12-letter words containing e, p, i, c, y
- prelatically — in the manner of a prelate
- prepsychotic — exhibiting behavior that indicates the approach of a psychotic reaction.
- presbyacusis — an age-related, progressive loss of hearing in both ears
- prickly heat — a cutaneous eruption accompanied by a prickling and itching sensation, due to an inflammation of the sweat glands.
- prickly pear — any of numerous cacti of the genus Opuntia, having flattened, usually spiny stem joints, yellow, orange, or reddish flowers, and ovoid, often edible fruit.
- primary care — medical care by a physician, or other health-care professional, who is the patient's first contact with the health-care system and who may recommend a specialist if necessary.
- primary cell — a cell designed to produce electric current through an electrochemical reaction that is not efficiently reversible, so that the cell when discharged cannot be efficiently recharged by an electric current.
- prince royal — the eldest son of a king or queen.
- productively — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- proficiently — well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
- projectivity — of or relating to projection.
- protectingly — in a protective manner
- protectively — having the quality or function of protecting: a protective covering.
- pseudocyesis — false pregnancy.
- psychoactive — of or relating to a substance having a profound or significant effect on mental processes: a psychoactive drug.
- psychologize — to make psychological investigations or speculations, especially those that are naive or uninformed.
- psychometric — Psychology. psychometrics.
- ptyalectasis — spontaneous or surgical dilatation of a salivary duct.
- public enemy — a person or thing considered a danger or menace to the public, especially a wanted criminal widely sought by the F.B.I. and local police forces.
- public money — money that has been collected by the state, usually through taxation
- pyrochemical — pertaining to or producing chemical change at high temperatures.
- pyroelectric — pertaining to, subject to, or manifesting pyroelectricity.
- pyrogenicity — the characteristic of causing fever
- pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
- pyrotechnics — the art of making fireworks.
- pyrotechnist — a person skilled in pyrotechnics, especially in the manufacture or use of fireworks.
- reciprocally — given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect.
- respectively — in precisely the order given; sequentially.
- seraphically — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
- special jury — struck jury.
- specifically — in a definite or precise manner: The suspect was not specifically named in the report. More specifically, you will be responsible for half the total cost.
- speechifying — Speechifying is the making of speeches, especially because you want to appear important.
- spermaphytic — able to produce seeds
- spermophytic — able to produce seed
- sphericality — the state of being a sphere
- streptomycin — an antibiotic, C 2 1 H 3 9 N 7 O 1 2 , produced by a soil actinomycete, Streptomyces griseus, and used in medicine in the form of its white, water-soluble sulfate salt, chiefly in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- subspecialty — a lesser or minor specialty: a cinematographer with a subspecialty of portrait photography.
- superciliary — of or relating to the eyebrow.
- susceptivity — receptive.
- sycophantize — to act the sycophant
- the olympics — the Olympic Games
- top security — ultra secure
- type section — the sequence of strata referred to in establishing a stratigraphic unit, as a member or formation.
- type species — the species of a genus that is regarded as the best example of the generic characters of the genus; the species from which a genus was originally named.
- typicalities — of the nature of or serving as a type or representative specimen.
- underspecify — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
- unpoetically — in an unpoetic manner
- video piracy — the unauthorized or prohibited use of audio-visual works covered by copyright law, in a way that violates one of the copyright owner's exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce the copyrighted work, or to make derivative works
- wages policy — a government policy setting wages and wage increases for workers, for example, setting minimum wage requirements