12-letter words containing y, c, a
- polygamistic — a person who practices or favors polygamy.
- polynucleate — having many nuclei.
- polypharmacy — the use of two or more drugs together, usually to treat a single condition or disease.
- polysaprobic — flourishing in a body of water having a heavy load of decomposed organic matter and almost no free oxygen
- polysyllabic — consisting of several, especially four or more, syllables, as a word.
- polysynaptic — having or involving more than one synapse.
- postcoronary — of, relating to, or occurring after a heart attack
- postsynaptic — being or occurring on the receiving end of a discharge across the synapse.
- practicality — of or relating to practice or action: practical mathematics.
- precariously — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- precipitancy — the quality or state of being precipitant.
- prelatically — in the manner of a prelate
- preoccupancy — the act, right, or instance of prior occupancy.
- presbyacusis — an age-related, progressive loss of hearing in both ears
- press agency — news-reporting organization
- prickly heat — a cutaneous eruption accompanied by a prickling and itching sensation, due to an inflammation of the sweat glands.
- prickly pear — any of numerous cacti of the genus Opuntia, having flattened, usually spiny stem joints, yellow, orange, or reddish flowers, and ovoid, often edible fruit.
- primary care — medical care by a physician, or other health-care professional, who is the patient's first contact with the health-care system and who may recommend a specialist if necessary.
- primary cell — a cell designed to produce electric current through an electrochemical reaction that is not efficiently reversible, so that the cell when discharged cannot be efficiently recharged by an electric current.
- prince royal — the eldest son of a king or queen.
- principality — a state ruled by a prince, usually a relatively small state or a state that falls within a larger state such as an empire.
- pro-activity — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- pro-monarchy — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
- procedurally — of or relating to a procedure or procedures, especially of a court of law, legislative body, or law enforcement agency.
- prolifically — producing offspring, young, fruit, etc., abundantly; highly fruitful: a prolific pear tree.
- prophylactic — defending or protecting from disease or infection, as a drug.
- prosodically — in a prosodic manner
- prostacyclin — a prostaglandin, C 2 0 H 3 2 O 5 , that specifically inhibits the formation of blood clots.
- proteoglycan — a macromolecule composed of a polysaccharide joined to a polypeptide and forming the ground substance of connective tissue.
- prototypical — the original or model on which something is based or formed.
- protuberancy — protuberance.
- provincially — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
- psammophytic — relating to psammophytes
- psychiatrist — a physician who practices psychiatry.
- psychoactive — of or relating to a substance having a profound or significant effect on mental processes: a psychoactive drug.
- psychobabble — writing or talk using jargon from psychiatry or psychotherapy without particular accuracy or relevance.
- psychography — the supposed writing of a spirit or medium
- psychomachia — conflict of the soul
- psychopathic — of, relating to, or affected with psychopathy.
- psychosexual — of or relating to the relationship of psychological and sexual phenomena.
- psychosocial — of or relating to the interaction between social and psychological factors.
- ptyalectasis — spontaneous or surgical dilatation of a salivary duct.
- pugnaciously — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- punditocracy — influential media pundits collectively.
- puy de sancy — a mountain in S central France: highest peak of the Monts Dore. Height: 1886 m (6188 ft)
- pyrocatechol — catechol.
- pyrochemical — pertaining to or producing chemical change at high temperatures.
- pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
- pyromaniacal — a compulsion to set things on fire.
- pyruvic acid — a water-soluble liquid, C 3 H 4 O 3 , important in many metabolic and fermentative processes, having an odor resembling that of acetic acid, prepared by the dehydration of tartaric acid: used chiefly in biochemical research.