12-letter words containing p, e, r, y
- trying plane — a plane with a long body for planing the edges of long boards
- trypaflavine — acriflavine hydrochloride.
- tryparsamide — a white, crystalline powder, C 8 H 10 O 4 N 2 AsNa·½H 2 , used chiefly in treating African sleeping sickness.
- type founder — a person engaged in the making of metallic types for printers.
- type i error — the error made in the statistical testing of a hypothesis by rejecting the null hypothesis when it is actually true.
- typhus-fever — an acute, infectious disease caused by several species of Rickettsia, transmitted by lice and fleas, and characterized by acute prostration, headache, and a peculiar eruption of reddish spots on the body.
- typing error — an error made while using a keyboard to write something
- typing paper — paper for typing on
- un-purposely — intentionally; deliberately: He tripped me purposely.
- underspecify — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
- 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.
- unprovokedly — in an unprovoked manner
- unrepiningly — in an unrepining manner
- urethroscopy — observation of the urethra by a urethroscope.
- vanity press — a printing house that specializes in publishing books for which the authors pay all or most of the costs.
- video piracy — the unauthorized or prohibited use of audio-visual works covered by copyright law, in a way that violates one of the copyright owner's exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce the copyrighted work, or to make derivative works
- video player — VCR: videotape recorder
- viola player — someone who plays the viola
- vituperatory — abusive or blaming
- water supply — the supply of purified water available to a community.
- webliography — a list of electronic documents, websites, or other resources available on the World Wide Web, especially those relating to a particular subject: a student's annotated webliography on Shakespeare.
- weeny-bopper — a child of 8 to 12 years, esp a girl, who is a keen follower of pop music
- whimperingly — In a whimpering way.
- whisperingly — In a whispering manner; quietly.
- wild parsley — any of several uncultivated plants resembling the parsley in shape and structure.
- woodburytype — a process using gelatine film exposed to the negative, which is then pressed into lead and processed, or a print of this type
- yachtsperson — A yachtsman or yachtswoman.
- yellow perch — See under perch2 (def 1).
- yellow peril — (in historical contexts) the alleged danger that predominantly white Western civilizations and populations could be overwhelmed by Asian peoples.
- zephyr cloth — a lightweight worsted cloth.
- zephyranthes — any of various bulbous plants belonging to the genus Zephyranthes, of the amaryllis family, as Z. grandiflora, having showy rose or pink flowers.
- zone therapy — a type of massage which works on the theory that specific parts of the foot or palm of the hand are associated with different parts of the body, and that massaging the feet or hands will give the patient relief from disorders in the related part of the body
- zoogeography — the science dealing with the geographical distribution of animals.