12-letter words containing p, y, e
- funny papers — funny1 (def 7b).
- galley proof — a proof, originally one set from type in a galley, taken before the material has been made up into pages and usually printed as a single column of type with wide margins for marking corrections.
- gametophytes — Plural form of gametophyte.
- gametophytic — (botany) Of or pertaining to a gametophyte plant.
- garden party — a party given out of doors in a garden or yard.
- genappe yarn — a worsted yarn that has been genapped and made smooth and lustrous.
- gene therapy — the application of genetic engineering to the transplantation of genes into human cells in order to cure a disease caused by a genetic defect, as a missing enzyme.
- geophysicist — the branch of geology that deals with the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including oceanography, seismology, volcanology, and geomagnetism.
- get anyplace — to have any success
- glycerolipid — (organic chemistry) Any lipid based on glycerol.
- glycopeptide — any of a group of complex proteins, as mucin, containing a carbohydrate combined with a simple protein.
- glycoprotein — any of a group of complex proteins, as mucin, containing a carbohydrate combined with a simple protein.
- god's plenty — an abundant or overabundant quantity.
- gold therapy — administration of gold salts as a treatment for disease, especially rheumatoid arthritis.
- golden syrup — treacle (def 2b).
- grape family — the plant family Vitaceae, characterized by woody climbing vines with tendrils, having alternate, simple or compound leaves, and bearing clusters of small flowers and berries, and including Boston ivy, grape, grape ivy, and Virginia creeper.
- graph theory — the branch of mathematics dealing with linear graphs.
- gray panther — a member of an organized group of elderly people seeking to secure or protect their rights by collective action.
- gray snapper — a snapper, Lutjanus griseus, of shallow waters off the coast of Florida, having a grayish-green body with a brown spot on each scale.
- greasy spoon — a cheap and rather unsanitary restaurant.
- grey panther — a member of the generation of affluent older consumers, who regard themselves as young, active, and sociable
- group theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with the structure of mathematical groups and mappings between them.
- gypsy driver — the driver of a gypsy cab
- handypersons — Plural form of handyperson.
- happy camper — Slang. a person who is cheerful and satisfied: There were no happy campers after the company was reorganized.
- happy couple — two people in a happy romantic relationship, especially two people who have just married
- happy medium — a course of action or condition that is between two extremes: Our climate is a happy medium between hot and cold.
- have company — If you have company, you have a visitor or friend with you.
- have pity on — to have sympathy or show mercy for
- hedge hyssop — any plant of the genus Gratiola, a bitter herb used medicinally.
- heliotherapy — treatment of disease by means of sunlight.
- hepaticology — the scientific study of bryophyte plants known as hepatics or liverworts
- hepatomegaly — an abnormal enlargement of the liver, usually associated with liver disease or heart failure.
- hepatoxicity — Toxicity that affects the liver.
- heptahydrate — a hydrate that contains seven molecules of water, as magnesium sulfate, MgSO 4 ⋅7H 2 O.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- heterography — spelling different from that in current use.
- heteromorphy — (biology) The state or quality of being heteromorphic; heteromorphism.
- heteroplasty — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- heteroploidy — (genetics) The state of being heteroploid.
- heterotrophy — The state of being a heterotroph.
- hickory pine — bristlecone pine.
- hieroglyphic — Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
- high polymer — a polymer composed of a large number of monomers.
- hire company — a company that hires things out to people
- holy picture — a picture of a person or thing that is of religious importance
- homeotherapy — therapy for a disease by means of an agent that is similar to but not identical with the causative agent of the disease.
- honeycreeper — any of several small, usually brightly colored birds, related to the tanagers and wood warblers, of tropical and semitropical America.
- horned poppy — any of several Eurasian papaveraceous plants of the genera Glaucium and Roemeria, having large brightly coloured flowers and long curved seed capsules
- horseplayers — Plural form of horseplayer.