11-letter words containing p, a, r, y
- creepypasta — (Internet slang) Frightening urban legends and short stories circulated on the Internet.
- cross-party — Cross-party activities involve two or more political parties. A cross-party group consists of members from two or more political parties.
- cryotherapy — medical treatment in which all or part of the body is subjected to cold temperatures, as by means of ice packs
- cryptarithm — a type of mathematical puzzle in which the digits of an equation have been substituted by letters
- cryptically — mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous: a cryptic message.
- cryptogamic — Of, relating to, or denoting cryptogams.
- cryptograms — Plural form of cryptogram.
- cryptograph — something written in code or cipher
- cryptomeria — a coniferous tree, Cryptomeria japonica, of China and Japan, with curved needle-like leaves and small round cones: family Taxodiaceae
- cryptomonad — any of various protozoalike algae of the phylum Cryptophyta usually having two flagella, common in both marine and freshwater environments where they appear along the shore as algal blooms, some also occurring as intestinal parasites.
- cyano group — the univalent group CN; cyanogen.
- cyberphobia — an irrational fear of computers
- cyperaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Cyperaceae, a family of grasslike flowering plants with solid triangular stems, including the sedges, bulrush, cotton grass, and certain rushes. Some are grown as water plants or as ornamental grasses; and Cyperus papyrus is the papyrus plant
- cystography — radiography of the urinary bladder using a contrast medium
- cytopharynx — the gullet of a protozoan.
- dapple-gray — gray spotted with darker gray
- dapple-grey — a horse with a grey coat having spots of darker colour
- day-tripper — A day-tripper is someone who goes on a day trip.
- depravingly — in a depraving manner
- deprecatory — expressing disapproval; protesting
- depredatory — Tending or designed to depredate.
- dermography — a type of marking on the skin, whether in the form of writing or pictures, supposedly of psychic origin, similar to stigmata except for being more short-lived
- dermoplasty — skin grafting.
- desparingly — In a despairing manner.
- desperately — reckless or dangerous because of despair, hopelessness, or urgency: a desperate killer.
- diphycercal — having a tail or caudal fin with the spinal column extending horizontally to the end of the tail, characteristic of lungfish, several other primitive fishes, and the juvenile stage of modern bony fishes.
- discography — a selective or complete list of phonograph recordings, typically of one composer, performer, or conductor.
- discrepancy — the state or quality of being discrepant or in disagreement, as by displaying an unexpected or unacceptable difference; inconsistency: The discrepancy between the evidence and his account of what happened led to his arrest.
- diskography — discography.
- disparately — distinct in kind; essentially different; dissimilar: disparate ideas.
- dittography — reduplication of letters or syllables in writing, printing, etc., usually through error.
- drapability — to cover or hang with cloth or other fabric, especially in graceful folds; adorn with drapery.
- dry compass — a compass having a compass card mounted on pivots.
- dry shampoo — a product in powder or spray form that you can use to clean hair without wetting it
- dynamograph — a device for registering the quantity of force applied
- dyspareunia — painful coitus.
- embryopathy — (pathology) Any developmental disorder of an embryo.
- emery paper — also sandpaper
- empirically — Based on experience as opposed to theoretical knowledge.
- enteropathy — A disease of the intestine, especially the small intestine.
- ephemerally — In an ephemeral manner.
- epicaricacy — (rare) Rejoicing at or deriving pleasure from the misfortunes of others.
- erythropsia — a defect of vision in which objects appear red
- ethnography — The scientific description of the customs of individual peoples and cultures.
- euryphagous — eating a wide variety of foods
- exculpatory — Excusing or clearing of any wrongdoing.
- exemplarily — In an exemplary manner; ideally, admirably.
- exemplarity — The quality of being exemplary.
- expatiatory — Expansive; diffusive.
- expiry date — the date on which something comes to an end, can no longer be used, or is no longer safe to be eaten