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13-letter words containing y, i, n

  • perfunctorily — performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: perfunctory courtesy.
  • periodontally — with respect to periodontal tissue
  • perseveringly — displaying perseverance; resolutely persistent; steadfast: a persevering student.
  • petit larceny — petty larceny.
  • phantasmality — the condition or character of being incorporeal and illusory
  • pharyngealize — to pronounce with pharyngeal coarticulation.
  • phencyclidine — an anesthetic drug, C 1 7 H 2 5 N, used as an animal tranquilizer: also widely used in several forms as an illicit hallucinogen.
  • phenomenality — highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional: phenomenal speed.
  • phenoxy resin — any of a class of resins derived from polyhydroxy ethers
  • phenylalanine — a crystalline, water-soluble, essential amino acid, C 6 H 5 CH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, necessary to the nutrition of humans and most animals, obtained chiefly from egg white or skim milk. Symbol: F. Abbreviation: Phe;
  • phenylephrine — an alpha-adrenergic stimulant, C 1 9 H 1 3 NO 2 , used chiefly as a nasal decongestant.
  • phenylic acid — phenol (def 1).
  • phony disease — a disease of peaches, characterized by dwarfing, dark-green leaves, premature leafing and flowering, and the production of reduced numbers of small fruit, caused by a virus, Nanus mirabilis.
  • photodynamics — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
  • phrygian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from E to E.
  • phycoerythrin — a red protein pigment occurring in red algae.
  • phyllogenetic — of or relating to the development of leaves.
  • phylloquinone — vitamin K1.
  • physharmonica — a keyboard musical instrument fitted with free reeds, and which is an early form of harmonium
  • physicianship — the position, function, or office of a physician.
  • physiognomies — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
  • physostigmine — an alkaloid, C 1 5 H 2 1 N 3 O 2 , used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease to raise the level of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine and also as a miotic in glaucoma.
  • phytocoenosis — the plants of a given area considered as a whole.
  • phytonutrient — phytochemical.
  • phytosanitary — of or relating to the health of plants
  • pianistically — in a manner or way that is pianistic
  • placentia bay — a bay of the Atlantic Ocean on the SE coast of Newfoundland, Canada, W of the Avalon Peninsula. About 100 miles (160 km) long and 80 miles (129 km) wide.
  • plain yoghurt — natural yoghurt, without added flavouring
  • plantain lily — any Japanese or Chinese plant of the genus Hosta, of the lily family, having large leaves and spikes or one-sided clusters of white, lilac, or blue flowers.
  • plastic money — credit cards, used instead of cash
  • platinocyanic — of or derived from platinocyanic acid.
  • platonic year — a period of about 26,000 years, equal to the time required for a complete revolution of the equinoxes.
  • platyhelminth — any worm of the phylum Platyhelminthes; a flatworm.
  • playing cards — cards used in playing various games, arranged in decks of four suits (spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs): a standard deck has 52 cards
  • playing field — an expanse of level ground, as in a park or stadium, where athletic events are held.
  • playing games — If you say that someone is playing games or playing silly games, you mean that they are not treating a situation seriously and you are annoyed with them.
  • playing trick — a card in a hand considered as likely to take a trick, assuming that the player who holds the hand or that player's partner is the declarer.
  • playwrighting — the writing of plays
  • pneumatolysis — the process by which rocks are altered or minerals and ores are formed by the action of vapors given off by magma.
  • pneumatolytic — resulting from pneumatolysis
  • points system — a system used to assess applicants' eligibility for local authority housing, based on (points awarded for) such factors as the length of time the applicant has lived in the area, how many children are in the family, etc
  • pointy-headed — stupid; idiotic.
  • policy-making — Policy-making is the making of policies.
  • polybutadiene — a rubberlike polymer of butadiene blended with other synthetics to replace natural rubber in tires.
  • polycistronic — of or relating to the transcription of two or more adjacent cistrons into a single messenger RNA molecule.
  • polydaemonism — the belief in many evil spirits.
  • polynomialism — a polynomial naming system
  • polysynthetic — (of a language) characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of affixes to express syntactic relationships and meanings. Many American Indian languages are polysynthetic. Compare analytic (def 3), synthetic (def 3).
  • polytechnical — relating to a technical school
  • pontificality — a priestly role or office
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