13-letter words containing e, p, a, y
- metaphysician — a person who creates or develops metaphysical theories.
- metaphysicist — a person who creates or develops metaphysical theories.
- metaphysicize — to think, write, etc, metaphysically
- methylparaben — a fine, white, needlelike substance, C 8 H 8 O 3 , used chiefly as a preservative in foods and pharmaceuticals.
- methylpropane — (organic compound) isobutane.
- mexican poppy — any tropical American poppy of the genus Argemone, especially A. mexicana (Mexican poppy) having prickly pods and leaves and yellow or white, poppylike flowers.
- micropayments — Plural form of micropayment.
- midday prayer — the fourth of the seven canonical hours; sext
- military pace — a pace, equal to a single step, used to coordinate the marching of soldiers, equal in the U.S. to 2½ feet (76 cm) for quick time and 3 feet (91 cm) for double time.
- minor penalty — a penalty consisting of the removal of a player from play for two minutes, no substitute for the player being permitted.
- modesty panel — a panel across the front of a desk, especially an office desk, designed to conceal the legs of a person seated at it.
- monterey park — a city in SW California, E of Los Angeles.
- morphemically — By means of, or in terms, of morphemes.
- musicotherapy — the treatment of mental disorders with music
- mycetophagous — That feeds on fungi.
- mythographies — Plural form of mythography.
- naphthylamine — (organic compound) Either of two isomeric primary amines derived from naphthalene; they occur in crude oil, and are used in the preparation of dyes and other compounds.
- naples yellow — a yellow pigment, used by artists; lead antimonate
- nasopharynges — Plural form of nasopharynx.
- necktie party — a lynching or other execution by hanging.
- neuroatypical — Having an atypical neurological configuration.
- non-repayable — to pay back or refund, as money.
- normally-open — Normally-open switch contacts are in an open state at rest.
- norway spruce — a European spruce, Picea abies, having shiny, dark-green needles, grown as an ornamental.
- nosogeography — the study of the geographical causes and distribution of diseases.
- nymphaeaceous — belonging to the Nymphaeaceae, the water lily family of plants.
- oak-apple day — (in Britain) May 29, the anniversary of the Restoration (1660), formerly commemorated by the wearing of oak apples or oak leaves, recalling the Boscobel oak in which Charles II hid after the battle of Worcester
- olympic games — international sports event
- openheartedly — Alt form open-heartedly.
- opera company — a company that puts on productions of operas
- operationally — able to function or be used; functional: How soon will the new factory be operational?
- opinionatedly — In an opinionated manner.
- orchesography — a written study of dancing
- organotherapy — the branch of therapeutics that deals with the use of remedies prepared from the organs of animals, as from the thyroid gland, the pancreas, or the suprarenal bodies.
- oropharyngeal — the part of the pharynx between the soft palate and the upper edge of the epiglottis.
- orthoepically — In terms of correct pronunciation.
- paisley shawl — a shawl made from paisley fabric
- palaeobiology — the study of fossil plants and animals
- palaeocrystic — consisting of former glacial formation
- palaeoecology — the study of fossil animals and plants in order to deduce their ecology and the environmental conditions in which they lived
- palaeontology — Palaeontology is the study of fossils as a guide to the history of life on Earth.
- palaeozoology — the study of fossil animals
- paleethnology — (formerly) the branch of ethnology concerned with the earliest or most primitive human societies.
- paleopedology — the branch of pedology dealing with the soils of past geologic ages.
- pancreatotomy — incision of the pancreas.
- parallel play — a form of play in which a very young child plays independently in the presence of another child or other children.
- parasexuality — parasexual behaviour
- parasynthesis — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
- parasynthetic — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
- parasyntheton — a word formed by parasynthesis; for example, kind-hearted