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13-letter words containing p, a, y, n

  • chimney place — an open hearth.
  • chronotherapy — an endeavour to readjust the body clock to enable a person to waken earlier by going to sleep later and later every day until the required waking hour is achieved
  • city planning — City planning is the planning and design of all the new buildings, roads, and parks in a place in order to make them attractive and convenient for the people who live there.
  • close company — a company under the control of its directors or fewer than five independent participants
  • common prayer — the liturgy of public services of the Church of England, esp Morning and Evening Prayer
  • companionably — possessing the qualities of a good companion; pleasant to be with; congenial.
  • companionways — Plural form of companionway.
  • company grade — military rank applying to army officers below major, as second and first lieutenants and captains.
  • company store — a retail store operated by a company for the convenience of the employees, who are required to buy from the store.
  • company union — an unaffiliated union of workers usually restricted to a single business enterprise
  • company woman — a female employee whose allegiance to her employer comes before personal beliefs or loyalty to fellow workers.
  • complainingly — In a complaining manner; peevishly.
  • complaisantly — (archaic) In a complaisant manner; obligingly.
  • complementary — Complementary things are different from each other but make a good combination.
  • complimentary — If you are complimentary about something, you express admiration for it.
  • conceptuality — a conceptualization
  • concert party — a musical entertainment popular in the early 20th century, esp one at a British seaside resort
  • copy negative — master (def 21).
  • cornish pasty — A Cornish pasty is a small pie with meat and vegetables inside.
  • counterplayer — a person who makes a counterplay
  • crop spraying — the spraying of crops with insecticide, fungicide, etc
  • cryptanalysis — the study of codes and ciphers; cryptography
  • cryptanalytic — Of or pertaining to cryptanalysis or cryptanalytics.
  • cryptoanalyst — Alternative form of cryptanalyst.
  • cryptoxanthin — a carotenoid pigment, C40H56O, in butter, eggs, and various plants, that can be converted into vitamin A in the body
  • cycloparaffin — any of a series of saturated alicyclic hydrocarbons of the general formula CnH2n, having a closed chain of three or more carbon atoms, as cyclohexane
  • cyproconazole — (organic compound) The conazole fungicide \u03b1-(4-chlorophenyl)-\u03b1-(1-cyclopropylethyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-ethanol.
  • cytopharynges — Plural form of cytopharynx.
  • dance company — a group of dancers, usually including business and technical personnel
  • dance therapy — the use of dance or movement for therapeutic purposes; a form of therapy in which people are encouraged to express their feelings through dance or movement.
  • danish pastry — Danish pastries are cakes made from sweet pastry. They are often filled with things such as apple or almond paste.
  • death penalty — The death penalty is the punishment of death used in some countries for people who have committed very serious crimes.
  • dependability — software reliability
  • deprecatingly — to express earnest disapproval of.
  • diphenoxylate — a substance, C 30 H 32 N 2 O 2 , used in the form of its hydrochloride in the treatment of diarrhea.
  • diphenylamine — a colorless, crystalline, slightly water-soluble benzene derivative, C 12 H 11 N, used chiefly in the preparation of various dyes, as a stabilizer for nitrocellulose propellants, and for the detection of oxidizing agents in analytical chemistry.
  • diphthongally — in a diphthongal manner
  • disparagingly — that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon: a disparaging remark.
  • display panel — an electronic screen on which information can be displayed
  • dispraisingly — By way of dispraise.
  • dispurveyance — the lack of provisions
  • dynamic scope — (language)   In a dynamically scoped language, e.g. most versions of Lisp, an identifier can be referred to, not only in the block where it is declared, but also in any function or procedure called from within that block, even if the called procedure is declared outside the block. This can be implemented as a simple stack of (identifier, value) pairs, accessed by searching down from the top of stack for the most recent instance of a given identifier. The opposite is lexical scope. A common implementation of dynamic scope is shallow binding.
  • enantiomorphy — the state of being enantiomorphic
  • encephalotomy — The dissection of the brain.
  • encyclopaedia — (chiefly, UK, Australia) alternative spelling of encyclopedia.
  • encyclopaedic — Alternative spelling of encyclopedic.
  • encyclopedian — including a wide circle of learning
  • encyclopedias — Plural form of encyclopedia.
  • endolymphatic — (anatomy) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph.
  • enhypostatize — to come together in one person or hypostasis
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