13-letter words containing e, p, i, g, y
- light therapy — therapeutic exposure to full-spectrum artificial light that simulates sunlight, used to treat various conditions, as seasonal affective disorder.
- moneyspinning — earning money or making a profit
- mythographies — Plural form of mythography.
- olympic games — international sports event
- open registry — ship registration under a national flag available to all ships regardless of nationality.
- palaeobiology — the study of fossil plants and animals
- pathogenicity — the disease-producing capacity of a pathogen.
- pedagogically — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
- pennyfarthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
- peptidoglycan — a polymer, consisting of polysaccharide and peptide chains, responsible for the structure of the cell wall of bacteria
- peregrinatory — tending to peregrinate; relating to or characteristic of a traveller
- perseveringly — displaying perseverance; resolutely persistent; steadfast: a persevering student.
- pharyngealize — to pronounce with pharyngeal coarticulation.
- phrygian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from E to E.
- phyllogenetic — of or relating to the development of leaves.
- physiognomies — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
- physostigmine — an alkaloid, C 1 5 H 2 1 N 3 O 2 , used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease to raise the level of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine and also as a miotic in glaucoma.
- plagiocephaly — a deformity of the skull in which one side is more developed in the front, and the other side is more developed in the rear.
- playing field — an expanse of level ground, as in a park or stadium, where athletic events are held.
- playing games — If you say that someone is playing games or playing silly games, you mean that they are not treating a situation seriously and you are annoyed with them.
- polygamophile — a person who approves of or countenances polygamy, especially as practiced by others.
- pony trekking — the act of riding ponies cross-country, esp as a pastime
- prerogatively — by way of privilege or prerogative
- prestigiously — indicative of or conferring prestige: the most prestigious address in town.
- progressively — favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.
- progressivity — favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.
- psychogenesis — genesis of the psyche.
- psychogenetic — genesis of the psyche.
- psychotogenic — a substance that causes a psychotic reaction.
- pythian games — (in ancient Greece) the second most important Panhellenic festival, celebrated in the third year of each Olympiad near Delphi. The four-year period between celebrations was known as a Pythiad (ˈpɪθɪˌæd )
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- self-emptying — containing nothing; having none of the usual or appropriate contents: an empty bottle.
- serpiginously — in a serpiginous manner; in the manner characteristic of serpigo
- sleep hygiene — the habits conducive to getting the right amount and quality of sleep
- space biology — exobiology.
- speaking type — a device on a medal or coin that has a punning reference to a person or thing.
- sphingomyelin — any of the class of phospholipids occurring chiefly in the brain and spinal cord, composed of phosphoric acid, choline, sphingosine, and a fatty acid.
- splutteringly — in a spluttering manner
- spring beauty — any American spring plant belonging to the genus Claytonia, of the purslane family, especially C. virginica, having an elongated cluster of white flowers tinged with pink.
- spring valley — a city in SW California, near San Diego.
- spurge family — the large plant family Euphorbiaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having milky juice, simple alternate leaves or no leaves, usually petalless flowers often with showy bracts, and capsular fruit, and including cassava, croton, crown-of-thorns, poinsettia, snow-on-the-mountain, spurge, and the plants that produce castor oil, rubber, and tung oil.
- spying charge — an accusation of having taken part in espionage
- stargazey pie — a Cornish fish pie served with the head of the fish protruding through the crust
- staying power — ability or strength to last or endure; endurance; stamina.
- string player — a person who plays an instrument of the violin family.
- temporizingly — in a yielding manner
- tissue typing — identification of specific genetically linked antigens in tissue in order to minimize antigenic differences between donor and recipient tissue in organ transplantation.
- trigger happy — ready to fire a gun at the least provocation, regardless of the situation or probable consequences: a trigger-happy hunter.
- trigger-happy — ready to fire a gun at the least provocation, regardless of the situation or probable consequences: a trigger-happy hunter.
- unappealingly — in an unappealing manner