8-letter words containing a, p, s, y
- paroxysm — any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: paroxysms of rage.
- partyism — adherence to a political party or organization.
- passably — fairly; moderately: a passably good novel.
- passerby — a person passing by.
- pastorly — of or relating to a pastor
- pay desk — the counter in a shop where customers pay for goods
- pay-stub — a document attached to or accompanying a paycheck as a record of gross earnings and deductions.
- payables — debts to be paid
- paysandu — a city in W Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- peasanty — having qualities ascribed to traditional country life or people; simple or unsophisticated
- phantasy — fantasy.
- phylaxis — medical term for protection against infection
- physalia — a marine invertebrate, often confused with a jellyfish, that has a painful sting
- physical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- platypus — a small, aquatic, egg-laying monotreme, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, of Australia and Tasmania, having webbed feet, a tail like that of a beaver, a sensitive bill resembling that of a duck, and, in adult males, venom-injecting spurs on the ankles of the hind limbs, used primarily for fighting with other males during the breeding season.
- platysma — a broad, thin muscle on each side of the neck, extending from the upper part of the shoulder to the corner of the mouth, the action of which wrinkles the skin of the neck and depresses the corner of the mouth.
- playless — having no play
- playlist — a list of the recordings to be played on the radio during a particular program or time period, often including their sequence, duration, etc.
- playslip — a form used to nominate numbers in a lottery draw
- playsuit — a sports costume for women and children, usually consisting of shorts and a shirt, worn as beachwear, for tennis, etc.
- psalmody — the act, practice, or art of setting psalms to music.
- psaltery — an ancient musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
- ptyalism — excessive secretion of saliva.
- pussycat — a cat; pussy.
- pyramids — Architecture. (in ancient Egypt) a quadrilateral masonry mass having smooth, steeply sloping sides meeting at an apex, used as a tomb. (in ancient Egypt and pre-Columbian Central America) a quadrilateral masonry mass, stepped and sharply sloping, used as a tomb or a platform for a temple.
- pyranose — any monosaccharide having a pyran ring structure.
- pyrostat — a thermostat for high temperatures.
- rhapsody — Music. an instrumental composition irregular in form and suggestive of improvisation.
- samplery — the making of samplers
- sapiency — having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- saponify — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.
- scyphate — being in the shape of a cup; cup-shaped.
- sepalody — the changing of other flower parts, such as petals, into sepals
- sex play — erotic caressing, especially as a prelude to sexual intercourse; foreplay.
- shipyard — a yard or enclosure in which ships are built or repaired.
- sick pay — wages or other compensation received from an employer during an illness.
- skyscape — a section or portion of the sky, usually extensive and often including part of the horizon, that may be seen from a single viewpoint.
- spagyric — pertaining to or resembling alchemy; alchemic.
- sparkily — in a sparky manner
- sparsely — thinly scattered or distributed: a sparse population.
- sparsity — thinly scattered or distributed: a sparse population.
- speedway — a town in central Indiana.
- spermary — an organ in which spermatozoa are generated; testis.
- spillway — a passageway through which surplus water escapes from a reservoir, lake, or the like.
- spinachy — characteristic of spinach
- splaying — to spread out, expand, or extend.
- sprauncy — smart or showy in appearance
- spray-on — applied by means of an aerosol spray
- spunyarn — small stuff made from rope yarns twisted together
- spyglass — a small telescope.