenocryst
- 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.
- policyholder — the individual or firm in whose name an insurance policy is written; an insured.
- policymakers — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- polycentrism — the doctrine that a plurality of independent centers of leadership, power, or ideology may exist within a single political system, especially Communism.
- pre-ceremony — the formal activities conducted on some solemn or important public or state occasion: the coronation ceremony.
- precariously — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- precipitancy — the quality or state of being precipitant.
- precociously — unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development: a precocious child.
- predictively — of or relating to prediction: losing one's predictive power.
- prediscovery — a previous discovery
- prelatically — in the manner of a prelate