11-letter words containing i, s, p, y
- pilot study — trial done for research
- pinocytoses — (of a cell) to take within by means of pinocytosis.
- pinocytosis — the transport of fluid into a cell by means of local infoldings by the cell membrane so that a tiny vesicle or sac forms around each droplet, which is then taken into the interior of the cytoplasm.
- piscatology — the art or science of fishing.
- plasmolysis — contraction of the protoplasm in a living cell when water is removed by exosmosis.
- playstation — (games, hardware) The leading family of games consoles, from Sony Corporation consisting of the original Playstation (PS1) and the Playstation 2 (PS2). The basic Playstations consist of a small box containing the processor and a DVD reader, with video outputs to connect to a TV, sockets for two game controllers, and a socket for one or two memory cards. The PS2 also has USB sockets. The PS2 can run PS1 software because the PS2's I/O processor is the same as the PS1's CPU.
- plisetskaya — Maya (Mikhailovna) [mah-yuh myi-khahy-luh v-nuh] /ˈmɑ yə myɪˈxaɪ ləv nə/ (Show IPA), 1925–2015, Soviet ballet dancer.
- plyometrics — a system of exercise in which the muscles are repeatedly stretched and suddenly contracted
- polyandrist — a woman who practices or favors polyandry.
- polychasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which each axis produces more than two lateral axes.
- polychroism — the ability of a crystal to absorb different wavelengths of light and thus to display multiple colours
- polycrotism — a polycrotic condition
- polygenesis — origin from more than one ancestral species or line.
- polyglotism — able to speak or write several languages; multilingual.
- polyhistory — the quality of a polyhistor
- polylithism — (programming) A property of a data-object that can exist in many shapes and sizes, but not simultaneously; which distinguishes it from a union. It is often implemented as a set of classes (or structs) derived from a common base class (or with a common header, as in the case of structs), typically without any methods. It has been loosely described as polymorphic data.
- polymerizes — to subject to polymerization.
- polyphonist — a musical composer of or theorist in polyphony
- polyspermia — the secretion of an excessive amount of semen.
- polysulfide — a sulfide whose molecules contain two or more atoms of sulfur.
- ponderosity — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- possibility — the state or fact of being possible: the possibility of error.
- post-cyclic — denoting rules that apply only after the transformations of a whole cycle
- posteriorly — situated behind or at the rear of; hinder (opposed to anterior).
- postholiday — occurring after a holiday
- postprimary — of or relating to education after primary school
- postpyloric — the opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
- posttyphoid — occurring as a sequela of typhoid fever.
- predynastic — of, relating to, or belonging to a time or period before the first dynasty of a nation, especially the period in Egypt before c3200 b.c.
- presanctify — to sanctify ahead of an event
- presbycusia — impaired hearing due to old age.
- presbycusis — the gradual loss of acute hearing with advancing age
- presenility — premature old age.
- presumingly — presumptuous.
- presynaptic — being or occurring on the transmitting end of a discharge across a synapse.
- prickly ash — Also called Northern prickly ash, toothache tree. a citrus shrub or small tree, Zanthoxylum americanum, having aromatic leaves and usually prickly branches.
- prison yard — a piece of enclosed ground attached to a prison, where prisoners may take exercise at certain times
- privy purse — a sum from the public revenues allotted to the sovereign for personal expenses.
- profusively — profuse; lavish; prodigal: profusive generosity.
- promiscuity — the state of being promiscuous.
- promisingly — giving favorable promise; likely to turn out well: a promising young man; a promising situation.
- prophesying — to foretell or predict.
- prophylaxis — Medicine/Medical. the preventing of disease. the prevention of a specific disease, as by studying the biological behavior, transmission, etc., of its causative agent and applying a series of measures against it.
- propriety's — conformity to established standards of good or proper behavior or manners.
- prosaically — commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
- proselyting — a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.
- proselytism — the act or fact of becoming a proselyte; conversion.
- proselytize — try to attract converts
- prosiliency — prominence
- proteolysis — the breaking down of proteins into simpler compounds, as in digestion.