11-letter words containing p, r, y, e
- temporality — temporal character or nature; temporariness.
- temporarily — lasting, existing, serving, or effective for a time only; not permanent: a temporary need; a temporary job.
- tenorrhaphy — suture of a tendon.
- tepary bean — a twining or bushy plant, Phaseolus acutifolius latifolius, of the legume family, native to Mexico and Arizona, having white or violet-colored flowers, grown as a food plant in dry regions.
- tephromancy — the seeking of the future using ashes
- term policy — a policy whose period of coverage is in excess of one year, usually paying a reduced premium rate, as in fire insurance.
- tetraploidy — having a chromosome number that is four times the basic or haploid number.
- thermopylae — a pass in E Greece, between the cliffs of Mt. Oeta and the Gulf of Lamia: Persian defeat of the Spartans 480 b.c.
- tin pyrites — stannite.
- tinley park — a town in NE Illinois.
- torrey pine — a rare pine tree, Pinus torreyana, having a rounded crown of branches, growing in a limited area on the southern coast of California.
- treaty port — any of the ports in China, Japan, or Korea through which trade with foreign countries was permitted by special treaty.
- trepidatory — characterized by trepidation
- triple play — a play in which three put-outs are made.
- trophy wife — the young, often second, wife of a rich middle-aged man.
- trypan blue — dye used for staining cells in biological research
- trypanocide — a drug or substance that kills trypanosomes
- trypanosome — any minute, flagellate protozoan of the genus Trypanosoma, parasitic in the blood or tissues of humans and other vertebrates, usually transmitted by insects, often causing serious diseases, as African sleeping sickness in humans, and many diseases in domestic animals.
- trypsinogen — a precursor of trypsin that is secreted by the pancreas and is activated to trypsin in the small intestine.
- tuba player — someone who plays the tuba, a valved brass instrument of bass pitch, in which the bell points upwards and the mouthpiece projects at right angles
- typedprolog — (language) A strongly typed logic programming language.
- typefounder — a person who casts metallic printer's type
- typewriting — the act or skill of using a typewriter.
- typewritten — A typewritten document has been typed on a typewriter or word processor.
- typographer — a person skilled or engaged in typography.
- undersupply — a supply which is less than what is required or necessary
- unencrypted — not enciphered or encoded; not encrypted: Unencrypted data sent over the Internet can be intercepted by hackers.
- unperfectly — imperfectly
- unpurposely — intentionally; deliberately: He tripped me purposely.
- upper darby — a town in SE Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
- upper egypt — Arab Republic of. a republic in NE Africa. 386,198 sq. mi. (1,000,252 sq. km). Capital: Cairo. Formerly (1958–71) United Arab Republic.
- varley loop — a device containing a Wheatstone bridge, for comparing resistances and for locating faults in circuits.
- very pistol — a special pistol which fires coloured flares for signalling at night, esp at sea
- videography — the art or process of making films with a video camera.
- water nymph — a nymph of the water, as a naiad, a Nereid, or an Oceanid.
- water poppy — a Brazilian, aquatic plant, Hydrocleys nymphoides, having yellow, poppylike flowers.
- xerophytism — (botany) The adaptation of plants to habitats where water is scarce.
- xylographed — Simple past tense and past participle of xylograph.
- xylographer — A person who makes xylographs.
- y2k problem — the predicted malfunction of some computer systems prior to or at the beginning of the year 2000 because of their inability to distinguish between dates in the 1900s and dates in the 2000s: this inability results from the coding of year dates in some software and chips with only the final two, rather than all four, digits
- zephyr yarn — any of various soft, lightweight yarns, often of silk, rayon, or a combination of natural and synthetic fibers, for woven and knit goods.
- zygopleural — possessing symmetry on both sides