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9-letter words containing p, o, e, y

  • optometry — the practice or profession of examining the eyes, by means of suitable instruments or appliances, for defects in vision and eye disorders in order to prescribe corrective lenses or other appropriate treatment.
  • opulently — In an opulent manner.
  • orphreyed — embroidered with gold
  • orthopedy — Archaic form of orthopedics.
  • ouspensky — Peter Demianovich [pee-ter di-myah-nuh-vich;; Russian pyawtr dyi-myah-nuh-vyich] /ˈpi tər dɪˈmyɑ nə vɪtʃ;; Russian ˈpyɔtr dyɪˈmyɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1878–1947, Russian philosopher and author.
  • outplayed — Simple past tense and past participle of outplay.
  • overapply — To apply to excess.
  • overhappy — too happy
  • paedology — the study of the character, growth, and development of children
  • paleology — the study of antiquities.
  • pantyhose — (used with a plural verb) a one-piece, skintight garment worn by women, combining panties and stockings.
  • parleyvoo — to speak French
  • partygoer — a person who enjoys or frequently attends parties and celebrations.
  • pathogeny — the production and development of disease.
  • pay offer — an offer of a certain amount of wages or salary
  • pay phone — a public telephone requiring that the caller deposit coins or use a credit card to pay for a call.
  • payloader — a heavy, wheeled vehicle with a large, movable blade or scoop at the front.
  • payrolled — a list of employees to be paid, with the amount due to each.
  • payroller — a wage earner, especially a government employee.
  • pelecypod — any mollusk of the class Pelecypoda (Lamellibranchiata), characterized by a bivalve shell enclosing the headless body and lamellate gills, comprising the oysters, clams, mussels, and scallops.
  • pellitory — any of various urticaceous plants of the S and W European genus Parietaria, esp P. diffusa (pellitory-of-the-wall or wall pellitory), that grow in crevices and have long narrow leaves and small pink flowers
  • pennywort — any of several plants having round or roundish leaves, as the navelwort.
  • pentalogy — a combination of five closely related things, esp (in medicine) closely connected symptoms or (in art) related works of art
  • pentapody — a measure consisting of five feet.
  • permalloy — any of various alloys containing iron and nickel (45–80 per cent) and sometimes smaller amounts of chromium and molybdenum
  • perorally — through or via the mouth
  • personify — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
  • pestology — the analysis and research of pests and how to get rid of them
  • petrology — study of rocks
  • phagocyte — any cell, as a macrophage, that ingests and destroys foreign particles, bacteria, and cell debris.
  • phenocopy — the observed result of an environmentally induced, nongenetic alteration of a phenotype to a form that resembles the expression of a known genetic mutation.
  • phenology — the science dealing with the influence of climate on the recurrence of such annual phenomena of animal and plant life as budding and bird migrations.
  • phenotype — the observable constitution of an organism.
  • phenytoin — a barbiturate-related substance, C 1 5 H 1 2 N 2 O 2 , used as an anticonvulsant in the treatment of grand mal epilepsy and in focal seizures.
  • phonotype — a piece of type bearing a phonetic character or symbol.
  • photolyse — to cause to undergo or to undergo photolysis
  • photolyze — to break down molecules with light.
  • phototype — a plate with a relief printing surface produced by photography.
  • phylogeny — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
  • phytocide — a substance or preparation for killing plants.
  • pin money — any small sum set aside for nonessential minor expenditures.
  • playhouse — a theater.
  • pleiomery — the state of a flower having more than the normal number of parts
  • pleiotaxy — an increase in the normal number of parts.
  • poenology — the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
  • pointedly — having a point or points: a pointed arch.
  • pokeberry — the berry of the pokeweed.
  • polyamide — a polymer in which the monomer units are linked together by the amide group –CONH–.
  • polyamine — a compound containing more than one amino group.
  • polydemic — native to several countries or two or more regions.
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