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8-letter words containing o, p, y

  • pyrolize — to subject (a substance) to pyrolysis.
  • pyrology — the study of fire or heat, esp the branch of chemistry concerned with the use and properties of fire
  • pyrolyse — to subject (a substance) to pyrolysis.
  • pyronine — a xanthine dye used for detecting the presence of RNA.
  • 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
  • pyrostat — a thermostat for high temperatures.
  • pyroxene — any of a very common group of minerals of many varieties, silicates of magnesium, iron, calcium, and other elements, occurring as important constituents of many kinds of rocks, especially basic igneous rocks.
  • pyrrhous — (of a person's complexion) ruddy or reddish
  • pythonic — prophetic; oracular.
  • redeploy — to transfer (a unit, a person, supplies, etc.) from one theater of operations to another.
  • 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.
  • reoccupy — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
  • rhapsody — Music. an instrumental composition irregular in form and suggestive of improvisation.
  • rheopexy — the property exhibited by certain slow-gelling, thixotropic sols of gelling more rapidly when the containing vessel is shaken gently.
  • rohypnol — Rohypnol is a powerful drug that makes a person semi-conscious.
  • roleplay — to assume the attitudes, actions, and discourse of (another), especially in a make-believe situation in an effort to understand a differing point of view or social interaction: Management trainees were given a chance to role-play labor negotiators.
  • saponify — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.
  • sepalody — the changing of other flower parts, such as petals, into sepals
  • serotype — a group of organisms, microorganisms, or cells distinguished by their shared specific antigens as determined by serologic testing.
  • sloppily — muddy, slushy, or very wet: The field was a sloppy mess after the rain.
  • snoopily — in a prying or snooping manner
  • sphygmo- — indicating the pulse
  • splotchy — marked or covered with splotches.
  • spoofery — good-humored mockery or teasing.
  • spookery — matters relating to spies and espionage
  • spookily — like or befitting a spook or ghost; suggestive of spooks.
  • spoonily — in a spoony manner
  • spray-on — applied by means of an aerosol spray
  • stolypin — Petr Arkadievich. 1863–1911, Russian conservative statesman: prime minister (1906–11). He instituted agrarian reforms but was ruthless in suppressing rebellion: assassinated
  • symphony — Music. an elaborate instrumental composition in three or more movements, similar in form to a sonata but written for an orchestra and usually of far grander proportions and more varied elements. an instrumental passage occurring in a vocal composition, or between vocal movements in a composition. an instrumental piece, often in several movements, forming the overture to an opera or the like.
  • symploce — the simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe.
  • sympodia — an axis or stem that simulates a simple stem but is made up of the bases of a number of axes that arise successively as branches, one from another, as in the grapevine.
  • syncopal — Grammar. the contraction of a word by omitting one or more sounds from the middle, as in the reduction of never to ne'er.
  • syncopic — Grammar. the contraction of a word by omitting one or more sounds from the middle, as in the reduction of never to ne'er.
  • synopses — a brief or condensed statement giving a general view of some subject.
  • synopsis — a brief or condensed statement giving a general view of some subject.
  • synoptic — pertaining to or constituting a synopsis; affording or taking a general view of the principal parts of a subject.
  • synthpop — popular music played with synthesizers and having light upbeat melodies and lyrics.
  • syphoned — a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
  • telecopy — a message or document sent by fax
  • the poky — prison
  • top copy — (in a duplicated document) the sheet on which something is actually typed or written
  • toplofty — condescending; haughty.
  • topology — the study of those properties of geometric forms that remain invariant under certain transformations, as bending or stretching.
  • toponymy — the study of toponyms.
  • topotype — a specimen from the locality at which the type was first collected.
  • torpidly — inactive or sluggish.
  • trophesy — a condition caused by a disorder of the nerves relating to nutrition
  • twopenny — of the amount or value of twopence.
  • type out — If you type something out, you write it in full using a typewriter or word processor.
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