8-letter words containing c, y, p
- lip-sync — the technical process by which this is done.
- lipocyte — fat cell.
- lycopene — a red crystalline substance, C 40 H 56 , that is the main pigment of certain fruits, as the tomato and paprika, and is a precursor to carotene in plant biosynthesis.
- lycopsid — Any primitive plant of the division Lycopodiophyta.
- lynchpin — a pin inserted through the end of an axletree to keep the wheel on.
- monocopy — (genetics) Describing any gene that has a copy number of one.
- myoscope — an instrument for observing muscular contraction.
- necropsy — the examination of a body after death; autopsy.
- nitpicky — Finicky; overly critical; concerned with insignificant details.
- octapody — (in poetic metre) a line, stanza, or piece of poetic writing that contains eight feet
- optimacy — Government by the nobility.
- otoscopy — an instrument for examining the external canal and tympanic membrane of the ear.
- patchery — the act of hurriedly patching something together
- patchily — characterized by or made up of patches.
- pay back — to settle (a debt, obligation, etc.), as by transferring money or goods, or by doing something: Please pay your bill.
- paycheck — a bank check given as salary or wages.
- peacocky — of or resembling a peacock; ostentatious
- peccancy — sinning; guilty of a moral offense.
- pendency — the state or time of being pending, undecided, or undetermined, as of a lawsuit awaiting settlement.
- perchery — a barn in which hens are allowed to move without restriction
- pernancy — a taking or receiving, as of the rents or profits of an estate.
- petchary — a grey kingbird, Tyrannus dominicensis
- pharmacy — Also called pharmaceutics. the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines.
- phenylic — relating to, consisting of or originating from phenyl
- phylarch — the chief of a tribe in Ancient Greece, and in Athens, the head of a clan in battle, or generally, the chief of a tribe
- phyletic — of, relating to, or based on the evolutionary history of a group of organisms; phylogenetic.
- physical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- physico- — physical, physical and
- phytonic — of or relating to a phyton
- picayune — of little value or account; small; trifling: a picayune amount.
- picnicky — of or relating to picnic
- pinckney — Charles, 1757–1824, American Revolutionary leader and politician: senator 1798–1801.
- pipeclay — a fine, white clay used for making tobacco pipes, whitening parts of military or other dress, etc.
- piquancy — agreeably pungent or sharp in taste or flavor; pleasantly biting or tart: a piquant aspic.
- pitchily — in a pitchy manner
- placidly — pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed: placid waters.
- play-act — to engage in make-believe.
- playback — the act of reproducing a sound or video recording, especially in order to check a recording that is newly made.
- poly i:c — a synthetic RNA that promotes the production of interferon in the body
- poly sci — poli sci
- polyacid — having more than one replaceable hydrogen atom.
- polyadic — (of a relation, operation, etc) having several argument places, as … moves … from … to …, which might be represented as Mpox1y1z1t1x2y2z2t2 where p names a person, o an object, and each t a time, and each <x,y,z> the coordinates of a place
- polyarch — (of a woody tissue) having multiple points of origin
- polycarp — Saint, a.d. 69?–155, bishop of Smyrna and a Christian martyr.
- polyclad — any free-swimming, marine flatworm of the order Polycladida, having a broad, flat body and a many-branched gastrovascular cavity.
- polyenic — relating to a polyene
- polyzoic — (of a bryozoan colony) composed of many zooids.
- postsync — postsynchronization
- precycle — to make purchasing decisions that will ultimately delay, reduce, or eliminate the need to recycle or dispose of waste: One way you can precycle is by buying food in bulk, so there's less packaging to throw away.
- princely — greatly liberal; lavish; magnificent: a princely entertainment.