13-letter words containing p, a, r, t, y
- staying power — ability or strength to last or endure; endurance; stamina.
- steganography — the practice of concealing messages in such a way that only the sender and the recipient know that there is a message
- stereotypical — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- stone parsley — a parsley, Sison amomum, of Eurasia, bearing aromatic seeds that are used as a condiment.
- string player — a person who plays an instrument of the violin family.
- striped hyena — a hyena, Hyaena hyaena, of northern Africa, Arabia, and India, having a grayish coat with distinct blackish stripes.
- subtropically — in the subtropics
- sumptuary law — a law regulating personal habits that offend the moral or religious beliefs of the community.
- sunray pleats — bias-cut knife pleats that are narrower at the top than at the bottom, producing a flared effect, used esp for skirts
- super tuesday — the Tuesday, typically in March, on which party members in over 20 states vote in primary elections to select their party's presidential candidate
- super-wealthy — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
- superactivity — extreme activity; hyperactivity
- superlatively — of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme: superlative wisdom.
- superloyalist — a fanatically loyal supporter (esp of a political party)
- supermajority — a majority that must represent some percentage more than a simple majority.
- supplementary — Also, supplemental. of the nature of or forming a supplement; additional.
- tapestry moth — carpet moth.
- tennis player — sportsperson who plays tennis
- thanatography — an account or story of a person's death experience
- the heptarchy — the supposed confederacy of seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms
- the hyperreal — that which constitutes hyperreality
- thermotherapy — treatment of disease by means of moist or dry heat.
- thoracoplasty — the operation removing selected portions of the ribs to collapse part of the underlying lung or an abnormal pleural space, usually in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- throw a party — host a celebration
- thysanopteran — Also, thysanopterous. belonging or pertaining to the insect order Thysanoptera, comprising the thrips.
- thysanopteron — thysanopteran.
- tracheophytes — any plant of the former division Tracheophyta, comprising all the vascular plants.
- trachycarpous — having rough-skinned fruit.
- transparently — having the property of transmitting rays of light through its substance so that bodies situated beyond or behind can be distinctly seen.
- transportedly — in a passionate or rapturous manner
- tricarpellary — having three carpels.
- trigger happy — ready to fire a gun at the least provocation, regardless of the situation or probable consequences: a trigger-happy hunter.
- trigger-happy — ready to fire a gun at the least provocation, regardless of the situation or probable consequences: a trigger-happy hunter.
- tropical year — year (def 4b).
- trust company — a company or corporation organized to exercise the functions of a trustee, but usually engaging also in other banking and financial activities.
- turkey carpet — a wool carpet made in one piece and having a deep velvety pile and rich glowing colours
- typographical — of or relating to typography.
- tyrian purple — Also called Tyrian dye. a highly prized crimson or purple dye of classical antiquity, originally obtained at great expense from a certain shellfish: later shown to be an indigo derivative and synthetically produced, and now replaced by other synthetic dyes.
- ultraphysical — extremely physical
- unexplanatory — serving to explain: an explanatory footnote.
- uniparentally — in a uniparental manner
- unpredictably — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
- unrepentantly — repenting; penitent; experiencing repentance.
- unspiritually — in an unspiritual manner
- upgradability — an incline going up in the direction of movement.
- variable type — type that can be varied to fit a page, screen, etc
- venus flytrap — firewall machine
- working party — A working party is a committee which is formed to investigate a particular situation or problem and to produce a report containing its opinions and suggestions.
- x-ray therapy — treatment of a disease using controlled quantities of x-rays.
- yachting trip — a pleasure trip on a yacht