12-letter words containing p, t, e, r, y
- impenetrably — not penetrable; that cannot be penetrated, pierced, entered, etc.
- imperatively — absolutely necessary or required; unavoidable: It is imperative that we leave.
- impertinency — impertinence.
- inapparently — in an inapparent manner
- incorporeity — the quality of being incorporeal; disembodied existence or entity; incorporeality.
- insect spray — a substance which can be sprayed in the home to kill insects
- intercompany — a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.
- interplaying — Present participle of interplay.
- interpsychic — of or relating to the human soul or mind; mental (opposed to physical).
- iontotherapy — (medicine) The therapeutic use of iontophoresis.
- iron pyrites — pyrite; fool's gold.
- isoperimetry — the study of isoperimeters.
- keratoplasty — plastic surgery performed upon the cornea, especially a corneal transplantation.
- kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- lahore party — a modern sect, divided into an older group (Qadianis) and a newer group (Lahore party)
- liberty pole — Also called liberty tree. American History. a pole or tree, often with a liberty cap or a banner at the top, usually located on a village green or in a market square, used by the Sons of Liberty in many colonial towns as a symbol of protest against British rule and around which anti-British rallies were held.
- liberty ship — a slow cargo ship built in large numbers for the U.S. merchant marine during World War II and having a capacity of about 11,000 deadweight tons.
- lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
- magnotherapy — Any of several alternative medicine therapies using magnetism.
- massotherapy — treatment by massage.
- methyl group — the univalent group CH 3 −, derived from methane.
- micropayment — A very small payment made each time a user accesses an Internet page or service.
- money expert — someone knowledgeable about money, esp ways to save money
- mycoparasite — a parasitic fungus whose host is another fungus.
- mycoproteins — Plural form of mycoprotein.
- myrmecophyte — A plant that lives in association with a colony of ants. The degree of association varies and is assumed to be symbiotic in some cases.
- mystery play — a medieval dramatic form based on a Biblical story, usually dealing with the life, death, and resurrection of Christ.
- mythographer — a person who collects or records myths in writing.
- narcotherapy — an infrequently used method of treating mental disorders by intravenous injection of barbiturates.
- nephelometry — Bacteriology. an apparatus containing a series of barium chloride standards used to determine the number of bacteria in a suspension.
- neuronopathy — A form of polyneuropathy caused by destruction of neurons.
- neurotypical — relating to or showing typical neurological behavior and development: She has one dyslexic and one neurotypical child.
- night prayer — the last of the seven canonical hours; compline
- northern spy — an American variety of red-striped apple that ripens in autumn or early winter.
- office party — a party or informal social gathering for all the employees in a particular organization or department
- oophorectomy — the operation of removing one or both ovaries; ovariectomy.
- operatically — of or relating to opera: operatic music.
- overcapacity — capacity beyond what is normal, allowed, or desirable.
- overmultiply — to increase too much or too often
- overtime pay — a higher than normal rate of pay, for work done as overtime
- oyster plant — salsify.
- pantaloonery — foolery; humorous entertainment
- panty girdle — women's control pants
- paraguay tea — maté.
- parietal eye — Zoology. a median outgrowth of the diencephalon anterior to the pineal apparatus, having visual adaptations in many anamniotes and lizards.
- parity check — a method for detecting errors in data communications or within a computer system by counting the number of ones or zeros per byte or per word, including a special check bit (parity bit) to see if the value is even or odd.
- parity error — (storage, communications) An error discovered by the inclusion of a parity bit.
- part payment — partial payment; a payment that is not the full price
- party leader — a leader of a political party
- party pooper — a person who hasn't the interest or vitality to participate actively in a social party and whose mood, attitude, or personality lessens others' enjoyment; killjoy.