12-letter words containing p, o, r, l, y
- reply coupon — a coupon sent with an international letter which can be exchanged for stamps sufficient to send a letter back in reply
- responsively — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- reupholstery — the materials used to cushion and cover furniture.
- 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.
- royal pardon — release from punishment for an offence, granted by a monarch
- royal purple — a deep bluish purple.
- saprobiology — the branch of ecology that studies decaying organic matter or environments, especially saprophytes that derive nourishment in this way.
- sclerophylly — the normal development of much sclerenchyma in the leaves of certain plants, as some desert plants, resulting in thickened, hardened foliage that resists loss of moisture.
- 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.
- 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.
- scrupulously — having scruples, or moral or ethical standards; having or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; principled: scrupulous about defending human rights.
- selenography — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
- sleeper goby — any gobioid fish of the family Eleotridae, of brackish or fresh tropical waters, resembling the gobies but lacking a ventral sucker
- snowy plover — a small plover, Charadrius alexandrinus, mainly of the U.S. and Mexico, having a white breast and sand-colored upper parts.
- 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
- stepmotherly — related to or having the characteristics of a stepmother
- streptolysin — a type of hemolysin produced by certain species of streptococcus.
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- superpolymer — a superior polymer
- suppletorily — supplying a deficiency.
- supplicatory — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
- supportingly — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- tetrapyrrole — a chemical formed from four pyrrole rings
- to play fair — If you say that someone plays fair, you mean that they behave or act in a reasonable and honest way.
- trichinopoly — a city in central Tamil Nadu, in S India, on the Kaveri River.
- triple bogey — a score of three strokes over par on a hole.
- trolley pole — a pole that transfers the electrical current from the overhead wire to the trolley bus
- trophy child — anything taken in war, hunting, competition, etc., especially when preserved as a memento; spoil, prize, or award.
- trypanocidal — (of a drug, agent, activity, etc) effective in killing trypanosomes
- un-purposely — intentionally; deliberately: He tripped me purposely.
- unpardonably — in a manner that is not excusable; disgracefully
- unprovokedly — in an unprovoked manner
- uproariously — characterized by or in a state of uproar; tumultuous.
- video player — VCR: videotape recorder
- viola player — someone who plays the viola
- webliography — a list of electronic documents, websites, or other resources available on the World Wide Web, especially those relating to a particular subject: a student's annotated webliography on Shakespeare.
- worshipfully — In a worshipful manner; reverentially.
- yellow perch — See under perch2 (def 1).
- yellow peril — (in historical contexts) the alleged danger that predominantly white Western civilizations and populations could be overwhelmed by Asian peoples.
- zephyr cloth — a lightweight worsted cloth.