8-letter words containing o, p, y
- hydropsy — (formerly) edema.
- hypergol — any hypergolic agent.
- hyperion — Classical Mythology. a Titan, the father of Helios, Selene, and Eos.
- hyperons — Plural form of hyperon.
- hyperope — A farsighted person, a hyperopic person, a person with hyperopia.
- hypnoses — the ancient Greek god of sleep.
- hypnosis — an artificially induced trance state resembling sleep, characterized by heightened susceptibility to suggestion.
- hypnotee — a person being hypnotized
- hypnotic — of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.
- hypoacid — relating to a lower than normal level of acidity
- hypobole — the act of anticipating objection for the purpose of refutation
- hypocist — a type of juice derived from the fruit of a plant which grows from the Cistus shrub
- hypoderm — Zoology. an underlayer of epithelial cells in arthropods and certain other invertebrates that secretes substances for the overlying cuticle or exoskeleton.
- hypogamy — Act or practice of seeking a spouse of lower socioeconomic status, or caste status than oneself.
- hypogeal — underground; subterranean.
- hypogean — Existing or growing underground.
- hypogene — formed beneath the earth's surface, as granite (opposed to epigene).
- hypogeum — Ancient Architecture. the underground part of a building, as a vault.
- hypogyny — situated on the receptacle beneath the pistil and free of the ovary, as stamens, petals, or sepals.
- hyponoia — a slow mental function or imagination
- hyponyms — Plural form of hyponym.
- hyponymy — the state or quality of being a hyponym, a term that denotes a subcategory of a more general class: A relationship of hyponymy exists between “dog” and “animal.”.
- hypopnea — abnormally shallow and slow breathing.
- hypopyon — an effusion of pus into the anterior chamber of the eye.
- hyposmia — A reduced ability to smell and to detect odours.
- hypothec — Roman and Civil Law. a mortgage or security held by a creditor on the property of a debtor without possession of it, created either by agreement or by operation of law.
- icy pole — an ice cream or water ice on a stick
- idiotype — the molecular arrangement of amino acids unique to the antigen-binding site of a particular antibody.
- imployed — Simple past tense and past participle of imploy.
- impolicy — The state or act of being impolitic.
- isohypse — (meteorology) A line on a map connecting points of equal height of a given pressure level.
- isospory — the condition of having spores of only one kind
- isotropy — Physics. of equal physical properties along all axes. Compare anisotropic (def 1).
- isotypic — of or relating to an isotype.
- jeopardy — hazard or risk of or exposure to loss, harm, death, or injury: For a moment his life was in jeopardy.
- kopiykas — Plural form of kopiyka.
- kyphosis — an abnormal, convex curvature of the spine, with a resultant bulge at the upper back.
- kyphotic — Relating to, or exhibiting, kyphosis.
- lay open — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- leypoldt — Frederick, 1835–84, U.S. editor and publisher, born in Germany.
- linotype — to typeset on a Linotype machine.
- lipocyte — fat cell.
- logotype — Also called logo. a single piece of type bearing two or more uncombined letters, a syllable, or a word.
- lollypop — a piece of hard candy attached to the end of a small stick that is held in the hand while the candy is licked.
- lycopene — a red crystalline substance, C 40 H 56 , that is the main pigment of certain fruits, as the tomato and paprika, and is a precursor to carotene in plant biosynthesis.
- lycopsid — Any primitive plant of the division Lycopodiophyta.
- lymphoid — of, relating to, or resembling lymph.
- lymphoma — a tumor arising from any of the cellular elements of lymph nodes.
- maypoles — Plural form of maypole.
- metopryl — a colourless liquid, C4H10O, that is related to ether and was formerly used as an anaesthetic