12-letter words containing p, y, a, t
- saprophytism — living and feeding on dead organic matter
- scintigraphy — the process of producing a scintigram.
- scissiparity — reproduction by one cell splitting into two
- scripturally — (sometimes initial capital letter) of, relating to, or in accordance with sacred writings, especially the Scriptures.
- search party — a group of persons conducting an organized search for someone or something lost or hidden.
- separability — capable of being separated, parted, or dissociated.
- single-party — of or relating to a form of government in which only a single political party constitutes the government
- smarty-pants — smarty.
- spatiography — the study of the characteristics of space beyond the atmosphere, including the mapping of the movements of celestial bodies and the recording of electrical, magnetic, and gravitational effects, especially those likely to affect missiles and spacecraft.
- spermaphytic — able to produce seeds
- spermatocyte — a male germ cell (primary spermatocyte) that gives rise by meiosis to a pair of haploid cells (secondary spermatocytes) that give rise in turn to spermatids.
- sphericality — the state of being a sphere
- spirituality — the quality or fact of being spiritual.
- sportability — suitability to be used in or as a sport
- spotsylvania — a village in NE Virginia: the scene of Civil War battles between the armies of Grant and Lee, May 8–21, 1864.
- spotted cavy — paca.
- spray millet — the seeds of millet left on the spike and sold in pet shops for cage birds.
- stanley pool — a lake between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Congo-Brazzaville, formed by a widening of the River Congo. Area: 829 sq km (320 sq miles)
- stapedectomy — a microsurgical procedure to relieve deafness by replacing the stapes of the ear with a prosthetic device.
- starch syrup — glucose (def 2).
- starch-syrup — a sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , having several optically different forms, the common dextrorotatory form (dextroglucose, or -glucose) occurring in many fruits, animal tissues and fluids, etc., and having a sweetness about one half that of ordinary sugar, and the rare levorotatory form (levoglucose, or -glucose) not naturally occurring.
- steatopygous — extreme accumulation of fat on and about the buttocks, especially of women.
- stereography — the art of delineating the forms of solid bodies on a plane.
- stop payment — an order by the drawer of a check to his or her bank not to pay a specified check.
- stratigraphy — a branch of geology dealing with the classification, nomenclature, correlation, and interpretation of stratified rocks.
- street party — A street party is the same as a block party.
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- subspecialty — a lesser or minor specialty: a cinematographer with a subspecialty of portrait photography.
- supergravity — a hypothetical symmetry among groups of particles containing fermions and bosons, especially in theories of gravity (supergravity) that unify electromagnetism, the weak force, and the strong force with gravity into a single unified force.
- superquality — above-average quality
- supplicatory — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
- supravitally — in a supravital manner
- sycophantish — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- sycophantism — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- sycophantize — to act the sycophant
- sympathizing — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
- symptomatize — symptomize.
- synadelphite — an arsenate containing manganese and aluminium
- synaptosomal — pertaining to a synaptosome
- tachyphrasia — a communication disorder involving rapid, unintelligible speech
- take pity on — show compassion, mercy
- technography — the description and study of the arts and sciences in their geographical and ethnic distribution and historical development.
- temptability — the state of being liable to temptation
- tetrapyrrole — a chemical formed from four pyrrole rings
- thermography — a technique for imitating an embossed appearance, as on business cards, stationery, or the like, by dusting printed areas with a powder that adheres only to the wet ink, and fusing the ink and powder to the paper by heat.
- to play ball — If someone refuses to play ball, they are unwilling to do what someone wants them to do.
- to play fair — If you say that someone plays fair, you mean that they behave or act in a reasonable and honest way.
- to play host — If a person or country plays host to an event or an important visitor, they host the event or the visit.
- to play safe — If you play safe or play it safe, you do not take any risks.
- torreys peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the Front Range, in the E Rocky Mountains. 14,267 feet (4349 meters).