12-letter words containing p, e, n, y
- impenetrably — not penetrable; that cannot be penetrated, pierced, entered, etc.
- impenitently — not feeling regret about one's sin or sins; obdurate.
- impermanency — Alternative form of impermanence.
- impersonally — In an impersonal manner.
- impertinency — impertinence.
- inapparently — in an inapparent manner
- incompetency — the quality or condition of being incompetent; lack of ability.
- incompletely — not complete; lacking some part.
- incorporeity — the quality of being incorporeal; disembodied existence or entity; incorporeality.
- independency — independence (def 1).
- inexpectancy — a lack or absence of expectancy; the state of being inexpectant
- inexpediency — (uncountable) The condition of being inexpedient.
- inexplicably — not explicable; incapable of being accounted for or explained.
- inexplicitly — not explicit or clear; not clearly stated.
- injury-prone — often sustaining injuries
- insect spray — a substance which can be sprayed in the home to kill insects
- intercompany — a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.
- interplaying — Present participle of interplay.
- interpsychic — of or relating to the human soul or mind; mental (opposed to physical).
- iontotherapy — (medicine) The therapeutic use of iontophoresis.
- ip telephony — (communications) (IPT, Internet Telephony) Use of IP data connections to exchange voice and fax data that have traditionally been carried over the public switched telephone network. During the late 1990s, an increasing number of telephone calls have been routed over the Internet. Calls made in this way avoid PSTN charges. Unlike traditional telephony, IP telephony is relatively unregulated. Companies providing these services are known as Internet Telephony Service Providers (ITSPs). They include telephone companies, cable TV companies and Internet Service Providers (ISPs). There are still many problems with voice quality, latency, compression algorithms, and quality of service. See also Computer Telephone Integration.
- iron pyrites — pyrite; fool's gold.
- japanese ivy — Boston ivy
- japanese yew — a yew, Taxus cuspidata, of Japan, grown as an ornamental.
- jeffrey pine — a conifer, Pinus jeffreyi, of high mountains in the western U.S., having long needles, large cones, and aromatic bark.
- keep company — a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.
- keystone kop — Usually, Keystone Kops. (in early silent movies) a team of comic policemen noted for their slapstick routines.
- kidney punch — an illegal punch in the lower back.
- kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- lamp chimney — a glass tube that surrounds the wick in an oil lamp
- laryngophone — A type of contact microphone that absorbs vibrations directly from the wearer's throat.
- laryngoscope — a rigid or flexible endoscope passed through the mouth and equipped with a source of light and magnification, for examining and performing local diagnostic and surgical procedures on the larynx.
- leper colony — a place where people who have leprosy live in quarantine
- lipoxygenase — (enzyme) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
- lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
- lymphadenoma — an enlarged lymph node.
- magnotherapy — Any of several alternative medicine therapies using magnetism.
- micropayment — A very small payment made each time a user accesses an Internet page or service.
- money expert — someone knowledgeable about money, esp ways to save money
- money player — a person who performs best under pressure, especially in a competitive situation.
- money spider — any of certain small shiny brownish spiders of the family Linyphiidae
- money supply — the sum of demand or checking-account deposits and currency in circulation.
- monophyletic — Biology. consisting of organisms descended from a single taxon.
- monophysites — Plural form of monophysite.
- multipotency — (cytology, developmental biology) The ability of a progenitor cell to develop into a limited number of cell types.
- mycoproteins — Plural form of mycoprotein.
- myringoscope — an instrument for examining the eardrum
- nappy valley — a residential area that is regarded as suitable for families with young children
- narcotherapy — an infrequently used method of treating mental disorders by intravenous injection of barbiturates.
- naughty step — a place where a child is made to stand as a punishment for bad behaviour