12-letter words containing p, i, e, t, y
- iron pyrites — pyrite; fool's gold.
- isoperimetry — the study of isoperimeters.
- kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- liberty pole — Also called liberty tree. American History. a pole or tree, often with a liberty cap or a banner at the top, usually located on a village green or in a market square, used by the Sons of Liberty in many colonial towns as a symbol of protest against British rule and around which anti-British rallies were held.
- 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.
- lyophilizate — A lyophilizate is a freeze-dried product.
- metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- metapsychics — the study of psychic phenomena beyond the limits of ordinary or orthodox psychology
- micropayment — A very small payment made each time a user accesses an Internet page or service.
- 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.
- mycoparasite — a parasitic fungus whose host is another fungus.
- mycoproteins — Plural form of mycoprotein.
- mythopoetize — to produce myths or mythological poetry.
- mythopoiesis — (mythology) the creation of myth.
- neurotypical — relating to or showing typical neurological behavior and development: She has one dyslexic and one neurotypical child.
- new egyptian — the Egyptian language, c. 1600-700 b.c.
- night prayer — the last of the seven canonical hours; compline
- nympholeptic — an ecstasy supposed by the ancients to be inspired by nymphs.
- office party — a party or informal social gathering for all the employees in a particular organization or department
- omnipotently — almighty or infinite in power, as God.
- operatically — of or relating to opera: operatic music.
- opinionately — in a conceited or vain manner
- option money — the price paid for buying an option
- overcapacity — capacity beyond what is normal, allowed, or desirable.
- overmultiply — to increase too much or too often
- overtime pay — a higher than normal rate of pay, for work done as overtime
- painted lady — a butterfly, Vanessa cardui, having brownish-black and orange wings and hind wings each with four eyespots, the larvae of which feed on thistles.
- pancytopenia — an abnormally low level of all blood cells
- pansexuality — Psychiatry. pertaining to the theory that all human behavior is based on sexuality.
- panty girdle — women's control pants
- parietal eye — Zoology. a median outgrowth of the diencephalon anterior to the pineal apparatus, having visual adaptations in many anamniotes and lizards.
- parity check — a method for detecting errors in data communications or within a computer system by counting the number of ones or zeros per byte or per word, including a special check bit (parity bit) to see if the value is even or odd.
- parity error — (storage, communications) An error discovered by the inclusion of a parity bit.
- passionately — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
- pathetically — causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.
- payback time — Payback time is when someone has to take the consequences of what they have done in the past. You can use this expression to talk about good or bad consequences.
- paying guest — lodger
- pearly white — white and lustrous as a pearl.
- pectoriloquy — vocalization through the chest wall, indicating a cavity or consolidation of the lung
- pedantically — ostentatious in one's learning.
- penalty kick — a free kick awarded for an infraction committed by a defensive player in the penalty area and taken by the offensive player who has been fouled from a point 12 yards (11 meters) directly in front of the goal.
- penitentiary — a place for imprisonment, reformatory discipline, or punishment, especially a prison maintained in the U.S. by a state or the federal government for serious offenders.
- pennywhistle — a cheap toy whistle orig. sold for a penny
- peptidolytic — causing the hydrolysis of peptides.
- perceptively — having or showing keenness of insight, understanding, or intuition: a perceptive analysis of the problems involved.
- perceptivity — having or showing keenness of insight, understanding, or intuition: a perceptive analysis of the problems involved.
- peremptorily — leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; imperative: a peremptory command.
- perenniality — lasting for an indefinitely long time; enduring: her perennial beauty.