13-letter words containing p, y, a, t
- party-colored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
- pastry cutter — a cutter that is used to cut pastry into shapes
- patentability — the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
- pathogenicity — the disease-producing capacity of a pathogen.
- patriarchally — of or relating to a patriarch, the male head of a family, tribe, community, church, order, etc.: my father's conservative, patriarchal ways.
- patrifocality — the system or fact of being patrifocal
- patriot's day — the third Monday in April, a legal holiday in Me. and Mass. commemorating the battles of Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775)
- patriotically — of, like, suitable for, or characteristic of a patriot.
- patriots' day — the anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord (1775), celebrated the third Monday in April: a legal holiday in Massachusetts and Maine.
- patronizingly — displaying or indicative of an offensively condescending manner: a patronizing greeting, accompanied by a gentle pat on the pack.
- pay attention — be attentive
- pay structure — a collection of pay grades or bands, which set out the different levels of pay for workers in a certain profession, etc
- pay the check — When a customer pays the check in a restaurant, they pay the amount that they owe for their meal.
- pay the piper — a person who plays on a pipe.
- payment terms — the terms or conditions concerning the payment of something
- pearly whites — white and lustrous as a pearl.
- pedal cyclist — a person who rides a pedal cycle, as opposed to a motorcycle
- peg away (at) — to work steadily and persistently (at)
- peirastically — in a peirastic manner
- penalty point — an endorsement on a driving licence due to a motoring offence
- penalty rates — rates of pay, such as double time, paid to employees working outside normal working hours
- penetratively — in a penetrative manner
- peninsularity — the state or fact of being a peninsula
- pennyfarthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
- penobscot bay — an inlet of the Atlantic in S Maine. 30 miles (48 km) long.
- pentadactylic — having five digits on each limb
- pentasyllabic — a word or line of verse of five syllables.
- pentasyllable — a word or line of verse of five syllables.
- penultimately — in penultimate position; lastly except for one
- peptidoglycan — a polymer, consisting of polysaccharide and peptide chains, responsible for the structure of the cell wall of bacteria
- peregrinatory — tending to peregrinate; relating to or characteristic of a traveller
- perilymphatic — the fluid between the bony and membranous labyrinths of the ear.
- periodontally — with respect to periodontal tissue
- peripherality — the quality of being peripheral
- perishability — subject to decay, ruin, or destruction: perishable fruits and vegetables.
- perissodactyl — having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot.
- permanent way — the roadbed and track of a railroad.
- petit larceny — petty larceny.
- petrophysical — relating to the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
- petty larceny — law: minor theft
- phantasmagory — phantasmagoria.
- phantasmality — the condition or character of being incorporeal and illusory
- pharyngectomy — excision of part or all of the pharynx.
- phenomenality — highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional: phenomenal speed.
- phenylmethane — toluene.
- phosphorylate — to introduce the phosphoryl group into (an organic compound).
- photo gallery — display of collected photographs
- photodynamics — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
- photosynthate — a compound formed by photosynthesis.
- phreatophytic — of, possessing the properties of, or relating to a phreatophyte