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12-letter words containing l, a, n, y

  • outlandishly — In an outlandish manner.
  • over-analyze — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
  • overanalysis — the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).
  • overanalyzed — Simple past tense and past participle of overanalyze.
  • owen stanley — a mountain range on New Guinea in SE Papua New Guinea. Highest peak, Mt. Victoria, 13,240 feet (4036 meters).
  • oxyacetylene — noting or pertaining to a mixture of oxygen and acetylene: an oxyacetylene torch.
  • oxygen lance — a tube for conveying oxygen, used in various thermal cutting or steelmaking operations.
  • oyster plant — salsify.
  • painted lady — a butterfly, Vanessa cardui, having brownish-black and orange wings and hind wings each with four eyespots, the larvae of which feed on thistles.
  • palaeobotany — the study of fossil plants
  • paleontology — the science of the forms of life existing in former geologic periods, as represented by their fossils.
  • palynologist — the study of live and fossil spores, pollen grains, and similar plant structures.
  • pansexuality — Psychiatry. pertaining to the theory that all human behavior is based on sexuality.
  • pantaloonery — foolery; humorous entertainment
  • panty girdle — women's control pants
  • paralysingly — in a manner that paralyses
  • paralyzation — to affect with paralysis.
  • paranoically — in a paranoiac manner
  • paranormally — in a paranormal manner; by paranormal means
  • parsley fern — a small bright green tufted European fern, Cryptogramma crispa, that grows on acid scree and rock in uplands
  • party animal — person who frequents drinking parties
  • passion play — a dramatic representation of the passion of Christ, as that given every ten years at the Bavarian village of Oberammergau.
  • passionately — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
  • pay envelope — an envelope containing a paycheck or wages.
  • pearl hominy — whole or ground hulled corn from which the bran and germ have been removed by bleaching the whole kernels in a lye bath (lye hominy) or by crushing and sifting (pearl hominy)
  • pearly queen — the female London costermonger whose ceremonial clothes display the most lavish collection of pearl buttons
  • pedantically — ostentatious in one's learning.
  • penal colony — remote prison
  • penalty area — the area, 44 yards (40 meters) wide and 18 yards (16 meters) deep, centered on the goal line and extending in front of the goal, where a foul by a defensive player results in a penalty kick for the offensive team.
  • penalty goal — a goal scored as a result of a penalty
  • penalty kick — a free kick awarded for an infraction committed by a defensive player in the penalty area and taken by the offensive player who has been fouled from a point 12 yards (11 meters) directly in front of the goal.
  • penalty shot — a free shot at the goal defended only by the goalkeeper, awarded to an offensive player for certain defensive violations.
  • penalty spot — a point within the penalty area and 12 yards (about 11 m) from the goal, from which a penalty kick may be taken
  • pennsylvania — a state in the E United States. 45,333 sq. mi. (117,410 sq. km). Capital: Harrisburg. Abbreviation: PA (for use with zip code), Pa., Penn., Penna.
  • penny loafer — a loafer with a slot on the vamp that can hold a coin, usually a penny.
  • pentagonally — in a pentagonal manner; in the fashion of a pentagon
  • perenniality — lasting for an indefinitely long time; enduring: her perennial beauty.
  • perinatology — a field of medicine focusing on problems emerging during the perinatal period.
  • peritoneally — through the peritoneum
  • pharyngology — the science of the pharynx and its diseases.
  • phenomenally — highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional: phenomenal speed.
  • phenotypical — the observable constitution of an organism.
  • phenylalanin — an essential amino-acid present in most proteins
  • philanthropy — altruistic concern for human welfare and advancement, usually manifested by donations of money, property, or work to needy persons, by endowment of institutions of learning and hospitals, and by generosity to other socially useful purposes.
  • phonemically — of or relating to phonemes: a phonemic system.
  • phonetically — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
  • photoanalyst — a person who analyzes and interprets photographs, especially a military specialist in aerial or satellite photography.
  • physicalness — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
  • piano player — pianist.
  • pinealectomy — a surgical operation to remove the pineal gland
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