17-letter words containing p, a, r, n, y, m
- professional army — an army of trained soldiers
- purely and simply — You use purely and simply to emphasize that the thing you are mentioning is the only thing involved.
- repertory company — repertory (def 2).
- role-playing game — a game in which participants adopt the roles of imaginary characters in an adventure under the direction of a Game Master.
- spectrum analyser — an instrument that splits an input waveform into its frequency components, which are then displayed
- spectrum analysis — the determination of the constitution or condition of bodies and substances by means of the spectra they produce.
- spiny-headed worm — any of a small group of endoparasites of the phylum Acanthocephala, as larvae parasitic in insects and crustaceans and as adults in various vertebrates.
- spongy parenchyma — the lower layer of the ground tissue of a leaf, characteristically containing irregularly shaped cells with relatively few chloroplasts and large intercellular spaces.
- stymphalian birds — a flock of predacious birds of Arcadia that were driven away and killed by Hercules as one of his labors.
- superaerodynamics — the branch of aerodynamics that deals with gases at very low densities.
- temporary account — A temporary account is an account which is closed out at the end of the year.
- terminal capacity — The terminal capacity is the volume which can be stored in a terminal (= building or area with tanks).
- tympanic membrane — eardrum.
- unconformity trap — An unconformity trap is a hydrocarbon trap where the closure is made by an unconformity (= a formation of rock layers which represents a gap in the geological record).
- unemployment rate — percentage of population without jobs
- youth programming — the creation and scheduling of television programmes specifically aimed at young people