8-letter words containing p, y, e
- picayune — of little value or account; small; trifling: a picayune amount.
- pie-eyed — drunk; intoxicated.
- pigeonry — a loft for keeping pigeons in; dovecote; pigeon house
- pin-eyed — (of flowers, esp primulas) having the stigma in the mouth of the corolla, on the end of a long style with the stamens lower in the tube
- pinckney — Charles, 1757–1824, American Revolutionary leader and politician: senator 1798–1801.
- pinguefy — to make or become greasy or fat
- pink-eye — a contagious, epidemic form of acute conjunctivitis occurring in humans and certain animals: so called from the color of the inflamed eye.
- pipeclay — a fine, white clay used for making tobacco pipes, whitening parts of military or other dress, etc.
- playable — capable of or suitable for being played.
- playdate — a gathering of children at a house for play
- playgoer — a person who attends the theater often or habitually.
- playless — having no play
- playmate — a companion, especially of a child, in play or recreation.
- playtime — time for play or recreation.
- playwear — playclothes.
- plenarty — the state of an endowed church office when occupied
- pleurisy — inflammation of the pleura, with or without a liquid effusion in the pleural cavity, characterized by a dry cough and pain in the affected side.
- plumbery — a plumber's workshop.
- politely — showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil: a polite reply.
- polyenic — relating to a polyene
- polygene — one of a group of nonallelic genes that together control a quantitative characteristic in an organism.
- polymery — the characteristic of having many parts
- polypide — a visible digestive system and muscles
- polypine — relating to polyps
- polypnea — rapid breathing; panting.
- polypore — a woody pore fungus, Laetiporus (Polyporus) sulphureus, that forms large, brightly colored, shelflike growths on old logs and tree stumps.
- polyseme — a word with multiple meanings
- polysemy — a condition in which a single word, phrase, or concept has more than one meaning or connotation.
- polysome — a complex of ribosomes strung along a single strand of messenger RNA that translates the genetic information coded in the messenger RNA during protein synthesis.
- polytene — denoting a type of giant-size chromosome consisting of many replicated genes in parallel, found esp in Drosophila larvae
- polyteny — the condition of being polytene
- polytype — a crystal occurring in more than one form
- polyxena — a daughter of King Priam of Troy, who was sacrificed on the command of Achilles' ghost
- pommetty — having a pommel
- pop-eyed — marked by bulging, staring eyes: a young boy popeyed with excitement.
- popeseye — denoting a cut of steak
- porterly — pertaining to or characteristic of a porter
- potbelly — a distended or protuberant belly.
- potently — powerful; mighty: a potent fighting force.
- poyntell — a pavement of tile mosaic forming an abstract design.
- pratyeka — (in Mahayana Buddhism) a buddha who enters into nirvana without teaching others.
- preapply — to apply beforehand
- precycle — to make purchasing decisions that will ultimately delay, reduce, or eliminate the need to recycle or dispose of waste: One way you can precycle is by buying food in bulk, so there's less packaging to throw away.
- preppily — in a preppy manner
- prestudy — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.
- prettify — to make pretty, especially in a small, petty way: to prettify a natural beauty.
- prettily — pleasing or attractive to the eye, as by delicacy or gracefulness: a pretty face.
- priestly — of or relating to a priest; sacerdotal: priestly vestments.
- priggery — the conduct or character of a prig.
- princely — greatly liberal; lavish; magnificent: a princely entertainment.