11-letter words containing p, r, e, s, y
- predynastic — of, relating to, or belonging to a time or period before the first dynasty of a nation, especially the period in Egypt before c3200 b.c.
- presanctify — to sanctify ahead of an event
- presbycusia — impaired hearing due to old age.
- presbycusis — the gradual loss of acute hearing with advancing age
- presbyteral — of or relating to a presbyter or presbytery
- presenility — premature old age.
- present-day — current; modern: present-day techniques; present-day English.
- press money — prest money.
- press party — a party given for reporters and photographers exclusively or particularly to get publicity, as for the introduction of a new product, the maiden voyage of a liner, or the like.
- prest money — a sum of money advanced to men enlisting in the navy or the army, given to bind the bargain and as an inducement.
- presumingly — presumptuous.
- presynaptic — being or occurring on the transmitting end of a discharge across a synapse.
- privy purse — a sum from the public revenues allotted to the sovereign for personal expenses.
- pro-slavery — favoring slavery.
- professedly — allegedly; pretendedly: He is only professedly poor.
- profusively — profuse; lavish; prodigal: profusive generosity.
- prokaryotes — any cellular organism that has no nuclear membrane, no organelles in the cytoplasm except ribosomes, and has its genetic material in the form of single continuous strands forming coils or loops, characteristic of all organisms in the kingdom Monera, as the bacteria and blue-green algae.
- prokopyevsk — a city in the S central Russian Federation in Asia, NW of Novokuznetsk.
- prophesying — to foretell or predict.
- propriety's — conformity to established standards of good or proper behavior or manners.
- prosecutory — of, relating to, or concerned with prosecution.
- proselyting — a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.
- proselytism — the act or fact of becoming a proselyte; conversion.
- proselytize — try to attract converts
- prosenchyma — the tissue characteristic of the woody and bast portions of plants, consisting typically of long, narrow cells with pointed ends.
- prosiliency — prominence
- proteolysis — the breaking down of proteins into simpler compounds, as in digestion.
- psychometer — a device for measuring mental or psychological activity
- psychometry — Psychology. psychometrics.
- pussyfooter — a person who behaves stealthily or evasively
- pycniospore — the spore produced in a pycnium.
- pyrokinesis — the ability to set objects or people on fire through the concentration of psychic power.
- pyrolysable — able to be pyrolysed
- pyrosulfate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid.
- repressibly — in a repressible way
- respectably — worthy of respect or esteem; estimable; worthy: a respectable citizen.
- respiratory — pertaining to or serving for respiration: respiratory disease.
- responsibly — answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control, or management (often followed by to or for): He is responsible to the president for his decisions.
- retinoscopy — an objective method of determining the refractive error of an eye.
- ruby spinel — a deep red, transparent variety of spinel, used as a gem.
- scenography — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- scent spray — perfume that comes in an aerosol bottle
- sclerophyll — Also, sclerophyllous [skleer-uh-fil-uh s] /ˌsklɪər əˈfɪl əs/ (Show IPA). of, relating to, or exhibiting sclerophylly.
- scrapepenny — a person who is stingy; a miser
- sea lamprey — a parasitic marine lamprey, Petromyzon marinus, that spawns in fresh water along both Atlantic coasts and in the Great Lakes, where it is responsible for losses of economically valuable fish.
- self-parody — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
- serendipity — an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident.
- serotherapy — therapy by means of injections of a serum obtained especially from an immune animal.
- sex therapy — treatment of sexual disorders that have psychological causes, employing psychiatric counseling, behavior modification, and education.
- sparklessly — in a sparkless manner