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 .