13-letter words containing e, t, y, p, i, c
- polysynthetic — (of a language) characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of affixes to express syntactic relationships and meanings. Many American Indian languages are polysynthetic. Compare analytic (def 3), synthetic (def 3).
- polytechnical — relating to a technical school
- postembryonic — occurring after the embryonic phase.
- precautionary — of, relating to, or characterized by precaution: precautionary measures.
- precipitately — to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly: to precipitate an international crisis.
- priority case — a matter that takes precedence over others
- pro-celebrity — (of a golf tournament, snooker tournament, etc) involving both professional players and celebrities
- proleptically — anticipatorily
- prophetically — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
- prospectively — of or in the future: prospective earnings.
- provocatively — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
- psychasthenia — Psychiatry. (no longer in technical use) a neurosis marked by fear, anxiety, phobias, etc.
- psychasthenic — a person who has psychasthenia
- psychogenetic — genesis of the psyche.
- psychometrics — the measurement of mental traits, abilities, and processes.
- psychomimetic — psychotomimetic.
- psychotogenic — a substance that causes a psychotic reaction.
- psychrometric — relating to psychrometry
- pyrotechnical — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
- receptibility — the quality or condition of being receptible
- reciprocality — given or felt by each toward the other; mutual: reciprocal respect.
- rectipetality — the tendency of growing in a straight line
- replicability — the quality or state of being replicable
- richard petty — Richard, born 1937, U.S. racing-car driver.
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- secretaryship — a person, usually an official, who is in charge of the records, correspondence, minutes of meetings, and related affairs of an organization, company, association, etc.: the secretary of the Linguistic Society of America.
- spectinomycin — an antibiotic drug, C 1 4 H 2 4 N 2 O 7 , produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces spectabilis, used in the treatment of susceptible gonorrhea.
- speculatively — pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning: a speculative approach.
- spherocytosis — the condition of having spherocytes
- spheroidicity — a spheroidal state or form.
- stereotypical — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- subspeciality — a particular area of expertise within a specialism
- superactivity — extreme activity; hyperactivity
- superhelicity — a coil formed by intertwined helical DNA or by protein chains.
- synaposematic — relating to synaposematism
- topochemistry — the study of reactions that only occur at specific regions in a system
- tricarpellary — having three carpels.
- tropical year — year (def 4b).
- tympanic bone — (in mammals) a bone of the skull, supporting the tympanic membrane and enclosing part of the tympanum or middle ear.
- type locality — Biology. the locality in which a type specimen was collected.
- type specimen — an individual organism from which the description of a species has been prepared.
- unpredictably — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
- unsympathetic — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.