12-letter words containing y, e, n, a
- piano player — pianist.
- pidyon haben — the rite of relieving the first male child born to parents not descended from Aaron or Levi of certain religious obligations by redeeming him from a member of the priestly class, celebrated 30 days after the child's birth.
- pinealectomy — a surgical operation to remove the pineal gland
- placentology — the scientific study of the placenta
- plain turkey — a bustard
- play chicken — to engage in a test of courage in which, typically, two vehicles are driven directly toward one another in order to see which driver will swerve away first
- play reading — the activity when a group of people read the parts of a play
- player piano — a piano that can play automatically when the keys are actuated electronically or by a pneumatic device controlled by a piano roll.
- plunket baby — a baby brought up in infancy under the dietary recommendations of the Plunket Society
- pneumaticity — the condition of being pneumatic
- pneumatocyst — the cavity of a pneumatophore.
- pneumatology — Theology. doctrine concerning the Holy Spirit. the belief in intermediary spirits between humans and God.
- pneumography — the process of recording the movements of the thorax in respiration.
- polynucleate — having many nuclei.
- polysiloxane — a polymer composed of silicon and oxygen atoms
- 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.
- potentiality — the state or quality of being potential.
- 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.
- prelingually — in a prelingual manner
- prenominally — before a noun
- preoccupancy — the act, right, or instance of prior occupancy.
- presbyterian — pertaining to or based on the principle of ecclesiastical government by presbyters or presbyteries.
- presentially — in a presential way
- press agency — news-reporting organization
- previsionary — having foresight
- prince royal — the eldest son of a king or queen.
- 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.
- punxsutawney — a town in central Pennsylvania: Groundhog Day celebration.
- put years on — to make (someone) feel or look much older
- puy de sancy — a mountain in S central France: highest peak of the Monts Dore. Height: 1886 m (6188 ft)
- pyrazinamide — a substance, C 5 H 5 N 3 O, used in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- pyridoxamine — a metabolic form of pyridoxine
- pyrithiamine — an antivitamin that causes thiamine deficiency
- pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
- questionably — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- radiolucency — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
- railway line — railroad route
- reasonlessly — in a reasonless manner
- reassuringly — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- recessionary — of, relating to, or causing recession, especially economic recession: recessionary market pressures.
- reconveyance — to convey again.
- red nose day — a fund-raising day on behalf of the British charity organization Comic Relief, which culminates in a live telethon on BBC One
- reflationary — economy: relating to reflation
- regenerately — in a regenerate manner
- relationally — in a relational manner
- relay runner — person who takes turn in a relay race