12-letter words containing p, e, r, y
- primary cell — a cell designed to produce electric current through an electrochemical reaction that is not efficiently reversible, so that the cell when discharged cannot be efficiently recharged by an electric current.
- primary type — a specimen used in the original description or illustration of a species.
- primary verb — one of the three verbs, be, do, and have, that can function both as a main verb and an auxiliary verb.
- primary wave — Seismology. P wave.
- prince royal — the eldest son of a king or queen.
- pro-employer — a person or business that employs one or more people, especially for wages or salary: a fair employer.
- pro-equality — the state or quality of being equal; correspondence in quantity, degree, value, rank, or ability: promoting equality of opportunity in the workplace.
- procedurally — of or relating to a procedure or procedures, especially of a court of law, legislative body, or law enforcement agency.
- productively — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- proficiently — well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
- profitlessly — in such a way as to not yield profit, as in financial gains or general benefits or advantages
- projectivity — of or relating to projection.
- pronouncedly — strongly marked: a pronounced fishy taste.
- proof theory — (logic) The branch of logic describing procedures for combining logical statements to show, by a series of truth-preserving transformations, that one statement is a consequence of some other statement or group of statements.
- property law — the branch of law dealing with issues relating to land and houses
- property man — a member of the stage crew in charge of the stage properties
- property tax — a tax levied on real or personal property.
- propertyless — that which a person owns; the possession or possessions of a particular owner: They lost all their property in the fire.
- prophesyings — gatherings held to expound the prophecies of the Scriptures
- propoxyphene — Pharmacology. a nonnarcotic analgesic, C 2 2 H 2 9 NO 2 .
- prosperously — having or characterized by financial success or good fortune; flourishing; successful: a prosperous business.
- protectingly — in a protective manner
- protectively — having the quality or function of protecting: a protective covering.
- protensively — in the manner of duration
- proteoglycan — a macromolecule composed of a polysaccharide joined to a polypeptide and forming the ground substance of connective tissue.
- protosynthex — A query system for English text.
- protuberancy — protuberance.
- proverbially — of, relating to, or characteristic of a proverb: proverbial brevity.
- proxy server — (software, security) (Capitalised) Microsoft's proxy server and proxy gateway, designed to provide extensible firewall and network security. Proxy Server is part of BackOffice.
- prudentially — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
- pseudography — writing that does not follow conventional spelling or usage
- pseudomartyr — someone falsely or inaccurately called a martyr
- psychometric — Psychology. psychometrics.
- psychrometer — an instrument for determining atmospheric humidity by the reading of two thermometers, the bulb of one being kept moist and ventilated.
- psychrometry — the employment of the psychrometer.
- pteridophyte — any plant of the division Pteridophyta, characterized by vascular tissue and differentiation into root, stem, and leaves, comprising the ferns, horsetails, and club mosses.
- purposefully — having a purpose.
- put years on — to make (someone) feel or look much older
- putty powder — an abrasive consisting chiefly of stannic oxide, used for polishing hard surfaces.
- pygmy glider — a gliding marsupial, Acrobates pygmaeus, of Australia, growing to about the size of a mouse and having a featherlike tail.
- pyonephritis — suppurative inflammation of the kidney.
- pyramid peak — a mountain in W central Colorado, in the Elk Range, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,018 feet (4276 meters).
- pyrazinamide — a substance, C 5 H 5 N 3 O, used in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- pyridoxamine — a metabolic form of pyridoxine
- pyrithiamine — an antivitamin that causes thiamine deficiency
- pyritiferous — having or producing pyrites
- pyritohedral — of or relating to a pyritohedron
- pyritohedron — a crystal form of 12 pentagonal faces.
- pyrocatechol — catechol.
- pyrochemical — pertaining to or producing chemical change at high temperatures.