13-letter words containing p, i, s, a, y
- mycoplasmosis — a disease in animals and humans caused by mycoplasma
- myringoplasty — (surgery) The closure of the perforation of pars tensa of the tympanic membrane.
- mythographies — Plural form of mythography.
- narcohypnosis — the use of drugs to induce hypnosis
- nymphomaniacs — Plural form of nymphomaniac.
- olympic games — international sports event
- onychophagist — the practice of biting one's nails, especially when done habitually and as a symptom of emotional disturbance.
- opisthography — the practice of writing on the front and back of a parchment or papyrus
- oppositionary — the action of opposing, resisting, or combating.
- oscillography — a device for recording the wave-forms of changing currents, voltages, or any other quantity that can be translated into electric energy, as sound waves.
- painstakingly — taking or characterized by taking pains or trouble; expending or showing diligent care and effort; careful: a painstaking craftsman; painstaking research.
- paisley shawl — a shawl made from paisley fabric
- palaeocrystic — consisting of former glacial formation
- paramyxovirus — any of various RNA-containing viruses that are similar to but larger than the myxoviruses, including the viruses that cause mumps, measles, parainfluenza, and Newcastle disease.
- parapophysial — of or relating to a parapophysis
- parapsychosis — an abnormal psychosis
- parasexuality — parasexual behaviour
- parasitically — of, relating to, or characteristic of parasites.
- parasymbiosis — the symbiotic relationship that occurs between certain species of fungi and lichens (which are themselves symbiotic associations between a fungus and an alga)
- parasynthesis — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
- parasynthetic — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
- parry islands — former name of the Queen Elizabeth Islands.
- parsley piert — a small N temperate rosaceous plant, Aphanes arvensis, having fan-shaped leaves and small greenish flowers
- patriot's day — the third Monday in April, a legal holiday in Me. and Mass. commemorating the battles of Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775)
- patriots' day — the anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord (1775), celebrated the third Monday in April: a legal holiday in Massachusetts and Maine.
- pay a pension — If a company or government pays a pension to someone, it provides them with money because they have reached a certain age.
- pearly whites — white and lustrous as a pearl.
- pedal cyclist — a person who rides a pedal cycle, as opposed to a motorcycle
- peirastically — in a peirastic manner
- peninsularity — the state or fact of being a peninsula
- pennsylvanian — of or relating to the state of Pennsylvania.
- pentasyllabic — a word or line of verse of five syllables.
- perishability — subject to decay, ruin, or destruction: perishable fruits and vegetables.
- perissodactyl — having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot.
- petrophysical — relating to the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
- phantasmality — the condition or character of being incorporeal and illusory
- phony disease — a disease of peaches, characterized by dwarfing, dark-green leaves, premature leafing and flowering, and the production of reduced numbers of small fruit, caused by a virus, Nanus mirabilis.
- photodynamics — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
- physharmonica — a keyboard musical instrument fitted with free reeds, and which is an early form of harmonium
- physical file — (file system) A low-level view of the physical characteristics of a file, such as its location on a disk or its physical structure, for example, whether indexed or sequential.
- physicalistic — of or relating to physicalism.
- physicalities — the physical attributes of a person, especially when overdeveloped or overemphasized.
- physicianship — the position, function, or office of a physician.
- physiographic — the science of physical geography.
- physiological — of or relating to physiology.
- physiotherapy — physical therapy.
- phytosanitary — of or relating to the health of plants
- pianistically — in a manner or way that is pianistic
- pietistically — in a pietistical manner
- plastic money — credit cards, used instead of cash