12-letter words containing p, e, r, y
- liberty ship — a slow cargo ship built in large numbers for the U.S. merchant marine during World War II and having a capacity of about 11,000 deadweight tons.
- lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
- macrocephaly — Cephalometry. being or having a head with a large cranial capacity.
- magnotherapy — Any of several alternative medicine therapies using magnetism.
- massotherapy — treatment by massage.
- media player — Digital Technology. a portable electronic device or a software program that plays and stores digital audio or video files in various formats.
- methyl group — the univalent group CH 3 −, derived from methane.
- microcephaly — having a head with a small braincase.
- micropayment — A very small payment made each time a user accesses an Internet page or service.
- milk parsley — a wetland plant belonging to the family Apiaceae
- miracle play — a medieval dramatic form dealing with religious subjects such as Biblical stories or saints' lives, usually presented in a series or cycle by the craft guilds.
- 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
- mycoparasite — a parasitic fungus whose host is another fungus.
- mycoproteins — Plural form of mycoprotein.
- myringoscope — an instrument for examining the eardrum
- myrmecophage — (biology) Anteaters, and other animals chiefly feeding on ants.
- myrmecophagy — Ant-eating.
- myrmecophile — An invertebrate or plant that has a symbiotic relationship with ants, such as being tended and protected by ants or living inside an ants' nest.
- myrmecophily — symbiosis with ants
- myrmecophyte — A plant that lives in association with a colony of ants. The degree of association varies and is assumed to be symbiotic in some cases.
- mystery play — a medieval dramatic form based on a Biblical story, usually dealing with the life, death, and resurrection of Christ.
- mythographer — a person who collects or records myths in writing.
- narcotherapy — an infrequently used method of treating mental disorders by intravenous injection of barbiturates.
- nephelometry — Bacteriology. an apparatus containing a series of barium chloride standards used to determine the number of bacteria in a suspension.
- nephrography — Diagnostic imaging of the kidneys.
- neuronopathy — A form of polyneuropathy caused by destruction of neurons.
- neurotypical — relating to or showing typical neurological behavior and development: She has one dyslexic and one neurotypical child.
- night prayer — the last of the seven canonical hours; compline
- nonrepayable — that does not need to be or cannot be repaid
- nordkyn cape — Cape, a cape in N Norway, E of North Cape: northernmost point of the European mainland.
- northern spy — an American variety of red-striped apple that ripens in autumn or early winter.
- norway maple — a European maple, Acer platanoides, having bright-green leaves, grown as a shade tree in the U.S.
- nosey parker — a persistently nosy, prying person; busybody.
- oceanography — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
- office party — a party or informal social gathering for all the employees in a particular organization or department
- oophorectomy — the operation of removing one or both ovaries; ovariectomy.
- open primary — a direct primary election in which voters need not meet a test of party membership.
- operatically — of or relating to opera: operatic music.
- oppressively — burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: an oppressive king; oppressive laws.
- oropharynxes — Plural form of oropharynx.
- overcapacity — capacity beyond what is normal, allowed, or desirable.
- overmultiply — to increase too much or too often
- oversimplify — make too simple
- overtime pay — a higher than normal rate of pay, for work done as overtime
- oyster plant — salsify.
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- palaeography — the study of the handwritings of the past, and often the manuscripts as well, so that they may be dated, read, etc, and may serve as historical and literary sources
- pantaloonery — foolery; humorous entertainment