12-letter words containing p, a, r, n, y
- provincially — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
- provisionary — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- prudentially — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
- punditocracy — influential media pundits collectively.
- put years on — to make (someone) feel or look much older
- pyrazinamide — a substance, C 5 H 5 N 3 O, used in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- pyridoxamine — a metabolic form of pyridoxine
- pyrithiamine — an antivitamin that causes thiamine deficiency
- pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
- pyromaniacal — a compulsion to set things on fire.
- rhyncophoran — any of various beetles, including the weevils, having the head extended to form a snout
- road company — a theatrical group that tours cities and towns, usually performing a single play that is or has been a success in New York City.
- role playing — role-play used as a method of training or education
- role-playing — a method of instruction or psychotherapy aimed at changing attitudes and behavior, in which participants act out designated roles relevant to real-life situations.
- royal pardon — release from punishment for an offence, granted by a monarch
- sand-sprayed — noting an exterior wall finish composed of mortar to which is added a mixture of sand and cement in equal parts while the mortar is still wet.
- scintigraphy — the process of producing a scintigram.
- selenography — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
- single-party — of or relating to a form of government in which only a single political party constitutes the government
- single-payer — noting or relating to a healthcare or health insurance system in which the government or a publicly owned and regulated agency pays all medical costs from a single fund.
- smarty-pants — smarty.
- sphenography — the art of writing in cuneiform characters.
- spiny lizard — any of numerous iguanid lizards of the genus Sceloporus, common in North and Central America, usually having keeled scales that may end in a sharp point.
- sunday paper — a newspaper which is only published on Sundays
- surpassingly — of a large amount or high degree; exceeding, excelling, or extraordinary: structures of surpassing magnificence.
- technography — the description and study of the arts and sciences in their geographical and ethnic distribution and historical development.
- transparency — Also, transparence. the quality or state of being transparent.
- triumphantly — having achieved victory or success; victorious; successful.
- trying plane — a plane with a long body for planing the edges of long boards
- trypaflavine — acriflavine hydrochloride.
- trypanocidal — (of a drug, agent, activity, etc) effective in killing trypanosomes
- typing paper — paper for typing on
- unaspiringly — in an unambitious or unaspiring manner
- united party — (formerly, in South Africa) the major opposition party, founded by General Smuts in 1934: the official Opposition in Parliament from 1948, the party was disbanded in 1977
- unpardonably — in a manner that is not excusable; disgracefully
- unpleasantry — an unpleasant word, action, comment, etc.: comments filled with unpleasantries.
- vanity press — a printing house that specializes in publishing books for which the authors pay all or most of the costs.
- wackyparsing — (Internet, slang) present participle of wackyparse.
- yachtsperson — A yachtsman or yachtswoman.
- zephyranthes — any of various bulbous plants belonging to the genus Zephyranthes, of the amaryllis family, as Z. grandiflora, having showy rose or pink flowers.
- zone therapy — a type of massage which works on the theory that specific parts of the foot or palm of the hand are associated with different parts of the body, and that massaging the feet or hands will give the patient relief from disorders in the related part of the body