11-letter words containing p, r, y, e
- pilferingly — in the manner of a pilferer
- pioneer day — a legal holiday in Utah on July 24 to commemorate Brigham Young's founding of Salt Lake City in 1847.
- pirate copy — an illicitly reproduced copy of a DVD, video, book, game, etc
- platyrrhine — Anthropology. having a broad, flat-bridged nose.
- play by ear — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- play-centre — a regular meeting of small children arranged by their parents or a welfare agency to give them an opportunity of supervised creative play
- pleurodynia — pain in the chest or side.
- plyometrics — a system of exercise in which the muscles are repeatedly stretched and suddenly contracted
- poetry slam — a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- policy term — The policy term is the lifetime of an insurance policy.
- policymaker — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- policyowner — policyholder.
- poltroonery — a wretched coward; craven.
- polycentric — having many centers, especially of power or importance: the polycentric world of banking.
- polyculture — the raising at the same time and place of more than one species of plant or animal.
- polyestrous — having several estrus cycles annually or during a breeding season.
- polygrapher — a person who employs a code cipher
- polymerizes — to subject to polymerization.
- polynuclear — having many nuclei.
- polysorbate — any of a class of emulsifying and dispersing agents used in various foods and pharmaceutical preparations.
- polyspermia — the secretion of an excessive amount of semen.
- polystyrene — a clear plastic or stiff foam, a polymer of styrene, used chiefly as an insulator in refrigerators and air conditioners.
- ponderingly — in a pondering manner
- ponderosity — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- ponderously — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- pondicherry — a union territory of India, on the Coromandel Coast: formerly the chief settlement of French India; territory includes Mahé (on the Malabar Coast), Karikal, and Yanaon. 181 sq. mi. (469 sq. km).
- pool player — a person who plays pool
- posteriorly — situated behind or at the rear of; hinder (opposed to anterior).
- postpuberty — the period after puberty
- potteringly — in a pottering fashion, slowly
- power alley — either of the two areas in the outfield between the outfielders
- power cycle — (hardware) (Or "cycle power", "cycle") To turn a machine's power off and on, with the intention of clearing some kind of hung or gronked state. Synonym 120 reset; see also Big Red Switch. Compare Vulcan nerve pinch, bounce and boot, and see the AI Koan about Tom Knight and the novice.
- prayer book — a book containing formal prayers to be used in public or private religious devotions.
- prayer flag — a flag stamped with printed prayers, used by Himalayan Buddhists, who believe that its fluttering sends out the prayers inscribed on it.
- prayerfully — given to, characterized by, or expressive of prayer; devout.
- pre-holiday — a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.
- preachingly — in a preaching manner, with preaching
- preambulary — of, pertaining to or of the nature of a preamble; preliminary, introductory
- preassembly — an assembling or coming together of a number of persons, usually for a particular purpose: The principal will speak to all the students at Friday's assembly.
- precedently — in a precedent or preceding fashion, beforehand
- predelivery — the act of delivering in advance of need, use or expectation of the thing delivered
- predicatory — of or relating to preaching.
- predictably — able to be foretold or declared in advance: New technology allows predictable weather forecasting.
- 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.
- preferredly — to set or hold before or above other persons or things in estimation; like better; choose rather than: to prefer beef to chicken.
- preliminary — preceding and leading up to the main part, matter, or business; introductory; preparatory: preliminary examinations.
- preliterary — occurring before the existence of literature
- prematurely — occurring, coming, or done too soon: a premature announcement.
- prematurity — occurring, coming, or done too soon: a premature announcement.
- premonetary — of or relating to the coinage or currency of a country.