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11-letter words containing p, y, e

  • glyptotheca — a space devoted to sculpture
  • gnetophytes — Plural form of gnetophyte.
  • go belly up — the front or under part of a vertebrate body from the breastbone to the pelvis, containing the abdominal viscera; the abdomen.
  • god's penny — earnest money.
  • gomme syrup — simple syrup.
  • gopherberry — bush huckleberry.
  • grape jelly — a preserve made from sugar and grapes
  • grapefruity — Resembling or characteristic of grapefruit.
  • greasy pole — a pole covered with grease to make it slippery and difficult to climb, often used as entertainment
  • green party — a liberal political party especially in Germany focusing on environmental issues.
  • grey import — an imported vehicle that does not have an exact model equivalent in the receiving country
  • grey plover — the black-bellied plover.
  • gymnosperms — Plural form of gymnosperm.
  • gymnospermy — The property of being gymnospermous.
  • gynecopathy — any disease occurring only in women.
  • gypsiferous — containing gypsum.
  • gypsy scale — either of two scales that often form the basis of Hungarian Gypsy music.
  • haemoptysis — (British spelling) alternative spelling of hemoptysis.
  • handyperson — a person who is practiced at doing maintenance work.
  • happy event — the birth of a child
  • harney peak — a mountain in SW South Dakota: the highest peak in the Black Hills. 7242 feet (2207 meters).
  • harpy eagle — a large, powerful eagle, Harpia harpyja, of tropical America: an endangered species.
  • heliography — The scientific study of the sun.
  • heliophytes — a plant that grows best in full sunlight.
  • hell to pay — serious consequences, as of a foolish action
  • hematophagy — The practice, of some animals, of feeding on blood.
  • hematophyte — a microorganism, as a bacterium, that lives in the blood.
  • hemotherapy — therapy by means of blood, serum, or plasma transfusion.
  • hepatectomy — excision of part of the liver.
  • hepatocytes — Plural form of hepatocyte.
  • hepatoscopy — medical examination of the liver.
  • heptagynous — (of a flower) having seven pistils
  • herpetology — the branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians.
  • heterocarpy — the production of more than one kind of fruit in one plant.
  • heterophemy — The use of one word or phrase when another is meant.
  • heterophony — the simultaneous performance of the same melodic line, with slight individual variations, by two or more performers.
  • heterophyte — a plant that secures its nutrition directly or indirectly from other organisms; a parasite or saprophyte.
  • heterospory — the production of both microspores and megaspores.
  • heterotypic — of or relating to the first or reductional division in meiosis.
  • hexyl group — any of five univalent, isomeric groups having the formula C 6 H 13 −.
  • hieroglyphs — Plural form of hieroglyph.
  • hierography — a treatise on religion or sacred things
  • hippety-hop — with a hopping movement
  • hokey-pokey — hocus-pocus; trickery.
  • holiday rep — A holiday rep is someone employed by a holiday company to help look after people when they are on holiday.
  • homeomorphy — the occurrence of two fossil species that appear to be similar although they are unrelated, happening as a result of convergent evolution
  • homoeopathy — Alternative spelling of homeopathy.
  • homophylies — Plural form of homophyly.
  • homopolymer — a polymer consisting of a single species of monomer, as polyadenylic acid or polyglutamic acid.
  • honey plant — any of various plants that are particularly useful in providing bees with nectar
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