9-letter words containing p, s, y
- mesophyll — the parenchyma, usually containing chlorophyll, that forms the interior parts of a leaf.
- mesophyte — a plant growing under conditions of well-balanced moisture supply.
- misemploy — to use for the wrong purpose; use wrongly or improperly; misuse.
- misplayed — Simple past tense and past participle of misplay.
- mistyping — a number of things or persons sharing a particular characteristic, or set of characteristics, that causes them to be regarded as a group, more or less precisely defined or designated; class; category: a criminal of the most vicious type.
- monopsony — the market condition that exists when there is one buyer.
- monotypes — Plural form of monotype.
- mumpishly — in a mumpish manner
- myographs — Plural form of myograph.
- myriapods — Plural form of myriapod.
- mysophobe — A person with an abnormal fear of filth or dirt.
- myxospore — a spore produced within any of various fruiting bodies of myxomycetes.
- neophytes — Plural form of neophyte.
- neoplasty — the surgical formation of new tissue structures or repair of damaged structures
- nyctalops — a person affected by nyctalopia
- olympiads — Plural form of olympiad.
- operosely — In an operose manner.
- operosity — the quality or characteristic of being operose
- otoplasty — plastic surgery of the external ear.
- 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.
- pa system — a combination of electronic devices that makes sound audible via loudspeakers to many people, as in an auditorium or out of doors.
- palmistry — the art or practice of telling fortunes and interpreting character from the lines and configurations of the palm of a person's hand.
- palsylike — resembling palsy
- pantyhose — (used with a plural verb) a one-piece, skintight garment worn by women, combining panties and stockings.
- paralysed — unable to move and with no feeling
- paralyses — Pathology. a loss or impairment of voluntary movement in a body part, caused by injury or disease of the nerves, brain, or spinal cord. a disease characterized by this, especially palsy.
- paralysis — Pathology. a loss or impairment of voluntary movement in a body part, caused by injury or disease of the nerves, brain, or spinal cord. a disease characterized by this, especially palsy.
- parsimony — extreme or excessive economy or frugality; stinginess; niggardliness.
- parsleyed — cooked with or sprinkled with parsley
- pass away — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- passer-by — a person passing by.
- passersby — a person passing by.
- passingly — in passing; in a passing manner
- passively — not reacting visibly to something that might be expected to produce manifestations of an emotion or feeling.
- passivity — Also, passiveness [pas-iv-nis] /ˈpæs ɪv nɪs/ (Show IPA). the state or condition of being passive.
- pastosity — having a heavy impasto.
- pausingly — with a pause or pauses
- pay raise — an increase in wages or salary
- pay scale — salary range
- paymaster — a person authorized by a company, government, etc., to pay out wages or salaries, especially in the military.
- paysagist — a painter of landscapes
- peasantry — peasants collectively.
- pederasty — sexual relations between two males, especially when one of them is a minor.
- pensively — dreamily or wistfully thoughtful: a pensive mood.
- peristyle — a colonnade surrounding a building or an open space.
- 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
- photolyse — to cause to undergo or to undergo photolysis
- phyletics — phylogenetic classification.
- physiatry — physical medicine.