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13-letter words containing y, n

  • 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.
  • phony-baloney — nonsense; baloney.
  • photodynamics — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
  • photosynthate — a compound formed by photosynthesis.
  • 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.
  • phytoestrogen — an estrogen-like compound occurring naturally in plants of the legume family and in grains, vegetables, and fruits.
  • phytonutrient — phytochemical.
  • phytopathogen — an organism that causes disease in plants
  • phytoplankter — a minute organism which constitutes part of phytoplankton
  • phytoplankton — the aggregate of plants and plantlike organisms in plankton.
  • 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
  • plane journey — a journey made by flying in an aeroplane
  • 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.
  • play on words — a pun or the act of punning.
  • 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
  • plenum system — a type of air-conditioning system in which air is passed into a room at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure
  • plough monday — the first Monday after Epiphany, which in N and E England used to be celebrated with a procession of ploughmen drawing a plough from house to house
  • plug and play — (sometimes lowercase) a standard for the production of compatible computers, peripherals, and software that facilitates device installation and enables automatic configuration of the system.
  • plug and pray — (humour)   The Windows 95 equivalent of the Macintosh's plug and play, referring to difficulties encountered when setting up new hardware under Windows 95.
  • plug-and-play — Plug-and-play is used to describe computer equipment, for example a printer, that is ready to use immediately when you connect it to a computer.
  • 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
  • pneumonectomy — excision of part or all of a lung.
  • 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.
  • polycarbonate — a synthetic thermoplastic resin, a linear polymer of carbonic acid, used for molded products, films, and nonbreakable windows.
  • polycistronic — of or relating to the transcription of two or more adjacent cistrons into a single messenger RNA molecule.
  • polycotyledon — a plant having more than two cotyledons, as certain gymnosperms.
  • polydaemonism — the belief in many evil spirits.
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