13-letter words containing p, e, n, t, y
- repetitionary — of the nature of repetition, repetitious
- saint-exupery — Antoine de [ahn-twan duh] /ɑ̃ˈtwan də/ (Show IPA), 1900–45, French author and aviator.
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- self-emptying — containing nothing; having none of the usual or appropriate contents: an empty bottle.
- shetland pony — one of a breed of small but sturdy, rough-coated ponies, raised originally in the Shetland Islands.
- speaking type — a device on a medal or coin that has a punning reference to a person or thing.
- spectinomycin — an antibiotic drug, C 1 4 H 2 4 N 2 O 7 , produced by the actinomycete Streptomyces spectabilis, used in the treatment of susceptible gonorrhea.
- spenta mainyu — the good and creative spirit that is the offspring of Ahura Mazda.
- spiny lobster — any of several edible crustaceans of the family Palinuridae, differing from the true lobsters in having a spiny shell and lacking the large pincers.
- splutteringly — in a spluttering manner
- spontaneously — coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned: a spontaneous burst of applause.
- spotted hyena — a long-legged carnivorous doglike mammal native to Africa and S Asia (Crocuta crocuta)
- spring beauty — any American spring plant belonging to the genus Claytonia, of the purslane family, especially C. virginica, having an elongated cluster of white flowers tinged with pink.
- sprint medley — a medley relay in which the first member of a team runs 440 yards, the second and third members run 220 yards each, and the fourth member runs 880 yards.
- staying power — ability or strength to last or endure; endurance; stamina.
- steganography — the practice of concealing messages in such a way that only the sender and the recipient know that there is a message
- stenophyllous — having narrow leaves.
- stone parsley — a parsley, Sison amomum, of Eurasia, bearing aromatic seeds that are used as a condiment.
- string player — a person who plays an instrument of the violin family.
- striped hyena — a hyena, Hyaena hyaena, of northern Africa, Arabia, and India, having a grayish coat with distinct blackish stripes.
- subemployment — insufficient employment in the labor force of a country, area, or industry, including unemployment and underemployment.
- sunray pleats — bias-cut knife pleats that are narrower at the top than at the bottom, producing a flared effect, used esp for skirts
- sunspot cycle — the cycle, averaging in duration slightly more than 11 years, in which the frequency of sunspots varies from a maximum to a minimum and back to a maximum again.
- supplementary — Also, supplemental. of the nature of or forming a supplement; additional.
- synaposematic — relating to synaposematism
- temporizingly — in a yielding manner
- tennis player — sportsperson who plays tennis
- thysanopteran — Also, thysanopterous. belonging or pertaining to the insect order Thysanoptera, comprising the thrips.
- thysanopteron — thysanopteran.
- tin pan alley — the district of a city, especially New York City, where most of the popular music is published.
- tissue typing — identification of specific genetically linked antigens in tissue in order to minimize antigenic differences between donor and recipient tissue in organ transplantation.
- token payment — a small payment binding an agreement or acknowledging a debt.
- tompot blenny — a variety of blenny (Parablennius gattorugine), with tentacles over its eyes
- transparently — having the property of transmitting rays of light through its substance so that bodies situated beyond or behind can be distinctly seen.
- transportedly — in a passionate or rapturous manner
- tympanic bone — (in mammals) a bone of the skull, supporting the tympanic membrane and enclosing part of the tympanum or middle ear.
- type specimen — an individual organism from which the description of a species has been prepared.
- tyrian purple — Also called Tyrian dye. a highly prized crimson or purple dye of classical antiquity, originally obtained at great expense from a certain shellfish: later shown to be an indigo derivative and synthetically produced, and now replaced by other synthetic dyes.
- unexpectantly — having expectations; expecting: an excited, expectant audience.
- unexplanatory — serving to explain: an explanatory footnote.
- uniparentally — in a uniparental manner
- unpredictably — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
- unrepentantly — repenting; penitent; experiencing repentance.
- unrepentingly — in an unrepenting or impenitent manner
- unsupportedly — in an unsupported fashion, without support
- unsympathetic — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
- v-type engine — an engine having the cylinders aligned in two banks at an angle to each other, forming a V .
- vanity plates — a vehicle license plate bearing a combination of letters or numbers requested by the licensee, as a name or occupation.
- venus flytrap — firewall machine
- weapon system — a weapon and the components necessary to its proper function, such as targeting and guidance devices