16-letter words containing r, a, p, t, l, y
- hybrid perpetual — a type of cultivated rose bred from varieties having vigorous growth and more or less recurrent bloom.
- hyperaccumulator — a plant that absorbs toxins, such as heavy metals, to a greater concentration than that in the soil in which it is growing
- hypermasculinity — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- hyperperistalsis — the progressive wave of contraction and relaxation of a tubular muscular system, especially the alimentary canal, by which the contents are forced through the system.
- hyperstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- hypervariability — apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
- hypervascularity — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- hyperventilating — Present participle of hyperventilate.
- hyperventilation — excessively rapid and deep breathing.
- hypocoristically — In a hypocoristic manner.
- imperfectability — The quality of not being perfectable; of being forever imperfect.
- imperturbability — incapable of being upset or agitated; not easily excited; calm: imperturbable composure.
- implied warranty — a warranty not stated explicitly by the seller of merchandise or real property but presumed for reasons of commercial or legal custom (distinguished from express warranty).
- impracticability — The quality or condition of being impracticable.
- inflationary gap — the excess of total spending in an economy over the value, at current prices, of the output it can produce
- interoperability — capable of being used or operated reciprocally: interoperable weapons systems.
- interpretability — to give or provide the meaning of; explain; explicate; elucidate: to interpret the hidden meaning of a parable.
- interpretatively — In an interpretative manner.
- intracytoplasmic — Located in the cytoplasm of a cell.
- irreplaceability — The quality of being irreplaceable; inability to be replaced; (frequently) uniqueness.
- library pictures — a caption used to alert viewers that footage being broadcast is from an earlier time and is not happening now
- literacy project — a project, plan or scheme to increase literacy in a country, area, etc
- lithographically — In the manner of lithography.
- lord proprietary — (in Colonial America) an owner, governor, or grantee of a proprietary colony
- methyl parathion — a synthetic pesticide, C 8 H 1 0 NO 5 PS, used in the control of mites and various insects, as aphids, boll weevils, and cutworms.
- misanthropically — In a misanthropic manner.
- natural monopoly — the situation when, due to the economies of scale of a particular industry, the maximum efficiency of production and distribution is realized through a single supplier
- occupation layer — (on an archaeological site) a layer of remains left by a single culture, from which the culture can be dated or identified.
- organoleptically — In an organoleptic manner.
- orthographically — In an orthographical manner; using proper spelling, capitalization and grammar.
- paradigmatically — of or relating to a paradigm.
- particle physics — the branch of physics that deals with the properties and behavior of elementary particles.
- parts of lindsey — an area in E England constituting a former administrative division of Lincolnshire
- perpendicularity — vertical; straight up and down; upright.
- personal liberty — the liberty of an individual to do his or her will freely except for those restraints imposed by law to safeguard the physical, moral, political, and economic welfare of others.
- personal stylist — a person employed by a rich or famous client to offer advice on clothes, hairstyles, and other aspects of personal appearance
- personality cult — deliberately cultivated adulation of a person, esp a political leader
- personality test — an instrument, as a questionnaire or series of standardized tasks, used to measure personality characteristics or to discover personality disorders.
- personality type — a cluster of personality traits commonly occurring together
- photolithography — the technique or art of making photolithographs.
- physical therapy — the treatment or management of physical disability, malfunction, or pain by exercise, massage, hydrotherapy, etc., without the use of medicines, surgery, or radiation.
- planetary nebula — an expanding shell of thin ionized gas that is ejected from and surrounds a hot, dying star of about the same mass as the sun; the gas absorbs ultraviolet radiation from the central star and reemits it as visible light by the process of fluorescence.
- player character — a character in a role-playing game or video game who is controlled by the person playing the game. Abbreviation: PC. Compare nonplayer character.
- port phillip bay — a bay in SE Australia: the harbor of Melbourne. 31 miles (50 km) long; 25 miles (40 km) wide.
- portrait gallery — a gallery where pictures are displayed
- potential energy — the energy of a body or a system with respect to the position of the body or the arrangement of the particles of the system.
- prerevolutionary — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
- primary election — primary (def 15a).
- primary electron — in thermionics, any of the electrons falling on a body, distinguished from those emitted by it
- programmatically — by using a computer program: You can set the value in each field programmatically with a simple algorithm. The background shapes can be programmatically drawn and animated.