9-letter words containing p, a, r, y
- crazy top — a disease of cotton, corn, etc., characterized by abnormal branching and small, misshapen leaves in the upper part of the plant, caused by water shortage, organic deficiencies in the soil, or unknown causes.
- cryptadia — a collection of things to be kept hidden
- cryptical — mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous: a cryptic message.
- cryptogam — (in former plant classification schemes) any organism that does not produce seeds, including algae, fungi, mosses, and ferns
- culpatory — expressing blame
- cupboardy — (rare) Cupboardlike: for example small, fusty or poorly lit.
- cymograph — an instrument for tracing the outline of an architectural moulding
- cystocarp — a reproductive body in red algae, developed after fertilization and consisting of filaments bearing carpospores
- dalrymple — Sir James, 1st Viscount Stair, 1619–95, Scottish jurist.
- dayspring — the dawn
- demoparty — (demoscene) A party organised by and for the demoscene, typically involving socializing, computer programming, and competitions.
- depravity — Depravity is very dishonest or immoral behaviour.
- dipyramid — bipyramid.
- disparity — lack of similarity or equality; inequality; difference: a disparity in age; disparity in rank.
- displayer — One who, or that which, displays.
- draw play — draw (def 54).
- drip tray — a tray, sometimes with a slotted cover, designed to catch drips, as under a beer tap, sump, plant pot, etc
- drop away — become fewer
- dry plate — a glass photographic plate coated with a sensitive emulsion of silver bromide and silver iodide in gelatin.
- dysphoria — a state of dissatisfaction, anxiety, restlessness, or fidgeting.
- dyspraxia — inability to perform coordinated movements.
- dyspraxic — Of or pertaining to dyspraxia.
- empyreans — Plural form of empyrean.
- empyreuma — the smell and taste associated with burning vegetable and animal matter
- epeolatry — the worship of words
- ephoralty — an ephor's office
- epigraphy — The study and interpretation of ancient inscriptions.
- eucryphia — any tree or shrub of the mostly evergreen genus Eucryphia, native to Australia and S America, having leaves of a dark lustrous green and white flowers: family Eucryphiaceae
- eutrapely — conversational skill
- examplary — Obsolete form of exemplary.
- exemplary — Serving as a desirable model; representing the best of its kind.
- expiatory — Of or pertaining to expiation.
- fair copy — a copy of a document made after final correction.
- fair play — just and honorable treatment, action, or conduct: The political campaign was notably lacking in fair play.
- flypapers — Plural form of flypaper.
- gay power — the organized political influence exerted by homosexuals as a group, especially to ensure equal rights in employment, housing, etc.
- geography — the science dealing with the areal differentiation of the earth's surface, as shown in the character, arrangement, and interrelations over the world of such elements as climate, elevation, soil, vegetation, population, land use, industries, or states, and of the unit areas formed by the complex of these individual elements.
- glory-pea — either of two trailing plants, Clianthus formosus or C. puniceus, of Australia and New Zealand, having showy red flowers.
- grape ivy — a hairy vine, Cissus rhombifolia, native to tropical America, having glossy trifoliate leaves and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- gray pine — jack pine.
- gyroplane — autogiro.
- hairspray — a liquid in an aerosol or other spray container, for holding the hair in place.
- hard copy — copy, as computer output printed on paper, that can be read without using a special device (opposed to soft copy).
- harpylike — resembling a harpy
- haruspicy — divination by a haruspex.
- hen party — a party or gathering for women only.
- heptarchy — (often initial capital letter) the seven principal concurrent Anglo-Saxon kingdoms supposed to have existed in the 7th and 8th centuries.
- hermatype — reef-building coral.
- hippiatry — the treatment of disease in horses
- honeytrap — A stratagem in which irresistible bait is used to lure a victim.