15-letter words containing p, i, c, a, n, y
- floating policy — (in marine insurance) a policy that provides protection of a broad nature for shipments of merchandise and that is valid continuously until canceled.
- gramophonically — in a gramophonic manner
- gynandromorphic — (of an organism) Having male and female characteristics.
- holding company — a company that controls other companies through stock ownership but that usually does not engage directly in their productive operations (distinguished from parent company).
- house physician — a house officer working in a medical as opposed to a surgical discipline
- hyperactivation — (biology) A form of sperm motility associated with active beating of the flagellum.
- hyperactiveness — The state or quality of being hyperactive.
- hypercalcinuria — Condition of high levels of calcium in the urine as caused by high levels of bone resorption seen in osteoporosis or hyperthyroidism.
- hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- hypochondriacal — Also, hypochondriacal, H05/H0509000 hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-kuh l, ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə kəl. Psychiatry. pertaining to or suffering from hypochondria, an excessive preoccupation with and worry about one's health: The comedy is aimed at the hypochondriac demographic. produced by hypochondria: Hypochondriac feelings overwhelmed her.
- hypochondriases — Plural form of hypochondriasis.
- hypochondriasis — Also, hypochondriasis [hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-sis] /ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə sɪs/ (Show IPA). Psychiatry. an excessive preoccupation with one's health, usually focusing on some particular symptom, as cardiac or gastric problems.
- hypocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
- inapplicability — (uncountable) The state of being inapplicable.
- incomparability — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- incompatibility — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
- inexplicability — not explicable; incapable of being accounted for or explained.
- ionospherically — by the ionosphere
- italian cypress — a tall Eurasian cypress, cupressus sempervirens, native to the eastern Mediterranean region
- life expectancy — the probable number of years remaining in the life of an individual or class of persons determined statistically, affected by such factors as heredity, physical condition, nutrition, and occupation.
- limited company — a company in which the shareholders cannot be assessed for debts of the company beyond the sum they still have invested in the company.
- logging company — a company that fells trees and sells timber
- lymphocytopenia — (pathology) An abnormally low level of lymphocytes in the blood.
- magnetic pulley — a magnetic device for separating metal from sand, refuse, etc.
- malacopterygian — belonging or pertaining to the Malacopterygii (Malacopteri), a group of soft-finned, teleost fishes.
- mediastinoscopy — (medicine) A procedure for examining the inside of the mediastinum and the organs it encloses through a small incision, using an endoscope. This is a surgical procedure normally done under general anesthesia.
- microangiopathy — any disease of the small blood vessels.
- minidisc player — a device for playing minidiscs
- morphosyntactic — involving both morphology and syntax.
- neuropathically — In a neuropathic way.
- neuroplasticity — the capacity of the nervous system to develop new neuronal connections: research on neuroplasticity of the brain after injury.
- neuropsychiatry — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases involving the mind and nervous system.
- non-culpability — guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness.
- non-syncopation — Music. a shifting of the normal accent, usually by stressing the normally unaccented beats.
- nondisciplinary — of, for, or constituting discipline; enforcing or administering discipline: disciplinary action.
- nonpsychiatrist — a person who is not a psychiatrist
- nonpsychoactive — Not psychoactive.
- nonspecifically — in a nonspecific way
- nuclear physics — the branch of physics that deals with the behavior, structure, and component parts of atomic nuclei.
- operating cycle — the period of time between starting a business and making a profit
- pachymeningitis — inflammation of the dura mater of the brain and spinal cord
- packing density — a measure of the amount of data that can be held by unit length of a storage medium, such as magnetic tape
- palindromically — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- palynologically — from a palynological point of view
- parenthetically — of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
- perpendicularly — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
- phonogramically — in a phonogramic manner
- phrenologically — in a manner relating to phrenology
- physical change — a usually reversible change in the physical properties of a substance, as size or shape: Freezing a liquid is a physical change.
- physicalization — to express in physical terms; give form or shape to: The dancers physicalized the mood of the music.