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9-letter words containing c, y, p

  • polynices — a son of Oedipus and Jocasta and brother of Eteocles and Antigone on whose behalf the Seven against Thebes were organized.
  • polypneic — characterized by polypnea
  • polyptych — a work of art composed of several connected panels.
  • polysemic — capable of having several possible meanings
  • polysomic — of, relating to, or designating a basically diploid chromosome complement, in which some but not all the chromosomes are represented more than twice
  • polytypic — having or involving many or several types.
  • pony club — an international youth organization that educates young people about horses and horse riding
  • pony pack — a tray of usually one dozen growing plants that can be bought from a nursery for transplanting: a pony pack of tomato plants.
  • pop psych — psychological or pseudopsychological counseling, interpretations, concepts, terminology, etc., often simplistic or superficial, popularized by certain personalities, magazine articles, television shows, advice columns, or the like, that influence the general public.
  • poppycock — nonsense; bosh.
  • poroscopy — a method for identifying people by the impression left by the pores of the finger(s)
  • porphyric — of or relating to porphyria
  • pothecary — apothecary.
  • preachify — to preach in an obtrusive or tedious way.
  • preachily — in a preachy fashion
  • precatory — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or expressing entreaty or supplication: precatory overtures.
  • precisely — definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed: precise directions.
  • precocity — the state of being or tendency to be precocious.
  • predacity — predatory; rapacious.
  • pregnancy — the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant.
  • preoccupy — to absorb or engross to the exclusion of other things.
  • presbytic — affected by presbyopia
  • procacity — insolence
  • procerity — tallness
  • procuracy — the office of a proctor or procurator.
  • procyonid — any animal of the family Procyonidae, including the raccoons
  • psych out — to intimidate or frighten psychologically, or make nervous (often followed by out): to psych out the competition.
  • psych-out — an act or instance of psyching out.
  • psychical — of or relating to the human soul or mind; mental (opposed to physical).
  • psychogas — a gas with a mind-altering effect
  • psychoses — a mental disorder characterized by symptoms, such as delusions or hallucinations, that indicate impaired contact with reality.
  • psychosis — a mental disorder characterized by symptoms, such as delusions or hallucinations, that indicate impaired contact with reality.
  • psychotic — Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis. Synonyms: (in nontechnical usage) insane, psychopathic, lunatic, mentally ill; mad, disturbed, deranged, demented, non compos mentis. Antonyms: sane; compos mentis, clearheaded, lucid.
  • publicity — extensive mention in the news media or by word of mouth or other means of communication.
  • puckishly — in a puckish manner
  • pugnacity — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
  • puromycin — a substance with antibiotic properties, obtained from certain species of Streptomyces
  • pycnidium — (in certain ascomycetes and fungi imperfecti) a globose or flask-shaped fruiting body bearing conidia on conidiophores.
  • pycnosome — a body type characterized by stockiness
  • pyodermic — relating to a skin disease characterized by the production of pus
  • pyracanth — a thorny evergreen shrub of the genus Pyracantha, related to the hawthorn
  • pyritical — relating to pyrites
  • pyroceram — a strong heat-resistant glass which has been heat-treated so that it is made up of microscopic crystalline domains
  • pyroclast — a piece of lava ejected from a volcano
  • pyrogenic — producing or produced by heat or fever.
  • pyromancy — divination by fire, or by forms appearing in fire.
  • pyroscope — an instrument for measuring the temperature of a heat source
  • pyroxylic — resulting from the action of fire on wood
  • respecify — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
  • scapulary — scapular1 .
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