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14-letter words containing p, l, a, y

  • latency period — Psychoanalysis. the stage of personality development, extending from about four or five years of age to the beginning of puberty, during which sexual urges appear to lie dormant.
  • lavatory paper — Lavatory paper is paper that you use to clean yourself after you have got rid of urine or faeces from your body.
  • lawson cypress — Port Orford cedar.
  • leptodactylous — having slender toes or fingers.
  • leucocytopenia — leucopenia
  • leukocytopenia — a decrease in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
  • listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
  • livery company — a distinctive uniform, badge, or device formerly provided by someone of rank or title for his retainers, as in time of war.
  • loan repayment — a repayment of part of a loan, usually monthly
  • london company — a company, chartered in England in 1606 to establish colonies in America, that founded Jamestown, Va., in 1607.
  • lopez de ayala — Pedro [pe-th raw] /ˈpɛ ðrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1332–1407, Spanish writer and statesman.
  • lymphangiogram — an X-ray of the lymphatic system taken after a contrast agent has been injected, often used to diagnose lymphoma
  • lymphedematous — Relating to lymphedema.
  • lymphoglandula — (anatomy) An alternative name for a lymph node.
  • lyophilisation — Alternative spelling of lyophilization.
  • lyophilization — (of tissue, blood, serum, or the like) to dry by freezing in a high vacuum.
  • malacophyllous — (of plants living in dry regions) having fleshy leaves in which water is stored
  • manipulability — capable of or susceptible to being manipulated; manipulatable.
  • manipulatively — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
  • matilija poppy — a tree poppy, Romneya coulteri, of California and Mexico, having thin, paperlike leaves and large, solitary, white flowers.
  • medigap policy — A Medigap policy is a private extra health insurance plan in the U.S. that provides coverage for medical expenses that are not or only partially covered by Medicare.
  • megascopically — macroscopically
  • megasporophyll — a sporophyll producing megasporangia only.
  • metal spraying — a process in which a layer of one metal is sprayed onto another in the molten state
  • metallotherapy — therapy by the use of metals or their salts.
  • metaphorically — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
  • metaphysically — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
  • metaplasticity — Any activity-dependent change to neural function that modulates subsequent synaptic plasticity.
  • metapsychology — speculative thought dealing systematically with concepts extending beyond the limits of psychology as an empirical science.
  • micropathology — the branch of pathology dealing with the microscopic study of changes that occur in tissues and cells during disease.
  • milieu therapy — a type of inpatient therapy, used in psychiatric hospitals, involving prescription of particular activities and social interactions according to a patient's emotional and interpersonal needs.
  • minilaparotomy — Surgery. laparotomy with a small incision into the abdomen, often no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm), used especially for tubal ligation.
  • monocarpellary — consisting of a single carpel.
  • monophonically — In a monophonic manner.
  • monophysitical — Of or pertaining to monophysitism.
  • mpeg-1 layer 3 — MPEG-1 audio layer 3
  • multi-part key — compound key
  • multispecialty — (US) Exhibiting or possessing multiple specialties (especially medical specialties).
  • myelencephalon — the posterior section of the hindbrain comprising the medulla oblongata.
  • myelodysplasia — (medicine) Any of various conditions characterized by the faulty or inadequate production of bone marrow or blood cells.
  • naphthyl group — Also called alpha-naphthyl group, alpha-naphthyl radical. the univalent group C 1 0 H 7 –, having a replaceable hydrogen atom in the first, or alpha, position; 1-naphthyl group.
  • nasopharyngeal — the part of the pharynx behind and above the soft palate, directly continuous with the nasal passages. Compare oropharynx (def 2).
  • national party — (in New Zealand) the more conservative of the two main political parties
  • neuropathology — the pathology of the nervous system.
  • non-polynomial — (complexity)   The set or property of problems for which no polynomial-time algorithm is known. This includes problems for which the only known algorithms require a number of steps which increases exponentially with the size of the problem, and those for which no algorithm at all is known. Within these two there are problems which are "provably difficult" and "provably unsolvable".
  • nonexplanatory — not explanatory
  • nymphomaniacal — a woman who has abnormally excessive and uncontrollable sexual desire.
  • occupationally — of or relating to an occupation, trade, or calling: occupational guidance.
  • old-line party — either the Liberal Party or the Conservative Party
  • ophthalmometry — the measurement and determination of the eye's defects and powers of refraction
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