14-letter words containing p, t, e, r, y
- impregnability — strong enough to resist or withstand attack; not to be taken by force, unconquerable: an impregnable fort.
- impressibility — The quality of being impressible.
- incorporeality — not corporeal or material; insubstantial.
- inseparability — incapable of being separated, parted, or disjoined: inseparable companions.
- instant replay — Also called, British, action replay. Television. the recording and immediate rebroadcasting of a segment of a live television broadcast, especially of a sports event: an instant replay of the touchdown pass. a segment recorded and immediately rebroadcast.
- insuperability — The quality or state of being insuperable; insuperableness.
- interplanetary — being or occurring between the planets or between a planet and the sun.
- interpretively — serving to interpret; explanatory.
- interpupillary — between the pupils of the eyes: interpupillary distance.
- irrespectively — without regard to something else, especially something specified; ignoring or discounting (usually followed by of): Irrespective of my wishes, I should go.
- isentropically — in an isentropic manner
- kelyphitic rim — a mineral shell enclosing another mineral in an igneous rock, formed by reaction of the interned mineral with the surrounding rock
- larval therapy — the use of maggots that feed on dead tissue to assist in the healing of serious wounds. An ancient practice, it has been revived in rare cases in which healing is hampered by the resistance of bacteria to antibiotics
- late-type star — any star with a surface temperature below that of the sun, of spectral type K, M, C, or S
- latency period — Psychoanalysis. the stage of personality development, extending from about four or five years of age to the beginning of puberty, during which sexual urges appear to lie dormant.
- lavatory paper — Lavatory paper is paper that you use to clean yourself after you have got rid of urine or faeces from your body.
- leukodystrophy — (medicine) Any of a group of disorders characterized by progressive degeneration of the white matter of the brain, caused by imperfect growth or development of the myelin sheath that acts as an insulator around nerve fibres.
- loan repayment — a repayment of part of a loan, usually monthly
- mechanotherapy — curative treatment by mechanical means.
- metal spraying — a process in which a layer of one metal is sprayed onto another in the molten state
- metallotherapy — therapy by the use of metals or their salts.
- metaphorically — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- micropyrometer — an optical pyrometer used to measure the temperature of small glowing bodies.
- microsporocyte — one of the mother cells that produce four microspores by meiosis.
- milieu therapy — a type of inpatient therapy, used in psychiatric hospitals, involving prescription of particular activities and social interactions according to a patient's emotional and interpersonal needs.
- mononeuropathy — A neuropathy that affects only a single nerve (as distinguished from polyneuropathy).
- multi-part key — compound key
- nephrotoxicity — The state or condition of being nephrotoxic.
- neuropathology — the pathology of the nervous system.
- non-depository — a place where something is deposited or stored, as for safekeeping: the night depository of a bank.
- none-so-pretty — sweet william catchfly.
- nonexplanatory — not explanatory
- nonproprietary — (especially of computer hardware or software) conforming to standards that are in the public domain or are widely licensed, and so not restricted to one manufacturer.
- northern porgy — a common sparid fish, Stenotomus chrysops, of American coastal regions of the Atlantic
- obstreperously — resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
- occupancy rate — The occupancy rate at a hotel is the number of available rooms that are occupied over a period of time.
- old-line party — either the Liberal Party or the Conservative Party
- one-trick pony — a person or thing considered as being limited to only one single talent, capability, quality, etc
- ophthalmometry — the measurement and determination of the eye's defects and powers of refraction
- oriental poppy — a poppy, Papaver orientale, of Asia, having bristly stems and leaves and showy scarlet, pink, or white flowers, cultivated as an ornamental.
- orthopterology — the study of the Orthoptera
- osteodystrophy — (medicine) Any abnormal or defective development of a bone.
- overemployment — an act or instance of employing someone or something.
- pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
- pacific oyster — Japanese oyster.
- paleontography — the formal description of fossils
- pancreatectomy — excision of part or all of the pancreas.
- paper industry — the industry of manufacturing and selling paper
- para-synthesis — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
- parametrically — in terms of a parameter