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14-letter words containing p, e, n, t, y

  • symmetry plane — reflection plane.
  • synaposematism — the display of common warning colours between different organisms inhabiting the same region
  • synaptic cleft — the small gap, measured in nanometers, between an axon terminal and any of the cell membranes in the immediate vicinity.
  • telephonically — of, relating to, or happening by means of a telephone system.
  • terpin hydrate — a white, crystalline powder, C 10 H 20 O 2 ⋅H 2 O, usually used in combination with codeine, as an expectorant.
  • the phoney war — a period of apparent calm and inactivity, esp the period at the beginning of World War II
  • the top twenty — the twenty best-selling pop music recordings at any particular time
  • the unemployed — people who are out of work
  • threepenny bit — a twelve-sided British coin of nickel-brass, valued at three old pence, obsolete since 1971
  • thysanopterous — of or relating to the Thysanoptera genus of insects which are characterized by fringed wings
  • topiary garden — a garden that features topiary work
  • transplanetary — farther from the sun than a given planet.
  • tripersonality — the state or condition of being tripersonal; existence in three persons, as the Godhead.
  • triphenylamine — a molecule consisting of a nitrogen atom with three phenyl groups attached to it
  • trysting place — a place for a meeting, especially a secret meeting of lovers; rendezvous.
  • twopenny piece — a two pence coin
  • typing element — a spherelike device, usually of molded metal, having on its surface raised letters, numerals, and other characters. When actuated by a typewriter keyboard or computer command, the device revolves quickly, striking an inked ribbon and impressing the character on paper.
  • unappetizingly — in an unappetizing manner
  • uncontemporary — outmoded
  • unemphatically — uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive.
  • unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
  • unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
  • unpretendingly — without pretence
  • vapour density — the ratio of the density of a gas or vapour to that of hydrogen at the same temperature and pressure
  • venus' flytrap — a white-flowered swamp plant (Dionaea muscipula) of the sundew family, native to the Carolinas, having sensitive leaves with two hinged blades that snap shut, often trapping insects
  • with eyes open — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
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