12-letter words containing p, a, y, r, o
- myrmecophagy — Ant-eating.
- mythographer — a person who collects or records myths in writing.
- narcotherapy — an infrequently used method of treating mental disorders by intravenous injection of barbiturates.
- nephrography — Diagnostic imaging of the kidneys.
- neuronopathy — A form of polyneuropathy caused by destruction of neurons.
- neurotypical — relating to or showing typical neurological behavior and development: She has one dyslexic and one neurotypical child.
- nonrepayable — that does not need to be or cannot be repaid
- nordkyn cape — Cape, a cape in N Norway, E of North Cape: northernmost point of the European mainland.
- norway maple — a European maple, Acer platanoides, having bright-green leaves, grown as a shade tree in the U.S.
- nosey parker — a persistently nosy, prying person; busybody.
- oceanography — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
- odontography — a treatise regarding the teeth
- office party — a party or informal social gathering for all the employees in a particular organization or department
- onychophoran — any small, predatory, caterpillarlike animal of the phylum Onychophora, common in tropical forests, having stubby legs ending in pincers.
- open primary — a direct primary election in which voters need not meet a test of party membership.
- operatically — of or relating to opera: operatic music.
- organography — the description or visual depiction of organs.
- oropharynxes — Plural form of oropharynx.
- overcapacity — capacity beyond what is normal, allowed, or desirable.
- overtime pay — a higher than normal rate of pay, for work done as overtime
- oyster plant — salsify.
- pachycarpous — having a thick pericarp
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- palaeography — the study of the handwritings of the past, and often the manuscripts as well, so that they may be dated, read, etc, and may serve as historical and literary sources
- palatography — a technique for observing the position of the tongue in relation to the palate during articulation, especially by placing powder or dye on the palate and then noting the area from which it has been removed by the contact of the tongue with the palate during the production of a speech sound.
- pantaloonery — foolery; humorous entertainment
- pantisocracy — a community, social group, etc, in which all have rule and everyone is equal
- paracyanogen — a polymer of cyanogen
- paradoxology — a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
- parahydrogen — the form of molecular hydrogen in which the nuclei of the two hydrogen atoms contained in the molecule have spins in opposite directions.
- paralyzation — to affect with paralysis.
- paranoically — in a paranoiac manner
- paranormally — in a paranormal manner; by paranormal means
- parapophysis — the process of a vertebra
- parasitology — the branch of biology dealing with parasites and the effects of parasitism.
- parity error — (storage, communications) An error discovered by the inclusion of a parity bit.
- paroemiology — the study of proverbs
- part company — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- party pooper — a person who hasn't the interest or vitality to participate actively in a social party and whose mood, attitude, or personality lessens others' enjoyment; killjoy.
- party popper — party favour: explosive streamer
- pastry board — a flat board on which pastry is rolled
- pay court to — to court, as for favor or love
- payout ratio — the ratio between dividends paid out and earnings per share of common stock within a time period.
- peabody bird — the white-throated sparrow.
- pearl hominy — whole or ground hulled corn from which the bran and germ have been removed by bleaching the whole kernels in a lye bath (lye hominy) or by crushing and sifting (pearl hominy)
- pearl oyster — any of several marine bivalve mollusks of the family Pteriidae, some of which form pearls of great value, inhabiting waters of eastern Asia and off the coasts of Panama and Baja California.
- pedantocracy — rule by pedants; a system of government by pedants
- penny loafer — a loafer with a slot on the vamp that can hold a coin, usually a penny.
- pentahydroxy — (of a molecule) containing five hydroxyl groups.
- perinatology — a field of medicine focusing on problems emerging during the perinatal period.