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11-letter words containing p, a, r, t, y, c

  • hyperacuity — an extreme acuteness (of the senses)
  • hyperdactyl — having an excessive number of fingers or toes
  • hyperstatic — redundant (def 5b).
  • hypocentral — (geology) Of or pertaining to the hypocentre of an earthquake.
  • hypogastric — of, relating to, or situated in the hypogastrium.
  • hypothecary — of or relating to a hypothec.
  • implicatory — implicative.
  • importunacy — the quality or condition of being importunate; importunateness.
  • imprecatory — to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person.
  • inculpatory — to charge with fault; blame; accuse.
  • ineptocracy — (countable, pejorative) A government characterized by incompetent leaders.
  • keratoscopy — an instrument, as Placido's disk, for determining the symmetry of the curvature of the cornea.
  • kleptocracy — a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.
  • laparectomy — excision of strips of the abdominal wall and suturing of the wounds so as to correct laxity of the abdominal muscles.
  • liberty cap — a soft, conical cap given to a freed slave in ancient Rome at manumission of his servitude, used as a symbol of liberty, especially since the 18th century.
  • lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
  • lycanthropy — a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
  • macrophytes — Plural form of macrophyte.
  • macrophytic — Relating to macrophytes.
  • mancipatory — relating to mancipation
  • master copy — an original copy, stencil, tape, etc, from which duplicates are made
  • micro-party — a small political party, esp one focusing on a single issue
  • nuncupatory — Nuncupative; oral rather than written.
  • paramountcy — chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: a point of paramount significance.
  • parfocality — the quality of being parfocal
  • party music — music for or at a party
  • party piece — Someone's party piece is something that they often do to entertain people, especially at parties, for example singing a particular song or saying a particular poem.
  • pastry case — a case made of pastry that is filled with fruit, custard etc to make a tart or flan
  • pastry chef — cook who specializes in patisserie
  • patricianly — a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat.
  • peculiarity — a trait, manner, characteristic, or habit that is odd or unusual.
  • pentahydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) pentahydroxy.
  • pertinacity — the quality of being pertinacious; persistence.
  • pharyngitic — relating to the medical condition of pharyngitis that is characterized by pain and swelling of the pharynx
  • phylacteric — of or relating to phylacteries
  • physiatrics — physical medicine.
  • piacularity — the state of being piacular
  • pictography — the use of pictographs; picture writing.
  • pictorially — pertaining to, expressed in, or of the nature of a picture.
  • pirate copy — an illicitly reproduced copy of a DVD, video, book, game, etc
  • plantocracy — government by plantation owners.
  • platykurtic — (of a frequency distribution) less concentrated about the mean than the corresponding normal distribution.
  • play doctor — a person, usually a professional playwright, employed to improve a script, especially shortly before the play's opening.
  • play-centre — a regular meeting of small children arranged by their parents or a welfare agency to give them an opportunity of supervised creative play
  • polycrystal — an object composed of randomly oriented crystals, formed by rapid solidification
  • potty-chair — a small chair with an open seat over a removable pot, for use by a child during toilet training.
  • practically — in effect; virtually: It is practically useless to protest.
  • predicatory — of or relating to preaching.
  • predictably — able to be foretold or declared in advance: New technology allows predictable weather forecasting.
  • 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.
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