12-letter words containing p, y, r, o, t, a
- kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- labour party — a political party in Great Britain, formed in 1900 from various socialist and labor groups and taking its present name in 1906.
- lahore party — a modern sect, divided into an older group (Qadianis) and a newer group (Lahore party)
- lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
- lycanthropic — a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
- magnotherapy — Any of several alternative medicine therapies using magnetism.
- manipulatory — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
- massotherapy — treatment by massage.
- micropayment — A very small payment made each time a user accesses an Internet page or service.
- misportrayal — the act of portraying.
- morphosyntax — the study of the morphological and syntactic properties of linguistic or grammatical units.
- mycoparasite — a parasitic fungus whose host is another fungus.
- mythographer — a person who collects or records myths in writing.
- narcotherapy — an infrequently used method of treating mental disorders by intravenous injection of barbiturates.
- neuronopathy — A form of polyneuropathy caused by destruction of neurons.
- neurotypical — relating to or showing typical neurological behavior and development: She has one dyslexic and one neurotypical child.
- odontography — a treatise regarding the teeth
- office party — a party or informal social gathering for all the employees in a particular organization or department
- operatically — of or relating to opera: operatic music.
- overcapacity — capacity beyond what is normal, allowed, or desirable.
- overtime pay — a higher than normal rate of pay, for work done as overtime
- oyster plant — salsify.
- palatography — a technique for observing the position of the tongue in relation to the palate during articulation, especially by placing powder or dye on the palate and then noting the area from which it has been removed by the contact of the tongue with the palate during the production of a speech sound.
- pantaloonery — foolery; humorous entertainment
- pantisocracy — a community, social group, etc, in which all have rule and everyone is equal
- paralyzation — to affect with paralysis.
- parasitology — the branch of biology dealing with parasites and the effects of parasitism.
- parity error — (storage, communications) An error discovered by the inclusion of a parity bit.
- part company — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- party pooper — a person who hasn't the interest or vitality to participate actively in a social party and whose mood, attitude, or personality lessens others' enjoyment; killjoy.
- party popper — party favour: explosive streamer
- pastry board — a flat board on which pastry is rolled
- pay court to — to court, as for favor or love
- payout ratio — the ratio between dividends paid out and earnings per share of common stock within a time period.
- pearl oyster — any of several marine bivalve mollusks of the family Pteriidae, some of which form pearls of great value, inhabiting waters of eastern Asia and off the coasts of Panama and Baja California.
- pedantocracy — rule by pedants; a system of government by pedants
- pentahydroxy — (of a molecule) containing five hydroxyl groups.
- perinatology — a field of medicine focusing on problems emerging during the perinatal period.
- peritoneally — through the peritoneum
- peroxyborate — perborate.
- perspiratory — of, relating to, or stimulating perspiration.
- phanerophyte — a tree or shrub that bears its perennating buds more than 25 cm above the level of the soil
- pharyngotomy — surgical incision into the pharynx
- philanthropy — altruistic concern for human welfare and advancement, usually manifested by donations of money, property, or work to needy persons, by endowment of institutions of learning and hospitals, and by generosity to other socially useful purposes.
- phototherapy — treatment of disease, especially of the skin, by means of light rays.
- phreatophyte — a long-rooted plant that absorbs its water from the water table or the soil above it.
- physogastric — pertaining to the swollen, membranous abdomen of certain insects, especially termite and ant queens.
- phytographer — a botanist involved with plant description
- phytophthora — any of a group of fungi of the genus Phytophthora, which cause a serious plant disease, especially affecting apple and pear trees and potatoes.
- phytotherapy — the use of plants and plant products for medicinal purposes