12-letter words containing p, l, y, i
- repressively — tending or serving to repress: repressive laws.
- reputability — held in good repute; honorable; respectable; estimable: a reputable organization.
- reputatively — according to reckoning; by repute; putatively
- respectively — in precisely the order given; sequentially.
- responsively — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- role playing — role-play used as a method of training or education
- role-playing — a method of instruction or psychotherapy aimed at changing attitudes and behavior, in which participants act out designated roles relevant to real-life situations.
- salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
- saprobiology — the branch of ecology that studies decaying organic matter or environments, especially saprophytes that derive nourishment in this way.
- scapulimancy — divination of the future by observation of the cracking of a mammal's scapula that has been heated by a fire or hot instrument.
- scorpion fly — any of several harmless insects of the order Mecoptera, the male of certain species having a reproductive structure that resembles the sting of a scorpion.
- scripturally — (sometimes initial capital letter) of, relating to, or in accordance with sacred writings, especially the Scriptures.
- scrupulosity — having scruples, or moral or ethical standards; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled: scrupulous about defending human rights.
- self-pitying — Someone who is self-pitying is full of self-pity.
- self-playing — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- separability — capable of being separated, parted, or dissociated.
- seraphically — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
- serpentinely — in a serpentine fashion
- shoo-fly pie — an open pie filled with a sweet crumb and molasses mixture and baked.
- simple syrup — a thick, sweet liquid, usually prepared from sugar and water and used chiefly as a base for soda fountain flavors.
- simplicially — from a simplicial point of view
- single-party — of or relating to a form of government in which only a single political party constitutes the government
- single-payer — noting or relating to a healthcare or health insurance system in which the government or a publicly owned and regulated agency pays all medical costs from a single fund.
- slippery dip — a long slide at a playground or funfair
- slippery elm — an elm, Ulmus rubra, of eastern North America, having a mucilaginous inner bark.
- snowy mespil — a N American tree, Amelanchier Lamarckii, that produces small white flowers in spring
- special jury — struck jury.
- specifically — in a definite or precise manner: The suspect was not specifically named in the report. More specifically, you will be responsible for half the total cost.
- sphericality — the state of being a sphere
- spiny lizard — any of numerous iguanid lizards of the genus Sceloporus, common in North and Central America, usually having keeled scales that may end in a sharp point.
- spirituality — the quality or fact of being spiritual.
- spongillafly — spongefly.
- sporadically — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- sportability — suitability to be used in or as a sport
- spotsylvania — a village in NE Virginia: the scene of Civil War battles between the armies of Grant and Lee, May 8–21, 1864.
- spray millet — the seeds of millet left on the spike and sold in pet shops for cage birds.
- sprightfully — in a sprightful manner
- sputteringly — in a sputtering manner
- streptolysin — a type of hemolysin produced by certain species of streptococcus.
- stupefyingly — to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor.
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- subspecialty — a lesser or minor specialty: a cinematographer with a subspecialty of portrait photography.
- superciliary — of or relating to the eyebrow.
- superquality — above-average quality
- suppletorily — supplying a deficiency.
- supplicatory — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
- supply chain — process of manufacture and sale
- supply-sider — a person, especially an economist, who advocates supply-side economics.
- supportingly — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- supravitally — in a supravital manner