12-letter words containing y, e, l, p
- pre-delivery — the carrying and turning over of letters, goods, etc., to a designated recipient or recipients.
- precariously — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- precociously — unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development: a precocious child.
- predictively — of or relating to prediction: losing one's predictive power.
- preeminently — eminent above or before others; superior; surpassing: He is preeminent in his profession.
- preemptively — of or relating to preemption.
- prelatically — in the manner of a prelate
- prelingually — in a prelingual manner
- premaritally — in a premarital manner
- premaxillary — one of a pair of bones of the upper jaw of vertebrates, situated in front of and between the maxillary bones.
- prenominally — before a noun
- preovulatory — to produce and discharge eggs from an ovary or ovarian follicle.
- presbyterial — of or relating to a presbytery.
- presentially — in a presential way
- pretendingly — falsely
- preventively — Medicine/Medical. of or noting a drug, vaccine, etc., for preventing disease; prophylactic.
- 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 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.
- pro-employer — a person or business that employs one or more people, especially for wages or salary: a fair employer.
- pro-equality — the state or quality of being equal; correspondence in quantity, degree, value, rank, or ability: promoting equality of opportunity in the workplace.
- procedurally — of or relating to a procedure or procedures, especially of a court of law, legislative body, or law enforcement agency.
- productively — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- proficiently — well-advanced or competent in any art, science, or subject; skilled: a proficient swimmer.
- profitlessly — in such a way as to not yield profit, as in financial gains or general benefits or advantages
- pronouncedly — strongly marked: a pronounced fishy taste.
- property law — the branch of law dealing with issues relating to land and houses
- propertyless — that which a person owns; the possession or possessions of a particular owner: They lost all their property in the fire.
- prosperously — having or characterized by financial success or good fortune; flourishing; successful: a prosperous business.
- protectingly — in a protective manner
- protectively — having the quality or function of protecting: a protective covering.
- protensively — in the manner of duration
- proteoglycan — a macromolecule composed of a polysaccharide joined to a polypeptide and forming the ground substance of connective tissue.
- proverbially — of, relating to, or characteristic of a proverb: proverbial brevity.
- prudentially — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
- psychobabble — writing or talk using jargon from psychiatry or psychotherapy without particular accuracy or relevance.
- psychologize — to make psychological investigations or speculations, especially those that are naive or uninformed.
- psychosexual — of or relating to the relationship of psychological and sexual phenomena.
- ptyalectasis — spontaneous or surgical dilatation of a salivary duct.
- public enemy — a person or thing considered a danger or menace to the public, especially a wanted criminal widely sought by the F.B.I. and local police forces.
- public money — money that has been collected by the state, usually through taxation
- pulley stile — (in a window frame) a stile against which a window sash slides.
- purposefully — having a purpose.
- pygmy glider — a gliding marsupial, Acrobates pygmaeus, of Australia, growing to about the size of a mouse and having a featherlike tail.
- pyritohedral — of or relating to a pyritohedron
- pyrocatechol — catechol.
- pyrochemical — pertaining to or producing chemical change at high temperatures.
- pyroelectric — pertaining to, subject to, or manifesting pyroelectricity.
- pyroligneous — produced by the distillation of wood.