12-letter words containing p, t, e, r, y
- curietherapy — a form of radiation therapy using radium
- cyberspastic — (humour) A person suffering from information overload while browsing the Internet or web. Compare webhead.
- cybertrooper — (in Malaysia) An activist who uses cyberspace.
- daguerrotype — Misspelling of daguerreotype.
- deep therapy — radiotherapy with very penetrating short-wave radiation
- depreciatory — tending to depreciate.
- derived type — (programming) A type constructed from primitive types or other derived types using a type constructor function. This term is usually applied to procedural languages such as C or Ada. C's derived types are the array, function, pointer, structure, and union. Compare derived class.
- dermatophyte — any parasitic fungus that affects the skin
- despotocracy — the rule by a despot or despots; the power of despots
- deuteropathy — any abnormality that is secondary to another pathological condition.
- deuteroscopy — the second time of looking or considering
- dictyopteran — any insect of the order Dictyoptera, which comprises the cockroaches and mantises
- diet pyramid — food pyramid (def 2).
- dinner party — social gathering over evening meal
- dispensatory — a book in which the composition, preparation, and uses of medicinal substances are described; a nonofficial pharmacopoeia.
- dispiritedly — discouraged; dejected; disheartened; gloomy.
- disreputably — In a disreputable manner.
- disruptively — In a disruptive manner.
- drapeability — to cover or hang with cloth or other fabric, especially in graceful folds; adorn with drapery.
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- duple rhythm — a rhythmic pattern created by a succession of disyllabic feet.
- ectypography — a form of etching or engraving in which the design is produced in relief
- electrotyped — Simple past tense and past participle of electrotype.
- electrotyper — One who electrotypes.
- electrotypes — Plural form of electrotype.
- electrotypic — relating to, or resulting from, electrotypy
- emancipatory — Of or pertaining to emancipation or to an emancipator.
- empty-nester — a married person whose children have grown up and left home
- empyreumatic — relating to empyreuma
- enantiotropy — the possibility for stable polymorphs to exist in different states on either side of a transition-point temperature
- entropically — By means of or in relation to entropy.
- entry coupon — a coupon which you have to fill in with personal details and answers to be eligible to win a prize
- entry permit — customs
- ephemerality — (uncountable) The state or condition of being ephemeral; transience.
- erythropenia — A decrease in the number of erythrocytes, associated with anemia.
- expressivity — (uncountable) The quality of being expressive.
- exprobratory — acting as a reproach
- extemporally — In an extemporal manner.
- foundry type — type cast in individual characters for setting by hand.
- fuel poverty — the state of being unable to afford to heat one's home adequately
- garden party — a party given out of doors in a garden or yard.
- gene therapy — the application of genetic engineering to the transplantation of genes into human cells in order to cure a disease caused by a genetic defect, as a missing enzyme.
- glycoprotein — any of a group of complex proteins, as mucin, containing a carbohydrate combined with a simple protein.
- gold therapy — administration of gold salts as a treatment for disease, especially rheumatoid arthritis.
- graph theory — the branch of mathematics dealing with linear graphs.
- gray panther — a member of an organized group of elderly people seeking to secure or protect their rights by collective action.
- grey panther — a member of the generation of affluent older consumers, who regard themselves as young, active, and sociable
- group theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with the structure of mathematical groups and mappings between them.
- heliotherapy — treatment of disease by means of sunlight.
- heptahydrate — a hydrate that contains seven molecules of water, as magnesium sulfate, MgSO 4 ⋅7H 2 O.