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11-letter words containing p, a, r, i, s, y

  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • prosaically — commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative: a prosaic mind.
  • psaligraphy — the art of cutting out silhouettes
  • psychiatric — the practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders.
  • pyroclastic — composed chiefly of fragments of volcanic origin, as agglomerate, tuff, and certain other rocks; volcaniclastic.
  • respiratory — pertaining to or serving for respiration: respiratory disease.
  • rhinoplasty — plastic surgery of the nose.
  • saprophytic — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
  • sialography — radiography of salivary glands once they have been injected with a contrast medium
  • skyscraping — of or like a skyscraper; very high: a skyscraping chimney.
  • sociography — the branch of sociology that uses statistical data to describe social phenomena.
  • sparklingly — in a sparkling manner
  • spectrality — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
  • specularity — the state of resembling a mirror
  • spin a yarn — If you say that someone spins a yarn, you mean that they tell a story that is not true, often an interesting or imaginative one.
  • spiny-rayed — spiny-finned.
  • spirit away — the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
  • spiritually — of, relating to, or consisting of spirit; incorporeal.
  • spiritualty — Often, spiritualties. ecclesiastical property or revenue.
  • spirography — the study of breathing using a spirograph
  • sporadicity — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
  • spray paint — paint in aerosol form
  • spray skirt — a piece of waterproof material that fits around the paddler and opening of a kayak to keep water out of the craft.
  • spray-paint — to cover, mark, draw, or write with spray paint.
  • spreadingly — in a spreading manner
  • stasimorphy — structural modification by arrested development
  • stipendiary — receiving a stipend; performing services for regular pay.
  • superdainty — very dainty
  • superfamily — a category of related families within an order or suborder.
  • sympathizer — a person who sympathizes.
  • symposiarch — the president, director, or master of a symposium.
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