12-letter words containing p, y
- do your part — contribute
- doggy paddle — a swimming stroke in which the swimmer lies on his or her front, paddles his or her hands in imitation of a swimming dog, and beats his or her legs up and down
- down payment — an initial amount paid at the time of purchase, in installment buying, time sales, etc.
- drapeability — to cover or hang with cloth or other fabric, especially in graceful folds; adorn with drapery.
- drapery shop — a shop selling fabrics and sewing materials
- drinks party — a cocktail party
- dry puddling — puddling in a furnace with a bottom of sand.
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- duncan phyfe — of, relating to, or resembling the furniture made by Duncan Phyfe, especially the earlier pieces in the Sheraton and Directoire styles.
- duple rhythm — a rhythmic pattern created by a succession of disyllabic feet.
- dvapara yuga — the third of the Yugas, not as good as the Treta Yuga but better than the Kali Yuga.
- dyslipidemia — (medicine) an inbalance of lipids (especially cholesterol) in the blood; hypercholesterolemia.
- dysphemistic — Of, pertaining to, or being a dysphemism.
- dystopianism — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- ebullioscopy — (physics) the measurement of the boiling point of liquids.
- economy pack — a large pack of goods that is cheaper than a normal-sized pack
- ectypography — a form of etching or engraving in which the design is produced in relief
- egyptian mau — a breed of medium-sized cat with a spotted coat of medium length
- egyptologist — Alternative spelling of Egyptologist.
- electrotyped — Simple past tense and past participle of electrotype.
- electrotyper — One who electrotypes.
- electrotypes — Plural form of electrotype.
- electrotypic — relating to, or resulting from, electrotypy
- elliptically — In the form of an ellipse.
- emancipatory — Of or pertaining to emancipation or to an emancipator.
- empathically — In an empathic manner.
- emphatically — In a forceful way.
- empty-handed — carrying nothing
- empty-headed — If you describe someone as empty-headed, you mean that they are not very intelligent and often do silly things.
- empty-nester — a married person whose children have grown up and left home
- empyreumatic — relating to empyreuma
- enantiopathy — the treatment of disease by opposites; allopathy
- enantiotropy — the possibility for stable polymorphs to exist in different states on either side of a transition-point temperature
- encyclopedia — An encyclopedia is a book or set of books in which facts about many different subjects or about one particular subject are arranged for reference, usually in alphabetical order.
- encyclopedic — Comprehensive in terms of information.
- endophyllous — enclosed in a leaf or sheath
- enhypostasia — personalities existing in union (Jesus Christ and God the Son)
- enhypostatic — relating to enhypostasia
- enthesopathy — (pathology) A disorder of entheses (bone attachments).
- entropically — By means of or in relation to entropy.
- entry coupon — a coupon which you have to fill in with personal details and answers to be eligible to win a prize
- entry permit — customs
- ephemerality — (uncountable) The state or condition of being ephemeral; transience.
- epicycloidal — Of or pertaining to an epicycloid.
- epidemically — In the manner of an epidemic.
- epidemiology — The branch of medicine that deals with the incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health.
- epididymides — Plural form of epididymis.
- epididymitis — (pathology) inflammation of the epididymis.
- epiphytology — the study of epiphytes
- episodically — In an episodic manner; in episodes.