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.