12-letter words containing p, i, s, a, y
- metapsychics — the study of psychic phenomena beyond the limits of ordinary or orthodox psychology
- milk parsley — a wetland plant belonging to the family Apiaceae
- misportrayal — the act of portraying.
- monosynaptic — having or relating to a sole synapse
- mycoparasite — a parasitic fungus whose host is another fungus.
- nephanalysis — a map or chart showing the distribution of types and amounts of clouds and precipitation at a given time.
- nonphysician — a person who is not a physician
- opposability — capable of being placed opposite to something else: the opposable thumb of primates.
- palynologist — the study of live and fossil spores, pollen grains, and similar plant structures.
- pansexuality — Psychiatry. pertaining to the theory that all human behavior is based on sexuality.
- pantisocracy — a community, social group, etc, in which all have rule and everyone is equal
- papistically — in the manner of the Roman Catholic Church or a Roman Catholic
- paracystitis — inflammation of the connective tissue around the urinary bladder.
- paralysingly — in a manner that paralyses
- parapophysis — the process of a vertebra
- parapsychism — the experience of mental phenomena that are beyond the scope of normal physical explanation
- parasitology — the branch of biology dealing with parasites and the effects of parasitism.
- parasynapsis — the conjugation of chromosomes side by side; synapsis.
- parisyllabic — (of a noun or verb, in inflected languages) containing the same number of syllables in all or almost all inflected forms
- party spirit — If you talk about someone being in the party spirit, you mean that they are in the mood to enjoy a party or to have fun.
- passion play — a dramatic representation of the passion of Christ, as that given every ten years at the Bavarian village of Oberammergau.
- passionately — having, compelled by, or ruled by intense emotion or strong feeling; fervid: a passionate advocate of socialism.
- pay increase — a rise in pay or salary
- paying guest — lodger
- pennsylvania — a state in the E United States. 45,333 sq. mi. (117,410 sq. km). Capital: Harrisburg. Abbreviation: PA (for use with zip code), Pa., Penn., Penna.
- pepys' diary — a diary kept by Samuel Pepys from January 1, 1660 to May 31, 1669, in which are recorded his impressions of contemporary London life, the life of the court, and the administration of the navy.
- perspicacity — keenness of mental perception and understanding; discernment; penetration.
- perspiratory — of, relating to, or stimulating perspiration.
- persuasively — able, fitted, or intended to persuade: a very persuasive argument.
- phagocytosis — Physiology. the ingestion of a smaller cell or cell fragment, a microorganism, or foreign particles by means of the local infolding of a cell's membrane and the protrusion of its cytoplasm around the fold until the material has been surrounded and engulfed by closure of the membrane and formation of a vacuole: characteristic of amebas and some types of white blood cells.
- phosphatidyl — an atom or group of atoms containing one or more unpaired electrons derived from a phosphatide
- phylacteries — Judaism. either of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deut. 6, 13–21 of Deut. 11, and 1–16 of Ex. 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men.
- physicalness — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- physiography — the science of physical geography.
- physogastric — pertaining to the swollen, membranous abdomen of certain insects, especially termite and ant queens.
- plain as day — obvious
- plastocyanin — a blue protein found in green plants and in some bacteria
- plausibility — having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable: a plausible excuse; a plausible plot.
- play it safe — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- policymakers — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- pollyannaish — an excessively or blindly optimistic person.
- pollyannaism — an excessively or blindly optimistic person.
- polygamistic — a person who practices or favors polygamy.
- polygraphist — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- polyomavirus — any of a genus (Polyomavirus) of papovaviruses that naturally infect wild and laboratory mice, and that cause tumors when injected into newborn mice
- polysaprobic — flourishing in a body of water having a heavy load of decomposed organic matter and almost no free oxygen
- polysiloxane — a polymer composed of silicon and oxygen atoms
- polysyllabic — consisting of several, especially four or more, syllables, as a word.
- polysynaptic — having or involving more than one synapse.
- positionally — in terms of position, from a positional point of view