12-letter words containing t, e, r, n, a, y
- penitentiary — a place for imprisonment, reformatory discipline, or punishment, especially a prison maintained in the U.S. by a state or the federal government for serious offenders.
- pentahydrate — a hydrate that contains five molecules of water, as potassium molybdate, KMoO 4 ⋅5H 2 O.
- pentahydroxy — (of a molecule) containing five hydroxyl groups.
- perenniality — lasting for an indefinitely long time; enduring: her perennial beauty.
- perinatology — a field of medicine focusing on problems emerging during the perinatal period.
- peritoneally — through the peritoneum
- phanerophyte — a tree or shrub that bears its perennating buds more than 25 cm above the level of the soil
- plain turkey — a bustard
- polyurethane — a thermoplastic polymer containing the group NHCOO: used for padding and insulation in furniture, clothing, and packaging, and in the manufacture of resins for adhesives, elastomers, and fillers.
- prayer plant — a plant, Maranta leuconeura, native to Brazil, that is widely cultivated for its variegated leaves that close up at night.
- precipitancy — the quality or state of being precipitant.
- presbyterian — pertaining to or based on the principle of ecclesiastical government by presbyters or presbyteries.
- presentially — in a presential way
- property man — a member of the stage crew in charge of the stage properties
- proteoglycan — a macromolecule composed of a polysaccharide joined to a polypeptide and forming the ground substance of connective tissue.
- protuberancy — protuberance.
- prudentially — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
- put years on — to make (someone) feel or look much older
- pyrithiamine — an antivitamin that causes thiamine deficiency
- pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
- reflationary — economy: relating to reflation
- regenerately — in a regenerate manner
- relationally — in a relational manner
- remuneratory — affording remuneration; profitable: remunerative work.
- renewability — able to be renewed: a library book that is not renewable.
- renunciatory — an act or instance of relinquishing, abandoning, repudiating, or sacrificing something, as a right, title, person, or ambition: the king's renunciation of the throne.
- residentiary — residing; resident.
- resyndicated — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
- rockumentary — a documentary about rock music.
- roentgen ray — (sometimes lowercase) x-ray.
- royal antler — the third prong from the base of a stag's antler.
- royal assent — (in Britain) the formal signing of an act of Parliament by the sovereign, by which it becomes law
- royal tennis — court tennis.
- sacramentary — a sacramentarian
- saunteringly — in a sauntering manner
- scatteringly — in a scattering manner
- security van — an armoured van used to transport money or other valuables
- serotaxonomy — the study of the taxonomy of proteins using serological methods
- sexcentenary — pertaining to 600 or a period of 600 years; marking the completion of 600 years.
- single-party — of or relating to a form of government in which only a single political party constitutes the government
- staggeringly — tending to stagger or overwhelm: a staggering amount of money required in the initial investment.
- stand surety — to act as a surety
- sternutatory — Also, sternutative. causing or tending to cause sneezing.
- stonyhearted — unfeeling; pitiless; cruel
- sub-attorney — a lawyer; attorney-at-law.
- subalternity — lower in rank; subordinate: a subaltern employee.
- subcentrally — in a subcentral manner
- synantherous — with united anthers
- synarthroses — immovable articulation; a fixed or immovable joint; suture.
- technography — the description and study of the arts and sciences in their geographical and ethnic distribution and historical development.