13-letter words containing p, a, y
- kidney-shaped — having the general shape of a long oval indented at one side; reniform: a kidney-shaped swimming pool.
- kinesitherapy — a movement-based therapy
- labour supply — the total number of hours that workers are willing and able to be paid wages to work for
- landing party — a component of a ship's company detached for special duty ashore.
- laryngoscopes — Plural form of laryngoscope.
- laryngoscopic — Of or pertaining to laryngoscopy.
- lauroyl group — the monovalent organic group C 12 H 23 O–, derived from lauric acid.
- liberal party — a political party in Great Britain, formed about 1830 as a fusion of Whigs and Radicals and constituting one of the dominant British parties in the 19th and early part of the 20th centuries.
- liberty party — the first antislavery political party, organized in 1839 and merged with the Free Soil party in 1848.
- library paste — a white, smooth paste for paper and lightweight cardboard.
- library steps — a folding stepladder, especially one folding into another piece of furniture, as a table or chair.
- light therapy — therapeutic exposure to full-spectrum artificial light that simulates sunlight, used to treat various conditions, as seasonal affective disorder.
- lipid bilayer — a two-layered arrangement of phosphate and lipid molecules that form a cell membrane, the hydrophobic lipid ends facing inward and the hydrophilic phosphate ends facing outward.
- lord's prayer — the, the prayer given by Jesus to His disciples, and beginning with the words Our Father. Matt. 6:9–13; Luke 11:2–4.
- lycanthropous — Lycanthropic.
- lymphadenitis — inflammation of a lymphatic gland.
- lymphangiomas — Plural form of lymphangioma.
- lymphatolysis — destruction of lymphatic vessels or of lymphoid tissue.
- lymphoblastic — (US, cytology, immunology) Of or pertaining to a lymphoblast.
- lymphographic — of or relating to lymphography
- lymphomatosis — lymphoma spread throughout the body.
- lymphosarcoma — a malignant tumor in lymphatic tissue, caused by the growth of abnormal lymphocytes.
- macrencephaly — The presence of an abnormally large brain.
- major penalty — a penalty consisting of the removal of a player for five minutes from play, no substitute for the player being permitted.
- maldeployment — the inefficient use of resources or an instance of such
- malonyl group — the bivalent group C 3 H 2 O 2 , derived from malonic acid.
- mariposa lily — any lily of the genus Calochortus, of the western U.S. and Mexico, having tuliplike flowers of various colors.
- master policy — a single policy covering a group of people, typically employees of a company, issued to an employer.
- maternity pay — the pay a woman receives from her work during her absence immediately before and after childbirth
- megalocephaly — Cephalometry, Craniometry. macrocephalic.
- megasporocyte — a diploid cell in plants that undergoes meiosis to create four haploid megaspores.
- merleau-ponty — Maurice, 1908–61, French phenomenological philosopher.
- mesaticephaly — the state or condition of being mesaticephalic or mesocephalic
- metallography — the study of the structure of metals and alloys by means of microscopy.
- metaphoricity — The power of a metaphor.
- metaphysician — a person who creates or develops metaphysical theories.
- metaphysicist — a person who creates or develops metaphysical theories.
- metaphysicize — to think, write, etc, metaphysically
- methylparaben — a fine, white, needlelike substance, C 8 H 8 O 3 , used chiefly as a preservative in foods and pharmaceuticals.
- methylpropane — (organic compound) isobutane.
- mexican poppy — any tropical American poppy of the genus Argemone, especially A. mexicana (Mexican poppy) having prickly pods and leaves and yellow or white, poppylike flowers.
- micropayments — Plural form of micropayment.
- midday prayer — the fourth of the seven canonical hours; sext
- military coup — a coup organized and carried out by members of the armed forces
- military pace — a pace, equal to a single step, used to coordinate the marching of soldiers, equal in the U.S. to 2½ feet (76 cm) for quick time and 3 feet (91 cm) for double time.
- minor penalty — a penalty consisting of the removal of a player from play for two minutes, no substitute for the player being permitted.
- modesty panel — a panel across the front of a desk, especially an office desk, designed to conceal the legs of a person seated at it.
- monterey park — a city in SW California, E of Los Angeles.
- morality play — an allegorical form of the drama current from the 14th to 16th centuries and employing such personified abstractions as Virtue, Vice, Greed, Gluttony, etc.
- morphemically — By means of, or in terms, of morphemes.