11-letter words containing e, p, a, y
- openability — The quality of being openable.
- 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.
- osteoplasty — plastic surgery on a bone to repair a defect or loss.
- ostreophagy — the consumption of oysters
- overpayment — to pay more than (an amount due): I received a credit after overpaying the bill.
- pachydermal — having the characteristics of a pachyderm
- pachydermia — an abnormal thickening of the skin
- pachydermic — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- paddy field — a flooded piece of land used for growing rice
- paedotrophy — the art of raising children
- palaeotypic — characterized by palaeotype
- paleobotany — the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil plants.
- paleography — ancient forms of writing, as in documents and inscriptions.
- pancake day — Christian calendar: Shrove Tuesday
- panegyrical — a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
- panegyricon — a collection of sermons
- pantheology — a branch of theology embracing all gods and all religions
- panty liner — a pad worn inside a woman's underwear for feminine hygiene purposes such as absorbing light menstrual flow, daily vaginal discharge, etc
- paper money — currency in paper form, such as government and bank notes, as distinguished from metal currency.
- papyraceous — papery.
- para-cymene — a colorless liquid, C 1 0 H 1 4 , derived from benzene, found in various essential oils, and obtained as a by-product of papermaking.
- paraldehyde — a colorless, liquid, cyclic compound, C 6 H 1 2 O 3 , having a disagreeable taste but an agreeable odor, produced by the polymerization of acetaldehyde with sulfuric acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of organic chemicals and in medicine as a sedative and hypnotic.
- parasensory — extrasensory.
- parenchymal — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- 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
- passer-byes — a person passing by.
- pastry case — a case made of pastry that is filled with fruit, custard etc to make a tart or flan
- pastry chef — cook who specializes in patisserie
- pastry tube — a conical tube with a patterned hole at one end, fitted over the opening of a cloth funnel (pastry bag) for shaping icings, food pastes, etc., as they are forced through by squeezing the bag.
- pasty-faced — having a pale, unhealthy, sallow complexion: an awkward, pasty-faced youth.
- patsy cline — Patsy (Virginia Patterson Hensley) 1932–63, U.S. country singer.
- patty shell — a cup-shaped shell of light, flaky pastry, for serving vegetable, fish, or meat mixtures, usually with a sauce.
- pauselessly — in a pauseless manner; ceaselessly
- pay dispute — a disagreement between workers and employers concerning salary
- peace envoy — someone sent on a mission to end conflict or bring peace
- peace lobby — a lobby for peace or the end of conflict
- peachy keen — peachy (def 2).
- peachy-keen — peachy (def 2).
- pear psylla — a small jumping plant louse, Psylla pyricola, originally of Europe, that is a major pest of pears in the eastern U.S.
- pearly king — the male London costermonger whose ceremonial clothes display the most lavish collection of pearl buttons
- pecan patty — a praline made with pecans.
- pectinately — in a pectinate manner