14-letter words containing p, y, l
- epistolography — the art, or practice, of letter-writing
- equity capital — Finance
- ethylene group — the divalent group, -CH2CH2-, derived from ethylene
- eucalyptus oil — an essential oil derived from trees belonging to the Eucalyptus genus and used for pharmaceutical, fragrance and antiseptic purposes
- euphuistically — In a euphuistic manner.
- exasperatingly — In an exasperating manner; frustratingly.
- exceptionality — (uncountable) The quality of being exceptional.
- experientially — In terms of experience.
- experimentally — In the manner of an experiment.
- exploitability — The state or condition of being exploitable.
- exploitatively — In an exploitative manner.
- expressibility — The quality of being expressible.
- extraplanetary — Originating, or located outside of a planet.
- extrapyramidal — Relating to or denoting nerves concerned with motor activity that descend from the cortex to the spine and are not part of the pyramidal system.
- eye specialist — ophthalmologist
- eyebrow pencil — make-up for eyebrows
- eyre peninsula — a peninsula of South Australia, between the Great Australian Bight and Spencer Gulf
- family compact — any influential clique
- family support — a means-tested allowance for families in need
- family therapy — the psychotherapeutic treatment of more than one member of a family simultaneously at the same session, based on the assumption that problems can best be understood and corrected by observing the interaction of family members and identifying methods for improving their interrelationships.
- five-year plan — any plan for national economic or industrial development specifying goals to be reached within a period of five years, especially as undertaken by the Soviet Union and China.
- flanders poppy — corn poppy.
- flying trapeze — a trapeze used in performing gymnastic displays high above the ground
- fool's-parsley — an Old World fetid, poisonous plant, Aethusa cynapium, resembling parsley.
- foreign policy — a policy pursued by a nation in its dealings with other nations, designed to achieve national objectives.
- fowl paralysis — Marek's disease.
- galvanotherapy — treatment employing electric current.
- geographically — of or relating to geography.
- geopolitically — According to geopolitics.
- glyceryl group — the trivalent group (C 3 H 5)− 3 , derived from glycerol.
- grand ole opry — a successful radio show from Nashville, Tenn., first broadcast on Nov. 28, 1925, noted for its playing of and continuing importance to country music.
- group velocity — the velocity of finite numbers of waves undergoing simple harmonic motion, equal to the phase velocity when it does not vary with the wavelengths of the waves. The group velocity of the set of waves produced in water when a stone is dropped is less than the velocity of the individual waves.
- gymslip mother — a girl of school age who has become a mother
- gypsum plaster — plaster made primarily of gypsum.
- gyroscopically — Using a gyroscope.
- halfpennyworth — As much as could be bought for a halfpenny.
- happy as larry — extremely happy
- happy families — a card game in which the object is to collect the cards (which display images of people) until you have a complete family
- happy slapping — the practice of attacking, esp slapping, an unsuspecting passer-by and filming it with a mobile camera phone, footage of which is then circulated for the amusement of others
- happy-go-lucky — trusting cheerfully to luck; happily unworried or unconcerned.
- health physics — the branch of physics concerned with the health and safety of people in medical, scientific, and industrial work, esp with protection from the biological effects of ionizing radiation
- heliosciophyte — any plant that grows in the shade, but thrives more in the sun
- hemipelvectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of half of the pelvis, and the leg on that side.
- heterophyllous — having different kinds of leaves on the same plant.
- hieroglyphical — Hieroglyphic: related to or resembling hieroglyphs.
- highway patrol — a state law-enforcement organization whose officers safeguard the highways.
- histopathology — the science dealing with the histological structure of abnormal or diseased tissue; pathological histology.
- holy scripture — Scripture (def 1).
- holy sepulcher — the sepulcher in which the body of Jesus lay between His burial and His resurrection.
- holy sepulchre — the tomb in which the body of Christ was laid after the Crucifixion