7-letter words containing e, p, a, y
- paysage — a landscape or representation of a landscape
- payware — /pay'weir/ Commercial software. Opposite: shareware or freeware.
- peabody — Elizabeth Palmer, 1804–94, U.S. educator and reformer: founded the first kindergarten in the U.S.
- peatary — an area covered with peat; peat bog
- peccary — any of several piglike hoofed mammals of the genus Tayassu, of North and South America, as T. tajacu (collared peccary, or javelina) having a dark gray coat with a white collar.
- pedlary — peddlery.
- penalty — a punishment imposed or incurred for a violation of law or rule.
- per day — relating to an allowance for daily expenses, usually those incurred while working
- per say — a frequent misspelling of per se.
- pessary — a device worn in the vagina to support a displaced uterus.
- pet day — a single fine day during a period of bad weather
- petrary — a weapon used to propel stones
- phytane — a hydrocarbon found in some fossilized plant remains
- phytate — a salt or ester of phytic acid, occurring in plants, especially cereal grains, capable of forming insoluble complexes with calcium, zinc, iron, and other nutrients and interfering with their absorption by the body.
- plaguey — such as to plague, torment, or annoy; vexatious: a plaguy pile of debts.
- plassey — a village in NE India, about 80 miles (128 km) north of Kolkata: Clive's victory over a Bengal army here (1757) led to the establishment of British power in India.
- playlet — a short play.
- playpen — a small enclosure, usually portable, in which a young child can play safely alone without constant supervision.
- plenary — full; complete; entire; absolute; unqualified: plenary powers.
- pre-pay — If you pre-pay something or pre-pay for it, you pay for it before you receive it or use it.
- preachy — tediously or pretentiously didactic.
- prelacy — the office or dignity of a prelate, or high-ranking member of the Christian clergy.
- pteryla — one of the feathered areas on the skin of a bird.
- pyaemia — a diseased state in which pyogenic bacteria are circulating in the blood, characterized by the development of abscesses in various organs.
- pylades — a son of Strophius who befriended Orestes, accompanied him in his wanderings, and eventually married Electra, sister of Orestes.
- pyrexia — fever.
- pytheas — 4th century bc, Greek navigator. He was the first Greek to visit and describe the coasts of Spain, France, and the British Isles and may have reached Iceland
- reapply — to make use of as relevant, suitable, or pertinent: to apply a theory to a problem.
- respray — coat again with spray paint
- ropeway — tramway (def 4).
- shapely — having a pleasing shape, especially with reference to a woman's figure.
- shapley — Harlow [hahr-loh] /ˈhɑr loʊ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1972, U.S. astronomer.
- splayed — to spread out, expand, or extend.
- sprayer — device that sprays a liquid
- sprayey — like, spattered with, or sending out spray
- spyware — Computers. software that is installed surreptitiously and gathers information about an Internet user's browsing habits, intercepts the user's personal data, etc., transmitting this information to a third party: a parent's use of spyware to monitor a child's online activities.
- synapse — a region where nerve impulses are transmitted and received, encompassing the axon terminal of a neuron that releases neurotransmitters in response to an impulse, an extremely small gap across which the neurotransmitters travel, and the adjacent membrane of an axon, dendrite, or muscle or gland cell with the appropriate receptor molecules for picking up the neurotransmitters.
- synapte — a litany.
- therapy — the treatment of disease or disorders, as by some remedial, rehabilitating, or curative process: speech therapy.
- typable — capable of being typed
- typebar — (on a typewriter or some computer printers) one of a series of thin metal bars containing type and actuated by the keyboard or computer signal.