11-letter words containing p, l, a, y
- biophysical — the branch of biology that applies the methods of physics to the study of biological structures and processes.
- bipyramidal — relating to a symmetrical structure consisting of two pyramids
- block party — A block party is an outdoor party for all the residents of a block or neighborhood.
- broken play — an improvised offensive play that results when the originally planned play has failed to be executed properly.
- call-in pay — payment made to employees who report for work and find there is no work for them to do.
- calligraphy — Calligraphy is the art of producing beautiful handwriting using a brush or a special pen.
- callipygian — having beautifully shaped buttocks
- callipygous — having well-shaped buttocks.
- calypsonian — a performer or writer of calypsos
- calyptrogen — a layer of rapidly dividing cells at the tip of a plant root, from which the root cap is formed. It occurs in grasses and many other plants
- campanology — the art or skill of ringing bells musically
- candy apple — A candy apple is an apple coated with hard, red sugar syrup and fixed on a stick.
- capaciously — In a capacious manner.
- cape colony — the name from 1652 until 1910 of the former Cape Province of South Africa
- capillarity — a phenomenon caused by surface tension and resulting in the distortion, elevation, or depression of the surface of a liquid in contact with a solid
- capsulotomy — (surgery) incision into a capsule, especially into the lens of the eye when removing cataracts.
- cebocephaly — A developmental anomaly of the head, characterized by a monkey-like head with a defective small, flattened nose with a single nostril or absent nose and closely set eyes.
- cephalotomy — the dissection of the head
- chessplayer — a player of chess
- chiloplasty — cheiloplasty.
- cladophylls — Plural form of cladophyll.
- clay pigeon — Clay pigeons are discs of baked clay which are thrown into the air by a machine as targets for gun shooting practice.
- cleptocracy — Alternative form of kleptocracy.
- collagraphy — A printmaking process in which materials are applied to a rigid substrate (such as cardboard or wood).
- compactedly — in a compacted manner
- company law — the area of law that deals with business enterprises
- compilatory — of or relating to a compilation or compiler
- complacency — Complacency is being complacent about a situation.
- compliantly — complying; obeying, obliging, or yielding, especially in a submissive way: a man with a compliant nature.
- coplanarity — being or operating in the same plane.
- corporality — the state or quality of being material or having a body; bodily existence or substance
- corporately — of, for, or belonging to a corporation or corporations: a corporate executive; She considers the new federal subsidy just corporate welfare.
- corporeally — of the nature of the physical body; bodily.
- counterplay — a positive or aggressive action by the defending side, esp in chess
- cow parsley — a common Eurasian umbelliferous hedgerow plant, Anthriscus sylvestris, having umbrella-shaped clusters of white flowers
- crapulosity — the quality of being crapulous or crapulent
- crapulously — In a crapulous manner.
- cryptically — mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous: a cryptic message.
- culpability — guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness.
- cyclopaedia — (archaic) The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowledge.
- cycloplegia — paralysis of the muscles that adjust the shape of the lens of the eye, resulting in loss of ability to focus
- cystoplasty — (surgery) Repair to the urinary bladder.
- cytoplasmic — the cell substance between the cell membrane and the nucleus, containing the cytosol, organelles, cytoskeleton, and various particles.
- dapple-gray — gray spotted with darker gray
- dapple-grey — a horse with a grey coat having spots of darker colour
- delphically — in an ambiguous manner; obscurely
- depravingly — in a depraving manner
- dermoplasty — skin grafting.
- desparingly — In a despairing manner.
- desperately — reckless or dangerous because of despair, hopelessness, or urgency: a desperate killer.