11-letter words containing p, t, y, a
- pantonality — twelve-tone technique.
- panty liner — a pad worn inside a woman's underwear for feminine hygiene purposes such as absorbing light menstrual flow, daily vaginal discharge, etc
- paramountcy — chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: a point of paramount significance.
- paramountly — chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: a point of paramount significance.
- parathyroid — situated near the thyroid gland.
- paratyphoid — Also called paratyphoid fever. an infectious disease, similar in some of its symptoms to typhoid fever but usually milder, caused by any of several bacilli of the genus Salmonella other than S. typhi.
- parent body — an organization's parent body is the organization that created it and usually still controls it
- parfocality — the quality of being parfocal
- part way up — some way towards the summit
- partial key — (database) A key which identifies a subset of a set of information items (e.g. database "records"), and which could narrow the subset to one item if other partial key(s) were combined with it.
- partibility — the quality of being partible
- party dress — a dress to wear to a party
- party liner — a person who follows a party line, especially the Communist Party line.
- party music — music for or at a party
- party piece — Someone's party piece is something that they often do to entertain people, especially at parties, for example singing a particular song or saying a particular poem.
- party-giver — a person who gives a party
- parvanimity — the state or characteristic of being small-minded
- pastry case — a case made of pastry that is filled with fruit, custard etc to make a tart or flan
- pastry chef — cook who specializes in patisserie
- pastry tube — a conical tube with a patterned hole at one end, fitted over the opening of a cloth funnel (pastry bag) for shaping icings, food pastes, etc., as they are forced through by squeezing the bag.
- pasty-faced — having a pale, unhealthy, sallow complexion: an awkward, pasty-faced youth.
- pataphysics — a supposed branch of philosophy or science that studies imaginary phenomena beyond the realm of metaphysics; the science of imaginary solutions.
- pathography — a biography that focuses on the negative elements of its subject.
- patricianly — a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat.
- patsy cline — Patsy (Virginia Patterson Hensley) 1932–63, U.S. country singer.
- patty shell — a cup-shaped shell of light, flaky pastry, for serving vegetable, fish, or meat mixtures, usually with a sauce.
- pay a visit — go to the toilet
- pay dispute — a disagreement between workers and employers concerning salary
- pay station — a machine where you can pay for parking, as in a car park, etc
- payroll tax — a tax levied against the amount of wages and salaries paid workers.
- pecan patty — a praline made with pecans.
- pectinately — in a pectinate manner
- peculiarity — a trait, manner, characteristic, or habit that is odd or unusual.
- pelotherapy — the application of mud to the body for therapeutic purposes
- penalty box — an enclosed space adjacent to the rink for penalized players, the penalty timekeeper, the game timekeeper, and the official scorer.
- pentacyclic — having five rings of atoms
- pentadactyl — having five digits on each hand or foot.
- pentagynous — (of plants) belonging to the order Pentagynia, characterized by the presence of five styles or pistils
- pentahydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) pentahydroxy.
- pentaploidy — the condition of being pentaploid
- pentastylos — a pentastyle building, as a classical temple.
- perinatally — during the perinatal period; before birth
- permanently — existing perpetually; everlasting, especially without significant change.
- perpetually — continuing or enduring forever; everlasting.
- personality — the visible aspect of one's character as it impresses others: He has a pleasing personality.
- perth amboy — a seaport in E New Jersey.
- pertinacity — the quality of being pertinacious; persistence.
- petitionary — of the nature of or expressing a petition.
- petrography — the branch of petrology dealing with the description and classification of rocks, especially by microscopic examination.
- phagocytize — (of a phagocyte) to devour (material).