12-letter words containing p, a, y, r, o
- spatiography — the study of the characteristics of space beyond the atmosphere, including the mapping of the movements of celestial bodies and the recording of electrical, magnetic, and gravitational effects, especially those likely to affect missiles and spacecraft.
- spermatocyte — a male germ cell (primary spermatocyte) that gives rise by meiosis to a pair of haploid cells (secondary spermatocytes) that give rise in turn to spermatids.
- sphenography — the art of writing in cuneiform characters.
- sphygmograph — an instrument for recording the rapidity, strength, and uniformity of the arterial pulse.
- sporadically — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- sportability — suitability to be used in or as a sport
- stereography — the art of delineating the forms of solid bodies on a plane.
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- supplicatory — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
- technography — the description and study of the arts and sciences in their geographical and ethnic distribution and historical development.
- tetrapyrrole — a chemical formed from four pyrrole rings
- thermography — a technique for imitating an embossed appearance, as on business cards, stationery, or the like, by dusting printed areas with a powder that adheres only to the wet ink, and fusing the ink and powder to the paper by heat.
- to play fair — If you say that someone plays fair, you mean that they behave or act in a reasonable and honest way.
- torreys peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the Front Range, in the E Rocky Mountains. 14,267 feet (4349 meters).
- tracheophyte — any plant of the former division Tracheophyta, comprising all the vascular plants.
- tracheoscopy — examination of the interior of the trachea, as with a laryngoscope.
- trypanocidal — (of a drug, agent, activity, etc) effective in killing trypanosomes
- typhoid mary — Mary ("Typhoid Mary") 1869?–1938, U.S. cook, born in Ireland: known immune carrier of typhoid fever who infected many with the disease, institutionalized in 1914.
- typographist — a person skilled in the art of typography
- unpardonably — in a manner that is not excusable; disgracefully
- uproariously — characterized by or in a state of uproar; tumultuous.
- video piracy — the unauthorized or prohibited use of audio-visual works covered by copyright law, in a way that violates one of the copyright owner's exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce the copyrighted work, or to make derivative works
- video player — VCR: videotape recorder
- viola player — someone who plays the viola
- vituperatory — abusive or blaming
- webliography — a list of electronic documents, websites, or other resources available on the World Wide Web, especially those relating to a particular subject: a student's annotated webliography on Shakespeare.
- yachtsperson — A yachtsman or yachtswoman.
- zone therapy — a type of massage which works on the theory that specific parts of the foot or palm of the hand are associated with different parts of the body, and that massaging the feet or hands will give the patient relief from disorders in the related part of the body
- zoogeography — the science dealing with the geographical distribution of animals.