14-letter words containing y, a, m, p
- myelodysplasia — (medicine) Any of various conditions characterized by the faulty or inadequate production of bone marrow or blood cells.
- myocardiograph — an instrument for recording the movements of the heart.
- myocardiopathy — (pathology) Any disease of the myocardium.
- myopsychopathy — myopathy associated with mental weakness or change.
- myrmecophagous — Pertaining to the anteater.
- non-polynomial — (complexity) The set or property of problems for which no polynomial-time algorithm is known. This includes problems for which the only known algorithms require a number of steps which increases exponentially with the size of the problem, and those for which no algorithm at all is known. Within these two there are problems which are "provably difficult" and "provably unsolvable".
- nonsymptomatic — pertaining to a symptom or symptoms.
- numeric keypad — a separate section on some computer keyboards, grouping together numeric keys and those for mathematical or other special functions in an arrangement like that of a calculator.
- nymphomaniacal — a woman who has abnormally excessive and uncontrollable sexual desire.
- oesophagectomy — (surgery) the surgical procedure for the removal of all, or part of the oesophagus.
- ophthalmometry — the measurement and determination of the eye's defects and powers of refraction
- ophthalmoscopy — the use of or technique of using an ophthalmoscope.
- optimistically — disposed to take a favorable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
- pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
- paleolimnology — the study of ancient lakes from their sediments and fossils.
- pancreatectomy — excision of part or all of the pancreas.
- pantomimically — in the manner of a pantomime character or performance
- paper mulberry — a mulberry tree, Broussonetia papyrifera, of eastern Asia, having alternate leaves that vary in size, round catkins, and orange-red fruit, grown widely as a shade tree.
- parametrically — in terms of a parameter
- parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- parent company — a corporation or other business enterprise that owns controlling interests in one or more subsidiary companies (distinguished from holding company).
- paroemiography — the writing or collecting of proverbs
- parsimoniously — characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
- parsley family — the plant family Umbelliferae (or Apiaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants having alternate, usually compound leaves, hollow stems, numerous small flowers borne in umbels, and dry, seedlike, often aromatic fruit, and including anise, caraway, carrot, celery, dill, parsley, parsnip, and Queen Anne's lace, as well as poisonous plants such as cowbane and water hemlock.
- payment system — a system used to pay or settle financial transactions
- pentadactylism — the state of having five digits on each limb
- pentamethylene — cyclopentane.
- performability — the quality of being performable
- petty criminal — someone who commits petty crime or a petty crime
- phallic symbol — any object, as a cigar or skyscraper, that may broadly resemble or represent the penis, especially such an object that symbolizes power, as an automobile.
- photogrammetry — the process of making surveys and maps through the use of photographs, especially aerial photographs.
- plane geometry — the geometry of figures whose parts all lie in one plane.
- plastic memory — the tendency of certain plastics after being deformed to resume their original form when heated
- platform party — the group on the platform at a meeting
- player-manager — In football and some other sports, a player-manager is a person who plays for a team and also manages the team.
- plethysmograph — a device for measuring and recording changes in the volume of the body or of a body part or organ.
- pneumatic tyre — a rubber tyre filled with air under pressure, used esp on motor vehicles
- pneumodynamics — Physics. pneumatics.
- police academy — a school for training police officers
- polyacrylamide — a white, solid, water-soluble polymer of acrylamide, used in secondary oil recovery, as a thickening agent, a flocculant, and an absorbent, and to separate macromolecules of different molecular weights.
- polymerization — the act or process of forming a polymer or polymeric compound.
- postmastectomy — of or relating to the period after a mastectomy
- poultry farmer — a person who rears domestic fowls, esp chickens, for their eggs or meat
- prayer meeting — a meeting chiefly for prayer.
- praying mantis — mantis.
- premeditatedly — done deliberately; planned in advance: a premeditated murder.
- premenstrually — in a premenstrual manner
- presymptomatic — relating to or describing a symptom that occurs before the typical symptoms of a disease
- primacy effect — the process whereby the first few items on a list are learnt more rapidly than the middle items
- primal therapy — a form of psychotherapy in which the patient is encouraged to relive traumatic events, often screaming or crying, in order to achieve catharsis and a breakdown of psychological defenses.