9-letter words containing p, a, t, y
- city plan — the developmental plan for a city or town arrived at through the process of city planning.
- cityscape — an urban landscape; view of a city
- compacity — Any of several technical measures of compactness, especially, in a granular medium (e.g. sand), the volume fraction that is filled.
- compactly — joined or packed together; closely and firmly united; dense; solid: compact soil.
- copayment — a fee paid by a subscriber to a service for the use of additional services not covered by the subscription
- copypasta — (Internet slang) A block of text which has been copied and pasted from somewhere else.
- copytaker — (esp in a newspaper office) a person employed to type reports as journalists dictate them over the telephone
- 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
- cyanotype — a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, that produces a blue line on a white background.
- cyclepath — a special path for the exclusive use of cyclists
- cystocarp — a reproductive body in red algae, developed after fertilization and consisting of filaments bearing carpospores
- cytopathy — a disease or disorder of a cell
- cytopenia — a condition characterized by a deficiency of a type of blood cells
- cytophagy — the ingestion of cells by other cells.
- cytoplasm — the protoplasm of a cell contained within the cell membrane but excluding the nucleus: contains organelles, vesicles, and other inclusions
- cytoplast — the intact cytoplasm of a single cell
- data type — type
- 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.
- diapyetic — of or pertaining to diapyesis
- diazotype — a print produced by the diazo process.
- disparity — lack of similarity or equality; inequality; difference: a disparity in age; disparity in rank.
- drip tray — a tray, sometimes with a slotted cover, designed to catch drips, as under a beer tap, sump, plant pot, etc
- dry plate — a glass photographic plate coated with a sensitive emulsion of silver bromide and silver iodide in gelatin.
- duty paid — on which duty has been paid
- dystopian — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- dystopias — Plural form of dystopia.
- e-payment — a digital payment for a transaction made on the internet
- epeolatry — the worship of words
- ephoralty — an ephor's office
- eucalypti — Plural form of eucalyptus.
- eucalypts — Plural form of eucalypt.
- eutrapely — conversational skill
- expiatory — Of or pertaining to expiation.
- eye patch — covering for one eye
- halophyte — a plant that thrives in saline soil.
- haplotype — Genetics. a combination of closely linked DNA sequences on one chromosome that are often inherited together: By comparing haplotypes of a mother and father with those of a fetus, scientists can study how new genetic changes arise.
- hemopathy — (medicine) Any disorder or disease of the blood.
- hen party — a party or gathering for women only.
- heptalogy — (rare) # A set of seven works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as seven individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- heptapody — a verse with seven metrical feet
- 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
- hippolyta — a queen of the Amazons, variously said to have been killed by Hercules or to have been conquered and married by Theseus.
- homotypal — of normal type