15-letter words containing p, t, e, r, y
- neuropsychiatry — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases involving the mind and nervous system.
- 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
- 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.
- palaeontography — the branch of palaeontology concerned with the description of fossils
- paracetaldehyde — paraldehyde.
- 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.
- pastoral prayer — the main prayer in a church service.
- paternity leave — a leave of absence from a job for a father to care for a new baby.
- paternity order — a court order which declares a child's paternity
- pearly nautilus — nautilus (def 1).
- pentaerythritol — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 5 H 1 2 O 4 , used chiefly in the manufacture of alkyd resins, varnishes, plasticizers, and explosives.
- periodic system — a system of classification of the elements based on the periodic law.
- petit serjeanty — serjeanty in which the tenant renders services of an impersonal nature to the king, as providing him annually with an implement of war, as a lance or bow.
- petroleum jelly — sticky substance used as lubricant
- petty bourgeois — petit bourgeois
- pharmacotherapy — the treatment of disease through the administration of drugs.
- phenyl valerate — a colorless, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 1 1 H 1 4 O 2 , used chiefly in flavoring and perfumery.
- phenylketonuria — an inherited disease due to faulty metabolism of phenylalanine, characterized by phenylketones in the urine and usually first noted by signs of mental retardation in infancy.
- phenylketonuric — an inherited disease due to faulty metabolism of phenylalanine, characterized by phenylketones in the urine and usually first noted by signs of mental retardation in infancy.
- phosphorylative — of or relating to phosphorylation
- phototelegraphy — facsimile (def 2a).
- phototypesetter — a machine for phototypesetting
- physiotherapist — physical therapy.
- picture gallery — place where art is exhibited and sold
- picture library — A picture library is a collection of photographs that is held by a particular company or organization. Newspapers or publishers can pay to use the photographs in their publications.
- pied flycatcher — a small black and white migratory bird of Europe and western Asia, Ficedula hypoleuca
- planimetrically — in a planimetric manner
- plastic surgery — the branch of surgery dealing with the repair or replacement of malformed, injured, or lost organs or tissues of the body, chiefly by the transplant of living tissues.
- play favourites — to display favouritism
- play the market — to speculate on a stock exchange
- plenipotentiary — a person, especially a diplomatic agent, invested with full power or authority to transact business on behalf of another.
- plethysmography — the tracking of changes measured in bodily volume
- pneumatotherapy — the use of compressed or rarefied air in treating disease.
- polycarboxylate — a salt or ester of a polycarboxylic acid. Polycarboxylate esters are used in certain detergents
- polychlorinated — having multiple chlorine atoms
- polycrystalline — (of a rock or metal) composed of aggregates of individual crystals.
- polyelectrolyte — an electrolyte of high molecular weight, usually polymeric, either natural or synthetic.
- polyunsaturated — of or noting a class of animal or vegetable fats, especially plant oils, whose molecules consist of carbon chains with many double bonds unsaturated by hydrogen atoms and that are associated with a low cholesterol content of the blood.
- postoperatively — occurring after a surgical operation.