12-letter words containing e, y, p, a, t, c
- perceptually — of, relating to, or involving perception.
- perfect year — the lunisolar calendar used by Jews, as for determining religious holidays, that is reckoned from 3761 b.c. and was established by Hillel II in the 4th century a.d., the calendar year consisting of 353 days (defective year) 354 days (regular year) or 355 days (perfect year or abundant year) and containing 12 months: Tishri, Heshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, Adar, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, and Elul, with the 29-day intercalary month of Adar Sheni added after Adar seven times in every 19-year cycle in order to adjust the calendar to the solar cycle. The Jewish ecclesiastical year begins with Nisan and the civil year with Tishri.
- perspicacity — keenness of mental perception and understanding; discernment; penetration.
- phagocytoses — phagocytize.
- phenotypical — the observable constitution of an organism.
- phonetically — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
- phylacteries — Judaism. either of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deut. 6, 13–21 of Deut. 11, and 1–16 of Ex. 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men.
- phytoclimate — the climate of a small area, as of confined spaces such as caves or houses (cryptoclimate) of plant communities, wooded areas, etc. (phytoclimate) or of urban communities, which may be different from that in the general region.
- pinealectomy — a surgical operation to remove the pineal gland
- placentology — the scientific study of the placenta
- play clothes — clothes that are suitable for playing in
- pneumaticity — the condition of being pneumatic
- pneumatocyst — the cavity of a pneumatophore.
- polychaetous — of or relating to the genus Polychaeta
- polycythemia — an abnormal increase in the number and concentration of circulating red blood corpuscles
- polynucleate — having many nuclei.
- precipitancy — the quality or state of being precipitant.
- prelatically — in the manner of a prelate
- prickly heat — a cutaneous eruption accompanied by a prickling and itching sensation, due to an inflammation of the sweat glands.
- proteoglycan — a macromolecule composed of a polysaccharide joined to a polypeptide and forming the ground substance of connective tissue.
- protuberancy — protuberance.
- psychoactive — of or relating to a substance having a profound or significant effect on mental processes: a psychoactive drug.
- ptyalectasis — spontaneous or surgical dilatation of a salivary duct.
- pyrocatechol — catechol.
- pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
- recuperatory — of or relating to recovery or recuperation
- rescue party — a group of people who attempt to rescue, find or save a person or people for danger, esp a person or people who have got lost while mountain climbing
- search party — a group of persons conducting an organized search for someone or something lost or hidden.
- spermaphytic — able to produce seeds
- spermatocyte — a male germ cell (primary spermatocyte) that gives rise by meiosis to a pair of haploid cells (secondary spermatocytes) that give rise in turn to spermatids.
- sphericality — the state of being a sphere
- spotted cavy — paca.
- stapedectomy — a microsurgical procedure to relieve deafness by replacing the stapes of the ear with a prosthetic device.
- subspecialty — a lesser or minor specialty: a cinematographer with a subspecialty of portrait photography.
- sycophantize — to act the sycophant
- technography — the description and study of the arts and sciences in their geographical and ethnic distribution and historical development.
- tracheophyte — any plant of the former division Tracheophyta, comprising all the vascular plants.
- tracheoscopy — examination of the interior of the trachea, as with a laryngoscope.
- trachypterus — a dealfish or ribbonfish
- transparency — Also, transparence. the quality or state of being transparent.
- typicalities — of the nature of or serving as a type or representative specimen.
- unacceptably — in an intolerable manner
- unpoetically — in an unpoetic manner
- unsyncopated — marked by syncopation: syncopated rhythm.
- yachtspeople — Plural form of yachtsperson.
- yachtsperson — A yachtsman or yachtswoman.