11-letter words containing p, r, y, e
- hypothermia — Pathology. subnormal body temperature.
- hypothermic — Pathology. subnormal body temperature.
- hypsometers — Plural form of hypsometer.
- hypsometric — Of or relating to the use of the hypsometer; hypsographic.
- hythergraph — a climatic graph showing relationships between temperature and humidity or temperature and precipitation.
- imperfectly — of, relating to, or characterized by defects or weaknesses: imperfect vision.
- imperiality — the state of being imperial
- imperiously — domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: an imperious manner; an imperious person.
- impermeably — In an impermeable manner.
- impetratory — to obtain by entreaty.
- import levy — a charge imposed on imported goods to raise the price to as least as high as the price would be in the country the goods are being imported to
- importunely — (obsolete) In an importune manner.
- imprecatory — to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person.
- imprecisely — In an imprecise manner.
- impregnably — In an impregnable manner; in a manner to defy attack.
- impressibly — In an impressible manner.
- impropriety — the quality or condition of being improper; incorrectness.
- imprudently — Without prudence; in an imprudent manner.
- in jeopardy — in danger, at risk
- ineptocracy — (countable, pejorative) A government characterized by incompetent leaders.
- inseparably — In an inseparable manner.
- insuperably — In an insuperable manner.
- inter-party — a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.: a cocktail party.
- intrepidity — resolutely fearless; dauntless: an intrepid explorer.
- irreparably — not reparable; incapable of being rectified, remedied, or made good: an irreparable mistake.
- jackanapery — (dated, pejorative) The behaviour of a jackanapes.
- jersey pine — Virginia pine.
- keratophyre — a fine-grained soda trachyte
- keratoscopy — an instrument, as Placido's disk, for determining the symmetry of the curvature of the cornea.
- khyber pass — the chief mountain pass between Pakistan and Afghanistan, W of Peshawar. 33 miles (53 km) long; 6825 feet (2080 meters) high.
- kleptocracy — a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.
- lamprophyre — any dark intrusive rock in which dark minerals occur both as phenocrysts and as groundmass.
- laparectomy — excision of strips of the abdominal wall and suturing of the wounds so as to correct laxity of the abdominal muscles.
- lawyer palm — any of various kinds of entangling and thorny vegetation, such as the rattan palm, esp in tropical areas
- lepidoptery — the branch of zoology dealing with butterflies and moths.
- liberty cap — a soft, conical cap given to a freed slave in ancient Rome at manumission of his servitude, used as a symbol of liberty, especially since the 18th century.
- linear type — 1. (theory, programming) An attribute of values which are used exactly once: they are neither duplicated nor destroyed. Such values require no garbage collection, and can safely be updated in place, even if they form part of a data structure. Linear types are related to the linear logic of J.-Y Girard. They extend Schmidt's notion of single threading, provide an alternative to Hudak and Bloss' update analysis, and offer a practical complement to Lafont and Holmström's elegant linear languages.
- logotherapy — (psychotherapy) A therapy that involves finding the meaning of one's life.
- lower 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.
- lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
- lyophilizer — Freeze-drying equipment; freeze-dryer.
- macrophytes — Plural form of macrophyte.
- maple syrup — a syrup produced by partially boiling down the sap of the sugar maple or of any of several other maple trees.
- master copy — an original copy, stencil, tape, etc, from which duplicates are made
- memory chip — In a computer, the memory chip is the microchip in which information is stored.
- memory dump — (programming, operating system, jargon) (Or "core dump") A file on hard disk (traditionally called "core") containing a copy of the contents of a process's memory, produced when a process is aborted by certain kinds of internal error or signal.
- memory span — the capacity of short-term memory, usually between 5 and 10 items
- mesotherapy — a cosmetic procedure in which minute doses of medication, vitamins, etc, are injected repeatedly into the mesodermal tissue under the skin to promote fat loss
- microphytes — Plural form of microphyte.
- monotherapy — (medicine) A therapy which is administered by itself.