13-letter words containing p, r, a, y, e, s
- hyperurbanism — a pronunciation or grammatical form or usage produced by a speaker of one dialect according to an analogical rule formed by comparison of the speaker's own usage with that of another, more prestigious, dialect and often applied in an inappropriate context, especially in an effort to avoid sounding countrified, rural, or provincial, as in the pronunciation of the word two (to̅o̅) as (tyo̅o̅).
- hypervascular — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- hypsometrical — Of or pertaining to hypsometry.
- impersonality — absence of human character or of the traits associated with the human character: He feared the impersonality of a mechanized world.
- ipsilaterally — (anatomy, medicine) On the same side of the body.
- kinesitherapy — a movement-based therapy
- laryngoscopes — Plural form of laryngoscope.
- library paste — a white, smooth paste for paper and lightweight cardboard.
- library steps — a folding stepladder, especially one folding into another piece of furniture, as a table or chair.
- lord's prayer — the, the prayer given by Jesus to His disciples, and beginning with the words Our Father. Matt. 6:9–13; Luke 11:2–4.
- master policy — a single policy covering a group of people, typically employees of a company, issued to an employer.
- megasporocyte — a diploid cell in plants that undergoes meiosis to create four haploid megaspores.
- micropayments — Plural form of micropayment.
- musicotherapy — the treatment of mental disorders with music
- mythographies — Plural form of mythography.
- nasopharynges — Plural form of nasopharynx.
- norway spruce — a European spruce, Picea abies, having shiny, dark-green needles, grown as an ornamental.
- nosogeography — the study of the geographical causes and distribution of diseases.
- orchesography — a written study of dancing
- palaeocrystic — consisting of former glacial formation
- parasexuality — parasexual behaviour
- 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.
- parasyntheton — a word formed by parasynthesis; for example, kind-hearted
- parsley piert — a small N temperate rosaceous plant, Aphanes arvensis, having fan-shaped leaves and small greenish flowers
- parsley sauce — a white sauce containing chopped parsley
- party manners — polite behaviour
- pascal celery — any of several large, dark-green varieties of celery with firm, crisp stalks
- pastry cutter — a cutter that is used to cut pastry into shapes
- pay structure — a collection of pay grades or bands, which set out the different levels of pay for workers in a certain profession, etc
- payment terms — the terms or conditions concerning the payment of something
- pearly whites — white and lustrous as a pearl.
- peirastically — in a peirastic manner
- penalty rates — rates of pay, such as double time, paid to employees working outside normal working hours
- peninsularity — the state or fact of being a peninsula
- 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
- pharyngoscope — an instrument for inspecting the pharynx.
- phosphorylase — any enzyme, occurring widely in animal and plant tissue, that in the presence of an inorganic phosphate catalyzes the conversion of glycogen into sugar phosphate.
- phosphorylate — to introduce the phosphoryl group into (an organic compound).
- physiotherapy — physical therapy.
- plethysmogram — the recording of a plethysmograph.
- polyarteritis — inflammation of the layers of an artery or of many arteries, usually caused by a severe hypersensitivity reaction, and characterized by nodules and hemorrhage along the involved vessels.
- portal system — a vascular arrangement in which blood from the capillaries of one organ is transported to the capillaries of another organ by a connecting vein or veins.
- possessionary — of, relating to, or characterized by possession
- post-tertiary — denoting or formed after the Tertiary period of geological time
- postsecondary — of or relating to education beyond high school: She completed her postsecondary education at a two-year college.
- potter's clay — a clay, suitably plastic and free of iron and other impurities, for use by potters.
- prairie style — the style of the architects of the Prairie School.