8-letter words containing p, e, o, y
- pyrosome — a member of a genus, Pyrosoma, of colonial tunicates found in tropical open waters, the sole genus of the order Pyrosomida, which consists of brightly phosphorescent, translucent individuals united into a hollow tube closed at one end
- pyroxene — any of a very common group of minerals of many varieties, silicates of magnesium, iron, calcium, and other elements, occurring as important constituents of many kinds of rocks, especially basic igneous rocks.
- redeploy — to transfer (a unit, a person, supplies, etc.) from one theater of operations to another.
- reemploy — to hire or engage the services of (a person or persons); provide employment for; have or keep in one's service: This factory employs thousands of people.
- reoccupy — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- rheopexy — the property exhibited by certain slow-gelling, thixotropic sols of gelling more rapidly when the containing vessel is shaken gently.
- 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.
- sepalody — the changing of other flower parts, such as petals, into sepals
- serotype — a group of organisms, microorganisms, or cells distinguished by their shared specific antigens as determined by serologic testing.
- spoofery — good-humored mockery or teasing.
- spookery — matters relating to spies and espionage
- symploce — the simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe.
- synopses — a brief or condensed statement giving a general view of some subject.
- syphoned — a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- telecopy — a message or document sent by fax
- the poky — prison
- topotype — a specimen from the locality at which the type was first collected.
- trophesy — a condition caused by a disorder of the nerves relating to nutrition
- twopenny — of the amount or value of twopence.
- type out — If you type something out, you write it in full using a typewriter or word processor.
- type-out — the act of typing or printing a text.
- typhoeus — the son of Gaea and Tartarus who had a hundred dragon heads, which spurted fire, and a bellowing many-tongued voice. He created the whirlwinds and fought with Zeus before the god hurled him beneath Mount Etna
- weaponry — weapons or weaponlike instruments collectively.
- xenophya — parts of a shell or skeleton formed by foreign bodies
- zoophyte — any of various invertebrate animals resembling a plant, as a coral or a sea anemone.