13-letter words containing s, y, p
- parasyntheton — a word formed by parasynthesis; for example, kind-hearted
- parry islands — former name of the Queen Elizabeth Islands.
- 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
- party manners — polite behaviour
- pascal celery — any of several large, dark-green varieties of celery with firm, crisp stalks
- passamaquoddy — a member of a small tribe of North American Indians formerly of coastal Maine and New Brunswick and now living in Maine.
- pastry cutter — a cutter that is used to cut pastry into shapes
- patriot's day — the third Monday in April, a legal holiday in Me. and Mass. commemorating the battles of Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775)
- patriots' day — the anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord (1775), celebrated the third Monday in April: a legal holiday in Massachusetts and Maine.
- 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 as you go — the act of paying or being paid; payment.
- 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-as-you-go — the principle or practice of paying for goods and services at the time of purchase, rather than relying on credit.
- payment terms — the terms or conditions concerning the payment of something
- pearly whites — white and lustrous as a pearl.
- pedal cyclist — a person who rides a pedal cycle, as opposed to a motorcycle
- peirastically — in a peirastic manner
- penalty rates — rates of pay, such as double time, paid to employees working outside normal working hours
- peninsularity — the state or fact of being a peninsula
- pennsylvanian — of or relating to the state of Pennsylvania.
- penny whistle — a type of flageolet with six finger holes, esp a cheap one made of metal
- penobscot bay — an inlet of the Atlantic in S Maine. 30 miles (48 km) long.
- pensacola bay — an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, in NW Florida. About 30 miles (48 km) long.
- pentasyllabic — a word or line of verse of five syllables.
- pentasyllable — a word or line of verse of five syllables.
- perishability — subject to decay, ruin, or destruction: perishable fruits and vegetables.
- perissodactyl — having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot.
- perityphlitis — the inflammation of the tissue surrounding the caecum
- perseveringly — displaying perseverance; resolutely persistent; steadfast: a persevering student.
- perspectively — a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface. Compare aerial perspective, linear perspective.
- petrophysical — relating to the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
- phantasmagory — phantasmagoria.
- phantasmality — the condition or character of being incorporeal and illusory
- pharmacognosy — materia medica (def 2).
- pharyngoscope — an instrument for inspecting the pharynx.
- pharyngoscopy — an examination by means of a pharyngoscope.
- phenoxy resin — any of a class of resins derived from polyhydroxy ethers
- phony disease — a disease of peaches, characterized by dwarfing, dark-green leaves, premature leafing and flowering, and the production of reduced numbers of small fruit, caused by a virus, Nanus mirabilis.
- phosphorylase — any enzyme, occurring widely in animal and plant tissue, that in the presence of an inorganic phosphate catalyzes the conversion of glycogen into sugar phosphate.
- phosphorylate — to introduce the phosphoryl group into (an organic compound).
- photodynamics — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
- photosynthate — a compound formed by photosynthesis.
- phyllocladous — having phylloclades.
- phyllophagous — (of an organism) feeding on leaves.
- physharmonica — a keyboard musical instrument fitted with free reeds, and which is an early form of harmonium
- physical file — (file system) A low-level view of the physical characteristics of a file, such as its location on a disk or its physical structure, for example, whether indexed or sequential.
- physicalistic — of or relating to physicalism.
- physicalities — the physical attributes of a person, especially when overdeveloped or overemphasized.