13-letter words containing p, y, e
- openmouthedly — in a manner filled with amazement and wonder
- opera company — a company that puts on productions of operas
- operationally — able to function or be used; functional: How soon will the new factory be operational?
- opinionatedly — In an opinionated manner.
- orchesography — a written study of dancing
- organotherapy — the branch of therapeutics that deals with the use of remedies prepared from the organs of animals, as from the thyroid gland, the pancreas, or the suprarenal bodies.
- oropharyngeal — the part of the pharynx between the soft palate and the upper edge of the epiglottis.
- orthoepically — In terms of correct pronunciation.
- orthopyroxene — a member of the pyroxene group of minerals having an orthorhombic crystal structure, such as enstatite and hypersthene
- osteophytosis — Lb medicine The presence of osteophytes.
- paisley shawl — a shawl made from paisley fabric
- palaeobiology — the study of fossil plants and animals
- palaeocrystic — consisting of former glacial formation
- palaeoecology — the study of fossil animals and plants in order to deduce their ecology and the environmental conditions in which they lived
- palaeontology — Palaeontology is the study of fossils as a guide to the history of life on Earth.
- palaeozoology — the study of fossil animals
- paleethnology — (formerly) the branch of ethnology concerned with the earliest or most primitive human societies.
- paleopedology — the branch of pedology dealing with the soils of past geologic ages.
- pancreatotomy — incision of the pancreas.
- parallel play — a form of play in which a very young child plays independently in the presence of another child or other children.
- parasexuality — parasexual behaviour
- parasynthesis — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
- parasynthetic — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
- parasyntheton — a word formed by parasynthesis; for example, kind-hearted
- parliamentary — of or relating to a parliament or any of its members.
- parry channel — a water channel in N Canada running between Baffin Bay on the E and the Arctic Ocean on the W: separates the Queen Elizabeth Islands (N) from the rest of the Arctic Archipelago.
- parsley piert — a small N temperate rosaceous plant, Aphanes arvensis, having fan-shaped leaves and small greenish flowers
- parsley sauce — a white sauce containing chopped parsley
- parthenocarpy — the production of fruit without fertilization of an egg in the ovary.
- party machine — the internal organization of a political party, which decides its policies and directs its activities
- party manners — polite behaviour
- party-colored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
- pascal celery — any of several large, dark-green varieties of celery with firm, crisp stalks
- 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.
- pay a pension — If a company or government pays a pension to someone, it provides them with money because they have reached a certain age.
- pay attention — be attentive
- pay one's way — to settle (a debt, obligation, etc.), as by transferring money or goods, or by doing something: Please pay your bill.
- 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.
- pay-per-click — a system used to set prices for online advertisements on a search engine or other website, by which the advertiser pays a small fee to the website publisher each time a user clicks on the advertisement.
- payday lender — a person or group that offers short-term loans, in advance of payday, at high rates of interest
- payment terms — the terms or conditions concerning the payment of something
- pearly whites — white and lustrous as a pearl.
- pedagogically — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
- 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