8-letter words containing e, y, t
- peyotist — a person who follows the religion of peyotism
- phyletic — of, relating to, or based on the evolutionary history of a group of organisms; phylogenetic.
- phyllite — a slaty rock, the cleavage planes of which have a luster imparted by minute scales of mica.
- physeter — a member of the Physeter genus of creatures that includes the sperm whale
- playdate — a gathering of children at a house for play
- playmate — a companion, especially of a child, in play or recreation.
- playtime — time for play or recreation.
- plenarty — the state of an endowed church office when occupied
- politely — showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil: a polite reply.
- polytene — denoting a type of giant-size chromosome consisting of many replicated genes in parallel, found esp in Drosophila larvae
- polyteny — the condition of being polytene
- polytype — a crystal occurring in more than one form
- pommetty — having a pommel
- porterly — pertaining to or characteristic of a porter
- potbelly — a distended or protuberant belly.
- potently — powerful; mighty: a potent fighting force.
- poyntell — a pavement of tile mosaic forming an abstract design.
- pratyeka — (in Mahayana Buddhism) a buddha who enters into nirvana without teaching others.
- prestudy — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.
- prettify — to make pretty, especially in a small, petty way: to prettify a natural beauty.
- prettily — pleasing or attractive to the eye, as by delicacy or gracefulness: a pretty face.
- priestly — of or relating to a priest; sacerdotal: priestly vestments.
- printery — (formerly) an establishment for typographic printing.
- property — that which a person owns; the possession or possessions of a particular owner: They lost all their property in the fire.
- prostyle — (of a classical temple) having a portico on the front with the columns in front of the antae.
- psaltery — an ancient musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
- pterylae — one of the feathered areas on the skin of a bird.
- ptyalize — to induce the flow of saliva
- puppetry — the art of making puppets or presenting puppet shows.
- pyelitis — inflammation of the pelvis or outlet of the kidney.
- pyritize — to convert into pyrites
- pyruvate — an ester or salt of pyruvic acid.
- queerity — queerness or peculiarity
- racketry — noise and commotion
- radetzky — Count Joseph [yoh-zef] /ˈyoʊ zɛf/ (Show IPA), 1766–1858, Austrian field marshal.
- rafferty — confused; disorganized.
- rateably — capable of being rated or appraised.
- re-entry — an act of reentering.
- recently — of late occurrence, appearance, or origin; lately happening, done, made, etc.: recent events; a recent trip.
- rectally — of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- red tory — a Conservative who holds liberal or mildly socialist views on certain fiscal and social issues
- regality — royalty, sovereignty, or kingship.
- registry — Windows Registry
- remotely — far apart; far distant in space; situated at some distance away: the remote jungles of Brazil.
- renotify — to notify again
- rent boy — A rent boy is a boy or young man who has sex with men for money.
- rest day — a holiday; a day when people do not have to work
- retiracy — retirement
- retronym — a term coined in modification of an original term that was used alone (as acoustic guitar instead of guitar ) to distinguish it from a term referring to a later development (as electric guitar ). Other examples of retronyms are snail mail and analog watch .
- rhyolite — a fine-grained igneous rock rich in silica: the volcanic equivalent of granite.