9-letter words containing p, o, g, y
- prognathy — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- prong key — a key or spanner with two prongs or projections which engage corresponding holes in the face of a nut or component to be turned for tightening, adjustment, etc
- psychogas — a gas with a mind-altering effect
- pterygoid — wing-shaped
- pterygote — belonging or pertaining to the arthropod subclass Pterygota, comprising the winged insects.
- puppy dog — puppy (def 1).
- purgatory — (in the belief of Roman Catholics and others) a condition or place in which the souls of those dying penitent are purified from venial sins, or undergo the temporal punishment that, after the guilt of mortal sin has been remitted, still remains to be endured by the sinner.
- pyelogram — an x-ray produced by pyelography.
- pygmalion — Classical Mythology. a sculptor and king of Cyprus who carved an ivory statue of a maiden and fell in love with it. It was brought to life, in response to his prayer, by Aphrodite.
- pygmy owl — any of several small, diurnal owls of the genus Glaucidium, that feed chiefly on insects.
- pygostyle — the bone at the posterior end of the spinal column in birds, formed by the fusion of several caudal vertebrae.
- pyongyang — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 50,000 sq. mi. (129,500 sq. km). Capital: Pyongyang. Compare Korea.
- pyrogenic — producing or produced by heat or fever.
- pyrograph — an object ornamented by pyrography.
- rompingly — in a romping manner
- sphygmoid — resembling the pulse; pulselike.
- spirogyra — a widely distributed filamentous freshwater green alga of the genus Spirogyra.
- splodgily — in a splodgy manner
- spongefly — any of several insects of the family Sisyridae, the aquatic larvae of which feed on freshwater sponges.
- sporogeny — the process of spore formation in plants and animals
- sporogony — (in certain sporozoans) the multiple fission of an encysted zygote or oocyte, resulting in the formation of sporozoites.
- syphoning — 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.
- theophagy — the sacramental eating of a god
- toppingly — excellently; wonderfully
- tropology — the use of figurative language in speech or writing.
- typograph — a machine for creating indentations of characters upon a sheet of metal from which prints can be made
- uropygial — of or relating to the uropygium.
- uropygium — the projecting terminal portion of a bird's body, from which the tail feathers spring.
- xerophagy — a Lenten fast observed especially during Holy Week, constituting the strictest fast in the Eastern Church.
- xylograph — An engraving in wood, especially one used for printing.
- xylophage — any insect or organism that eats wood
- zoography — the branch of zoology dealing with the description of animals.
- zygophore — (in certain fungi) any of several specialized branches of hyphae, bearing the isogametes that unite to produce a zygospore.
- zygophyte — a plant that reproduces by means of zygospores.
- zygosperm — (botany) A spore formed by the union of the contents of two similar cells, either of the same or of distinct individual plants. Zygosperms are found in certain orders of alg\u00e6 and fungi.
- zygospore — a cell formed by fusion of two similar gametes, as in certain algae and fungi.