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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 prayerthe, 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-pontyMaurice, 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.
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