9-letter words containing p, a, y
- cataplexy — sudden temporary paralysis, brought on by severe shock
- cd player — A CD player is a machine on which you can play CDs.
- champerty — (formerly) an illegal bargain between a party to litigation and an outsider whereby the latter agrees to pay for the action and thereby share in any proceeds recovered
- chipewyan — a member of a North American Indian people of NW Canada
- chippeway — Chippewa.
- 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
- clay pipe — a pipe whose bowl is made of fired clay
- clepsydra — an ancient device for measuring time by the flow of water or mercury through a small aperture
- 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.
- company's — a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.
- coparceny — (legal) An equal share of an inheritance.
- copayment — a fee paid by a subscriber to a service for the use of additional services not covered by the subscription
- copy-read — to work on (copy) as a copyreader.
- 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
- cosplayer — One who takes part in cosplay.
- 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.
- 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
- cyclopean — of, relating to, or resembling the Cyclops
- cyclopian — having only one eye
- cymograph — an instrument for tracing the outline of an architectural moulding
- cymophane — a yellow or green opalescent variety of chrysoberyl
- 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
- dalrymple — Sir James, 1st Viscount Stair, 1619–95, Scottish jurist.
- dasypygal — (nonce) Having hairy buttocks.
- data type — type
- davy lamp — an early safety lamp for miners, in which the flame was enclosed by wire gauze as a protection against firedamp
- day pupil — a pupil at a boarding school who attends lessons during the day but does not sleep at the school
- 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.
- diaphyses — Plural form of diaphysis.
- diaphysis — the shaft of a long bone
- diapyesis — the discharge of pus
- diapyetic — of or pertaining to diapyesis
- diazotype — a print produced by the diazo process.
- diplomacy — the conduct by government officials of negotiations and other relations between nations.