8-letter words containing m, y, p
- peyotism — a religion of native American Indians that incorporates the ritual use of peyote
- pharmacy — Also called pharmaceutics. the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines.
- phyllome — a leaf of a plant.
- platysma — a broad, thin muscle on each side of the neck, extending from the upper part of the shoulder to the corner of the mouth, the action of which wrinkles the skin of the neck and depresses the corner of the mouth.
- playmate — a companion, especially of a child, in play or recreation.
- playroom — a room set aside for children's play or adult recreation.
- playtime — time for play or recreation.
- plumbery — a plumber's workshop.
- plymouth — an island in the Leeward Islands, in the SE West Indies: a British crown colony. 39½ sq. mi. (102 sq. km). Capital: Plymouth.
- polyfoam — a rigid, semirigid, or rubbery foam composed of minute bubbles of air or carbon dioxide embedded in a polymer matrix, often polyurethane: used in mattresses, padding, insulation, etc.
- polygamy — the practice or condition of having more than one spouse, especially wife, at one time. Compare bigamy (def 1), monogamy (def 1).
- polymath — a person of great learning in several fields of study; polyhistor.
- polymery — the characteristic of having many parts
- polyonym — a word with the same meaning as another word; synonym
- polyseme — a word with multiple meanings
- polysemy — a condition in which a single word, phrase, or concept has more than one meaning or connotation.
- polysome — a complex of ribosomes strung along a single strand of messenger RNA that translates the genetic information coded in the messenger RNA during protein synthesis.
- polysomy — the state of being polysomic
- polytomy — the act or process of dividing into more than three parts.
- pommetty — having a pommel
- pomology — the science that deals with fruits and fruit growing.
- porogamy — the fertilization of a seed plant involving passage of the pollen tube into the ovule by the micropyle
- primally — in a primal manner
- primrosy — characteristic of, or resembling, a primrose (esp in colour)
- promptly — done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
- przemysl — a city in SE Poland: occupied by the Russians 1915.
- psalmody — the act, practice, or art of setting psalms to music.
- psychism — the belief in a universal soul; the attributing of souls to inanimate objects or phenomena
- psyllium — fleawort.
- ptyalism — excessive secretion of saliva.
- puppydom — the state of being a puppy
- puppyism — impudence
- puseyism — Tractarianism.
- putumayo — a river in NW South America, flowing SE from S Colombia into the Amazon in NW Brazil. 900 miles (1450 km) long.
- pygidium — any of various structures or regions at the caudal end of the body in certain invertebrates.
- pygmaean — pygmy (defs 6, 7).
- pygmyish — resembling a pygmy
- pygmyism — the state of being a pygmy
- pyoderma — any skin eruption characterized by pustules or the formation of pus
- 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.
- pyriform — pear-shaped.
- pyrosome — a member of a genus, Pyrosoma, of colonial tunicates found in tropical open waters, the sole genus of the order Pyrosomida, which consists of brightly phosphorescent, translucent individuals united into a hollow tube closed at one end
- pyxidium — a seed vessel that opens transversely, the top part acting as a lid, as in the purslane.
- rampancy — a rampant condition or position.
- reemploy — to hire or engage the services of (a person or persons); provide employment for; have or keep in one's service: This factory employs thousands of people.
- samplery — the making of samplers
- schlumpy — like a schlump
- scrimply — sparingly
- simplify — to make less complex or complicated; make plainer or easier: to simplify a problem.
- skimpily — lacking in size, fullness, etc.; scanty: a skimpy hem; a skimpy dinner.