8-letter words containing p, a, r, y
- playgirl — a woman who pursues a life of pleasure without responsibility or attachments, especially one who is of comfortable means.
- playgoer — a person who attends the theater often or habitually.
- playroom — a room set aside for children's play or adult recreation.
- playwear — playclothes.
- plenarty — the state of an endowed church office when occupied
- plurally — as a plural; in a plural sense.
- podiatry — the care of the human foot, especially the diagnosis and treatment of foot disorders.
- polarity — Physics. the property or characteristic that produces unequal physical effects at different points in a body or system, as a magnet or storage battery. the positive or negative state in which a body reacts to a magnetic, electric, or other field.
- polyarch — (of a woody tissue) having multiple points of origin
- polycarp — Saint, a.d. 69?–155, bishop of Smyrna and a Christian martyr.
- polypary — the common supporting structure of a colony of polyps, as corals.
- polyuria — the passing of an excessive quantity of urine, as in diabetes, in certain nervous diseases, etc.
- porogamy — the fertilization of a seed plant involving passage of the pollen tube into the ovule by the micropyle
- portably — capable of being transported or conveyed: a portable stage.
- potatory — of, relating to, or given to drinking.
- pratyeka — (in Mahayana Buddhism) a buddha who enters into nirvana without teaching others.
- preapply — to apply beforehand
- primally — in a primal manner
- probably — in all likelihood; very likely: He will probably attend.
- provably — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- prypyat' — Pripet.
- psaltery — an ancient musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
- pterylae — one of the feathered areas on the skin of a bird.
- purparty — a share of an estate held by coparceners that is apportioned to one upon the division of the estate among them.
- pyoderma — any skin eruption characterized by pustules or the formation of pus
- pyorrhea — Pathology. a discharge 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.
- pyranoid — relating to the structure of a pyranose
- pyranose — any monosaccharide having a pyran ring structure.
- pyrazole — any of the group of heterocyclic compounds containing three carbon atoms, two adjacent nitrogen atoms, and two double bonds in the ring.
- pyrenean — of or relating to the Pyrenees or their inhabitants
- pyrostat — a thermostat for high temperatures.
- pyruvate — an ester or salt of pyruvic acid.
- rampancy — a rampant condition or position.
- rapacity — given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
- rapidity — a rapid state or quality; quickness; celerity.
- re-apply — to make use of as relevant, suitable, or pertinent: to apply a theory to a problem.
- repacify — to pacify again
- rhapsody — Music. an instrumental composition irregular in form and suggestive of improvisation.
- 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.
- samplery — the making of samplers
- shipyard — a yard or enclosure in which ships are built or repaired.
- spagyric — pertaining to or resembling alchemy; alchemic.
- sparkily — in a sparky manner
- sparsely — thinly scattered or distributed: a sparse population.
- sparsity — thinly scattered or distributed: a sparse population.
- spermary — an organ in which spermatozoa are generated; testis.
- sprauncy — smart or showy in appearance
- spray-on — applied by means of an aerosol spray
- spunyarn — small stuff made from rope yarns twisted together