12-letter words containing p, a, y, t
- egyptian mau — a breed of medium-sized cat with a spotted coat of medium length
- elliptically — In the form of an ellipse.
- emancipatory — Of or pertaining to emancipation or to an emancipator.
- empathically — In an empathic manner.
- emphatically — In a forceful way.
- empty-handed — carrying nothing
- empty-headed — If you describe someone as empty-headed, you mean that they are not very intelligent and often do silly things.
- empyreumatic — relating to empyreuma
- enantiopathy — the treatment of disease by opposites; allopathy
- enantiotropy — the possibility for stable polymorphs to exist in different states on either side of a transition-point temperature
- enhypostasia — personalities existing in union (Jesus Christ and God the Son)
- enhypostatic — relating to enhypostasia
- enthesopathy — (pathology) A disorder of entheses (bone attachments).
- entropically — By means of or in relation to entropy.
- ephemerality — (uncountable) The state or condition of being ephemeral; transience.
- erythropenia — A decrease in the number of erythrocytes, associated with anemia.
- esophagotomy — (surgery) The operation of making an incision into the esophagus for the purpose of removing an obstruction.
- eucalyptuses — Plural form of eucalyptus.
- exprobratory — acting as a reproach
- extemporally — In an extemporal manner.
- factory ship — a whaling ship equipped to process killed whales and to transport the oil and by-products.
- filial piety — (in Confucianism) the important virtue and primary duty of respect, obedience, and care for one's parents and elderly family members.
- firing party — a military detachment detailed to fire a salute at a funeral
- flaky pastry — variety of puff pastry
- fractography — the study of fractures or cracks in a material, esp metal, in order to predict or identify the cause of a failure in a structure
- gametophytes — Plural form of gametophyte.
- gametophytic — (botany) Of or pertaining to a gametophyte plant.
- garden party — a party given out of doors in a garden or yard.
- gastroplasty — any plastic surgery on the stomach.
- gene therapy — the application of genetic engineering to the transplantation of genes into human cells in order to cure a disease caused by a genetic defect, as a missing enzyme.
- get anyplace — to have any success
- glyptography — the description or study of engraved gems or other stones.
- gold therapy — administration of gold salts as a treatment for disease, especially rheumatoid arthritis.
- graph theory — the branch of mathematics dealing with linear graphs.
- gray panther — a member of an organized group of elderly people seeking to secure or protect their rights by collective action.
- grey panther — a member of the generation of affluent older consumers, who regard themselves as young, active, and sociable
- guilty party — the person or people responsible for an offence or misdeed
- have pity on — to have sympathy or show mercy for
- heliotherapy — treatment of disease by means of sunlight.
- hepaticology — the scientific study of bryophyte plants known as hepatics or liverworts
- hepatomegaly — an abnormal enlargement of the liver, usually associated with liver disease or heart failure.
- hepatoxicity — Toxicity that affects the liver.
- heptahydrate — a hydrate that contains seven molecules of water, as magnesium sulfate, MgSO 4 ⋅7H 2 O.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- heterography — spelling different from that in current use.
- heteroplasty — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- hit pay dirt — to discover a source of wealth, success, etc.
- homeotherapy — therapy for a disease by means of an agent that is similar to but not identical with the causative agent of the disease.
- hyannis port — a town in SE Massachusetts, on Nantucket Sound: summer resort.
- hydnocarpate — a salt or ester of hydnocarpic acid.