11-letter words containing p, y, e
- dermography — a type of marking on the skin, whether in the form of writing or pictures, supposedly of psychic origin, similar to stigmata except for being more short-lived
- dermoplasty — skin grafting.
- desparingly — In a despairing manner.
- desperately — reckless or dangerous because of despair, hopelessness, or urgency: a desperate killer.
- despisingly — in a despising manner; contemptuously
- despondency — Despondency is a strong feeling of unhappiness caused by difficulties which you feel you cannot overcome.
- diaphaneity — the quality of being diaphanous; transparency.
- diapophyses — Plural form of diapophysis.
- diphycercal — having a tail or caudal fin with the spinal column extending horizontally to the end of the tail, characteristic of lungfish, several other primitive fishes, and the juvenile stage of modern bony fishes.
- dirty power — Electrical mains voltage that is unfriendly to the delicate innards of computers. Spikes, drop-outs, average voltage significantly higher or lower than nominal, or just plain noise can all cause problems of varying subtlety and severity (these are collectively known as power hits).
- discrepancy — the state or quality of being discrepant or in disagreement, as by displaying an unexpected or unacceptable difference; inconsistency: The discrepancy between the evidence and his account of what happened led to his arrest.
- disemployed — Simple past tense and past participle of disemploy.
- disparately — distinct in kind; essentially different; dissimilar: disparate ideas.
- dispensably — in a dispensable manner
- dispersedly — In a dispersed manner; in a scattered way, here and there.
- displayable — Capable of being displayed.
- disproperty — to deprive of property
- dizzy spell — attack of vertigo
- donkeypunch — Alternative form of donkey punch.
- double play — a play in which two putouts are made.
- downpayment — an initial amount paid at the time of purchase, in installment buying, time sales, etc.
- dues-paying — gaining experience, especially by hard and often unpleasant or uncongenial work: He spent his dues-paying years as a cocktail pianist.
- dumpy level — an instrument consisting of a spirit level mounted under and parallel to a telescope, the latter being rigidly attached to its supports.
- dyspareunia — painful coitus.
- dyspathetic — characterized by dyspathy
- dyspeptical — (archaic) dyspeptic.
- dysphemisms — Plural form of dysphemism.
- dystrophies — Plural form of dystrophy.
- easy as pie — a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust: apple pie; meat pie.
- ectopically — In an ectopic manner.
- edaphically — In terms of soil conditions.
- electrotype — Make a copy of (something) by the electrolytic deposition of copper on a mold.
- electrotypy — the process of producing electrotype plates by electrolytically depositing a layer of copper or nickel onto a mould of the original
- ellipticity — The condition of being elliptic.
- embryopathy — (pathology) Any developmental disorder of an embryo.
- embryophyte — any of a subkingdom of plants, Embryophyta, that encompasses most land plants, such as trees, flowers and mosses
- emery paper — also sandpaper
- emphyteusis — a continual right in a property that belongs to another
- emphyteutic — pertaining to emphyteusis
- empirically — Based on experience as opposed to theoretical knowledge.
- employments — Plural form of employment.
- energy crop — plant cultivated for fuel
- enteropathy — A disease of the intestine, especially the small intestine.
- entomophagy — The eating of insects.
- ephemerally — In an ephemeral manner.
- epicaricacy — (rare) Rejoicing at or deriving pleasure from the misfortunes of others.
- epicyclical — Of or pertaining to an epicycle.
- epicycloids — Plural form of epicycloid.
- epidemicity — The condition of being epidemic.
- epidemology — Misspelling of epidemiology.