8-letter words containing i, d, y
- nymphoid — Of or pertaining to a nymph.
- odically — In terms of the hypothetical force called od.
- odiously — deserving or causing hatred; hateful; detestable.
- olympiad — a period of four years reckoned from one celebration of the Olympic Games to the next, by which the Greeks computed time from 776 b.c.
- omohyoid — a muscle found in the shoulder
- ordinary — of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person.
- outyield — (of a crop, country, etc) to yield more than
- pallidly — pale; faint or deficient in color; wan: a pallid countenance.
- pay dirt — soil, gravel, or ore that can be mined profitably.
- phylloid — leaflike.
- pie-eyed — drunk; intoxicated.
- pin-eyed — (of flowers, esp primulas) having the stigma in the mouth of the corolla, on the end of a long style with the stamens lower in the tube
- pityroid — scaly; resembling bran.
- placidly — pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed: placid waters.
- podiatry — the care of the human foot, especially the diagnosis and treatment of foot disorders.
- 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
- polybrid — a hybrid plant with more than two parental groups
- polypide — a visible digestive system and muscles
- polypoid — resembling a polyp.
- porridgy — resembling the taste, texture, or appearance of porridge
- psychoid — the innate impetus to perform actions
- psyllids — jumping plant louse.
- pudicity — modesty; chastity
- punditry — the opinions or methods of pundits.
- pycnidia — (in certain ascomycetes and fungi imperfecti) a globose or flask-shaped fruiting body bearing conidia on conidiophores.
- pygidium — any of various structures or regions at the caudal end of the body in certain invertebrates.
- pyinkado — a leguminous tree, Xylia xylocarpa (or dolabriformis), native to India and Myanmar
- pyramids — Architecture. (in ancient Egypt) a quadrilateral masonry mass having smooth, steeply sloping sides meeting at an apex, used as a tomb. (in ancient Egypt and pre-Columbian Central America) a quadrilateral masonry mass, stepped and sharply sloping, used as a tomb or a platform for a temple.
- pyranoid — relating to the structure of a pyranose
- pyrenoid — a spherical protein structure found within chloroplasts of certain algae and hornworts.
- pyridine — a colorless, flammable, liquid organic base, C 5 H 5 N, having a disagreeable odor, usually obtained from coal or synthesized from acetaldehyde and ammonia: used chiefly as a solvent and in organic synthesis.
- pyxidium — a seed vessel that opens transversely, the top part acting as a lid, as in the purslane.
- quayside — the area bordering and around a quay or quays.
- quiddany — a type of quince jelly
- quiddity — the quality that makes a thing what it is; the essential nature of a thing.
- rabidity — irrationally extreme in opinion or practice: a rabid isolationist; a rabid baseball fan.
- radially — arranged like radii or rays.
- radiancy — radiance.
- rancidly — in a rancid manner
- rapidity — a rapid state or quality; quickness; celerity.
- re-edify — to edify again or rebuild
- readying — completely prepared or in fit condition for immediate action or use: troops ready for battle; Dinner is ready.
- recodify — to reduce (laws, rules, etc.) to a code.
- remodify — to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend: to modify a contract.
- ribaldry — ribald character, as of language; scurrility.
- rickyard — a place where haystacks or ricks are put
- ridgeway — a road or track along a ridge, esp one of great antiquity
- rigidify — to make or become rigid
- rigidity — stiff or unyielding; not pliant or flexible; hard: a rigid strip of metal.