15-letter words containing p, r, y, e
- lord privy seal — a cabinet minister without portfolio.
- make a play for — to act the part of (a person or character) in a dramatic performance; portray: to play Lady Macbeth.
- malacopterygian — belonging or pertaining to the Malacopterygii (Malacopteri), a group of soft-finned, teleost fishes.
- marital therapy — a psychotherapeutic treatment for married couples, who are seen by a therapist both individually and jointly to assist them in resolving various problems related to their marriage.
- memory capacity — (on a computer or other device) the amount of memory space available for data storage
- metamorphically — In a metamorphic manner.
- methylene group — the bivalent organic group >CH 2 , derived from methane.
- methylpropanone — (organic compound) The industrial solvent butanone.
- metric topology — a topology for a space in which open sets are defined in terms of a given metric.
- microphotometry — the use of microphotometers to measure the intensity of light transmitted or reflected by very small areas
- microsporocytes — Plural form of microsporocyte.
- military police — soldiers who perform police duties
- minidisc player — a device for playing minidiscs
- minority report — a report by a minority of members of a group that disagrees with the official report issued by the group
- mock pennyroyal — pennyroyal (def 2).
- modestly priced — moderately priced; not overly expensive
- more's the pity — If you add more's the pity to a comment, you are expressing your disappointment or regret about something.
- morelos y pavon — José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1765–1815, Mexican priest and revolutionary leader.
- morning prayers — early-morning act of religious worship
- mystery shopper — a person who is employed, often by the owners, to visit shops, hotels, etc, incognito, and assess the quality of the service offered
- nearly-new shop — a shop that sells secondhand clothes and other objects
- nephrolithotomy — incision or opening of a kidney pelvis for removal of a calculus.
- net.personality — Someone who has made a name for him or herself on Usenet, through either longevity or attention-getting posts, but doesn't meet the other requirements of net.godhood.
- neurohypophyses — Plural form of neurohypophysis.
- neurohypophysis — See under pituitary gland.
- neuropathically — In a neuropathic way.
- neurophysiology — the branch of physiology dealing with the functions of the nervous system.
- neuroplasticity — the capacity of the nervous system to develop new neuronal connections: research on neuroplasticity of the brain after injury.
- neuropsychiatry — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases involving the mind and nervous system.
- neuropsychology — The study of the relationship between behavior, emotion, and cognition on the one hand, and brain function on the other.
- new jersey plan — a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a single legislative house with equal representation for each state.
- new port richey — a town in central Florida.
- non-exculpatory — tending to clear from a charge of fault or guilt.
- noncompensatory — serving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury.
- noncontemporary — not contemporary
- nuclear physics — the branch of physics that deals with the behavior, structure, and component parts of atomic nuclei.
- nutty professor — a professor or academic person who is eccentric or slightly crazy or unusual
- open university — higher education by correspondence
- open your mouth — If you say that someone does not open their mouth, you are emphasizing that they never say anything at all.
- operating cycle — the period of time between starting a business and making a profit
- orthopaedically — in an orthopaedic manner
- over-complexity — the state or quality of being complex; intricacy: the complexity of urban life.
- palaeogeography — the study of geographical features of the geological past
- palaeontography — the branch of palaeontology concerned with the description of fossils
- paracetaldehyde — paraldehyde.
- paradise valley — a town in SW Arizona.
- parasympathetic — pertaining to that part of the autonomic nervous system consisting of nerves and ganglia that arise from the cranial and sacral regions and function in opposition to the sympathetic system, as in inhibiting heartbeat or contracting the pupil of the eye.
- parenthetically — of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
- parliamentarily — in a parliamentary manner
- participatively — to take or have a part or share, as with others; partake; share (usually followed by in): to participate in profits; to participate in a play.