8-letter words containing i, s, p, y
- partyism — adherence to a political party or organization.
- perseity — (in medieval philosophy) the quality of those things having substance independently of any real object.
- perspiry — sweaty
- peyotism — a religion of native American Indians that incorporates the ritual use of peyote
- peyotist — a person who follows the religion of peyotism
- phylaxis — medical term for protection against infection
- phylesis — evolutionary events that modify an organism or group of organisms without leading to the formation of a new species
- physalia — a marine invertebrate, often confused with a jellyfish, that has a painful sting
- physical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- physico- — physical, physical and
- physiol. — physiological
- physique — physical or bodily structure, appearance, or development: the physique of an athlete.
- phytosis — a disease which is caused by a vegetable parasite, for example a fungus
- playlist — a list of the recordings to be played on the radio during a particular program or time period, often including their sequence, duration, etc.
- playslip — a form used to nominate numbers in a lottery draw
- playsuit — a sports costume for women and children, usually consisting of shorts and a shirt, worn as beachwear, for tennis, etc.
- pleurisy — inflammation of the pleura, with or without a liquid effusion in the pleural cavity, characterized by a dry cough and pain in the affected side.
- plushily — in a plush manner
- poly sci — poli sci
- polybius — c205–c123 b.c, Greek historian.
- ponyskin — the leather from a pony hide
- porosity — the state or quality of being porous.
- posingly — in a posing manner
- possibly — perhaps; maybe: It may possibly rain today.
- priestly — of or relating to a priest; sacerdotal: priestly vestments.
- primrosy — characteristic of, or resembling, a primrose (esp in colour)
- prissily — excessively proper; affectedly correct; prim.
- psyching — psych1 .
- psychism — the belief in a universal soul; the attributing of souls to inanimate objects or phenomena
- psychist — a person who believes in psychic phenomena
- psychoid — the innate impetus to perform actions
- psyllids — jumping plant louse.
- psyllium — fleawort.
- ptyalism — excessive secretion of saliva.
- puppyish — a young dog, especially one less than a year old.
- puppyism — impudence
- puseyism — Tractarianism.
- pycnosis — the reduction in size and increase in staining of a cell or its nucleus, usually a feature of cell degeneration
- pyelitis — inflammation of the pelvis or outlet of the kidney.
- pygmyish — resembling a pygmy
- pygmyism — the state of being a pygmy
- pyknosis — a process of thickening, esp. in the shrinking nucleus of a degenerating cell
- pyonings — the work of military sappers, such as the digging of trenches
- 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.
- sapiency — having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- saponify — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.
- scrimply — sparingly
- shipyard — a yard or enclosure in which ships are built or repaired.
- sick pay — wages or other compensation received from an employer during an illness.
- sighyper — Special Interest Group on Hypertext and Multimedia of the SGML Users' Group.