12-letter words containing p, e, n, t, y
- pseudonymity — pseudonymous character.
- punxsutawney — a town in central Pennsylvania: Groundhog Day celebration.
- put money on — to place a bet on
- put years on — to make (someone) feel or look much older
- pyonephritis — suppurative inflammation of the kidney.
- pyrithiamine — an antivitamin that causes thiamine deficiency
- pyritohedron — a crystal form of 12 pentagonal faces.
- pyrogenicity — the characteristic of causing fever
- pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
- pyrotechnics — the art of making fireworks.
- pyrotechnist — a person skilled in pyrotechnics, especially in the manufacture or use of fireworks.
- redeployment — to transfer (a unit, a person, supplies, etc.) from one theater of operations to another.
- reemployment — an act or instance of employing someone or something.
- responsivity — the quality or state of being responsive.
- run on empty — to be at a level of energy, creativity, etc. that is inadequate to sustain worthwhile activity or achievement
- self-pitying — Someone who is self-pitying is full of self-pity.
- serpentinely — in a serpentine fashion
- single-party — of or relating to a form of government in which only a single political party constitutes the government
- sixteenpenny — noting a nail 3½ inches (9 cm) long. Symbol: 16d.
- sputteringly — in a sputtering manner
- stanley pool — a lake between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Congo-Brazzaville, formed by a widening of the River Congo. Area: 829 sq km (320 sq miles)
- stereotyping — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- stop payment — an order by the drawer of a check to his or her bank not to pay a specified check.
- streptolysin — a type of hemolysin produced by certain species of streptococcus.
- streptomycin — an antibiotic, C 2 1 H 3 9 N 7 O 1 2 , produced by a soil actinomycete, Streptomyces griseus, and used in medicine in the form of its white, water-soluble sulfate salt, chiefly in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- stupefyingly — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
- stupendously — causing amazement; astounding; marvelous: stupendous news.
- sycophantize — to act the sycophant
- synadelphite — an arsenate containing manganese and aluminium
- take pity on — show compassion, mercy
- technography — the description and study of the arts and sciences in their geographical and ethnic distribution and historical development.
- teeny bopper — a teenage girl, especially a young one.
- teeny-bopper — a teenage girl, especially a young one.
- theophylline — a white, crystalline, poisonous alkaloid, C 7 H 8 N 4 O 2 , an isomer of theobromine, extracted from tea leaves or produced synthetically: used to relieve bronchial spasms, in the treatment of certain heart conditions, and as a diuretic.
- transparency — Also, transparence. the quality or state of being transparent.
- trying plane — a plane with a long body for planing the edges of long boards
- trypaflavine — acriflavine hydrochloride.
- type founder — a person engaged in the making of metallic types for printers.
- type section — the sequence of strata referred to in establishing a stratigraphic unit, as a member or formation.
- typing error — an error made while using a keyboard to write something
- typing paper — paper for typing on
- typing speed — the number of words someone can accurately type in one minute
- unacceptably — in an intolerable manner
- undisputedly — to engage in argument or debate.
- unemployment — the state of being unemployed, especially involuntarily: Automation poses a threat of unemployment for many unskilled workers.
- unexpectedly — not expected; unforeseen; surprising: an unexpected pleasure; an unexpected development.
- unhyphenated — without a hyphen
- united party — (formerly, in South Africa) the major opposition party, founded by General Smuts in 1934: the official Opposition in Parliament from 1948, the party was disbanded in 1977
- unpleasantry — an unpleasant word, action, comment, etc.: comments filled with unpleasantries.
- unpoetically — in an unpoetic manner