14-letter words containing p, a, y
- exceptionality — (uncountable) The quality of being exceptional.
- experientially — In terms of experience.
- experimentally — In the manner of an experiment.
- exploitability — The state or condition of being exploitable.
- exploitatively — In an exploitative manner.
- extemporaneity — the quality of being extemporaneous
- extraplanetary — Originating, or located outside of a planet.
- extrapyramidal — Relating to or denoting nerves concerned with motor activity that descend from the cortex to the spine and are not part of the pyramidal system.
- eye specialist — ophthalmologist
- eyre peninsula — a peninsula of South Australia, between the Great Australian Bight and Spencer Gulf
- fairy primrose — a tender primrose, Primula malacoides, of China, having hairy leaves and small, pink or lilac-colored flowers.
- family compact — any influential clique
- family support — a means-tested allowance for families in need
- family therapy — the psychotherapeutic treatment of more than one member of a family simultaneously at the same session, based on the assumption that problems can best be understood and corrected by observing the interaction of family members and identifying methods for improving their interrelationships.
- ferry operator — a company that operates a ferry or ferries
- five-year plan — any plan for national economic or industrial development specifying goals to be reached within a period of five years, especially as undertaken by the Soviet Union and China.
- flanders poppy — corn poppy.
- flying trapeze — a trapeze used in performing gymnastic displays high above the ground
- fool's-parsley — an Old World fetid, poisonous plant, Aethusa cynapium, resembling parsley.
- fowl paralysis — Marek's disease.
- fraternity pin — a pin worn on clothing that indicates membership in a fraternity
- friday prayers — the congregational prayers observed by Muslims every Friday
- galvanotherapy — treatment employing electric current.
- gastric bypass — a surgical procedure by which all or part of the stomach is circumvented by anastomosis to the small intestine, performed to overcome obstruction or in the treatment of morbid obesity.
- geographically — of or relating to geography.
- geopolitically — According to geopolitics.
- grand ole opry — a successful radio show from Nashville, Tenn., first broadcast on Nov. 28, 1925, noted for its playing of and continuing importance to country music.
- granny dumping — the abandonment of an elderly person, especially a relative, at a hospital, bus station, etc.
- grape hyacinth — any plant belonging to the genus Muscari, of the lily family, as M. botryoides, having globular, blue flowers resembling tiny grapes.
- great pyrenees — one of a breed of large dogs having a heavy, white coat, raised originally in the Pyrenees for herding sheep and as a watchdog.
- group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
- gynandromorphs — Plural form of gynandromorph.
- gypsum plaster — plaster made primarily of gypsum.
- gyroscopically — Using a gyroscope.
- halfpennyworth — As much as could be bought for a halfpenny.
- happy as larry — extremely happy
- happy families — a card game in which the object is to collect the cards (which display images of people) until you have a complete family
- happy slapping — the practice of attacking, esp slapping, an unsuspecting passer-by and filming it with a mobile camera phone, footage of which is then circulated for the amusement of others
- happy-go-lucky — trusting cheerfully to luck; happily unworried or unconcerned.
- harper's ferry — a town in NE West Virginia at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers: site of John Brown's raid 1859.
- health physics — the branch of physics concerned with the health and safety of people in medical, scientific, and industrial work, esp with protection from the biological effects of ionizing radiation
- hepatotoxicity — Toxicity that damages the liver.
- hieroglyphical — Hieroglyphic: related to or resembling hieroglyphs.
- highway patrol — a state law-enforcement organization whose officers safeguard the highways.
- hip hip hooray — If a large group of people want to show their appreciation or approval of someone, one of them says 'Hip hip' and they all shout 'hooray'.
- histopathology — the science dealing with the histological structure of abnormal or diseased tissue; pathological histology.
- historiography — the body of literature dealing with historical matters; histories collectively.
- humphreys peak — the highest peak in Arizona, in the N, in the San Francisco Mountains: 12,633 feet (3851 meters).
- hybristophilia — A paraphilia involving attraction to somebody who has committed a crime or outrage.
- hydraulic pile — a hollow pile through which a jet of water is forced to wash away the ground beneath.