9-letter words containing p, a, d, y
- dystopian — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- dystopias — Plural form of dystopia.
- endophagy — cannibalism within the same group or tribe
- gypsyhead — a flanged drum on a winch, for winding in lines.
- hand-play — the practice of fighting with fists
- hard copy — copy, as computer output printed on paper, that can be read without using a special device (opposed to soft copy).
- hedyphane — a white or yellow mineral with elongated crystals similar to mimetite, chiefly found in Sweden
- heptapody — a verse with seven metrical feet
- hyde park — a public park in London, England.
- hyperacid — Highly acidic.
- hyperarid — being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
- hypercard — A software package by Bill Atkinson for storage and retrieval of information on the Macintosh. It can handle images and is designed for browsing. The powerful customisable interactive user interface allows new applications to be easily constructed by manipulating objects on the screen, often without conventional programming, though the language HyperTalk can be used for more complex tasks.
- hypnoidal — characterizing a state that resembles mild hypnosis but that is usually induced by other than hypnotic means.
- hypoderma — hypodermis.
- idiopathy — a disease not preceded or occasioned by any known morbid condition.
- lady palm — any of several palms of the genus Rhapis, native to southeastern Asia and cultivated as houseplants.
- lampadary — a person who lights the lamps in an Orthodox Greek Church
- md-player — a machine on which you can play minidiscs
- medalplay — (in golf) scoring system in which the score is based on the total number of strokes taken
- misplayed — Simple past tense and past participle of misplay.
- myriapods — Plural form of myriapod.
- nymphalid — a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, comprising the brush-footed butterflies.
- oedipally — in an oedipal manner
- olympiads — Plural form of olympiad.
- outplayed — Simple past tense and past participle of outplay.
- pachyderm — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- paediatry — the branch of medical science concerned with children and their diseases
- paedology — the study of the character, growth, and development of children
- paralysed — unable to move and with no feeling
- paralyzed — to affect with paralysis.
- paravidya — transcendental knowledge.
- parchedly — in a parched manner
- parodying — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
- parsleyed — cooked with or sprinkled with parsley
- pay award — a bonus or increase in pay or salary
- pay board — a former government agency that controlled prices and wages
- pay grade — the grade of a member of the armed services established according to a scale of increasing amounts of base pay and related to but not identical with official rank.
- payloader — a heavy, wheeled vehicle with a large, movable blade or scoop at the front.
- payrolled — a list of employees to be paid, with the amount due to each.
- pederasty — sexual relations between two males, especially when one of them is a minor.
- pendantly — in the shape or manner of a pendant
- pennyland — in Caithness and the Orkney and Shetland islands a piece of land on which one penny's worth of tax was owed to the overlord
- pentapody — a measure consisting of five feet.
- pink lady — a cocktail made with gin, grenadine, and the white of eggs, shaken and strained before serving.
- placidity — pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed: placid waters.
- play date — an appointment made by several parents to have their young children play together.
- play down — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- playdough — children's modelling clay
- playfield — a field for sports or public festivities
- pododynia — pain in the sole of the foot.