6-letter words containing p, y, i
- physis — the principle of growth or change in nature.
- phytin — a salt containing calcium and magnesium that is derived from plants and used as a dietary supplement
- piddly — piddle verb intransitive
- piercy — Marge, born 1936, U.S. poet and novelist.
- pigsny — a term of affection, esp for a girl or young woman
- pigsty — pigpen.
- pimply — having many pimples.
- pinery — a place in which pineapples are grown.
- pinkey — a ship with a narrow overhanging stern
- pinkly — with a pink or blushing complexion or colour
- pinyin — a system for transliterating Chinese into the Latin alphabet: introduced in 1958 and adopted as the official system of romanization by the People's Republic of China in 1979.
- pinyon — piñon (def 1).
- piracy — software piracy
- pitaya — any of several cacti of the genus Lemaireocereus and related genera, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, bearing edible fruit.
- pitchy — full of or abounding in pitch.
- piyyut — a liturgical poem included in the services on holidays and special Sabbaths in addition to the established prayers.
- plinky — (of a sound) short, sharp, and metallic
- plisky — a mischievous trick; practical joke; prank.
- ploidy — the number of homologous chromosome sets present in a cell or organism.
- plying — British Dialect. to bend, fold, or mold.
- pointy — having a comparatively sharp point: The elf had pointy little ears.
- policy — a definite course of action adopted for the sake of expediency, facility, etc.: We have a new company policy.
- polity — a particular form or system of government: civil polity; ecclesiastical polity.
- pricey — expensive or unduly expensive: a pricey wine.
- pricky — prickly.
- primly — formally precise or proper, as persons or behavior; stiffly neat.
- priory — a religious house governed by a prior or prioress, often dependent upon an abbey.
- prissy — excessively proper; affectedly correct; prim.
- prying — that pries; looking or searching curiously.
- ptyxis — the folding of each individual leaf in a bud
- purify — to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
- purity — the condition or quality of being pure; freedom from anything that debases, contaminates, pollutes, etc.: the purity of drinking water.
- pyemia — a diseased state in which pyogenic bacteria are circulating in the blood, characterized by the development of abscesses in various organs.
- pyknic — (of a physical type) having a fat, rounded build or body structure. Compare asthenic (def 2), athletic (def 5).
- pylori — the opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
- pyosis — the formation of pus; suppuration.
- pyrite — a very common brass-yellow mineral, iron disulfide, FeS 2 , with a metallic luster, burned to sulfur dioxide in the manufacture of sulfuric acid: chemically similar to marcasite, but crystallizing in the isometric system.
- pythia — the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who delivered the oracles.
- pythic — Also, Pythic. of or relating to Delphi, in ancient Greece.
- pyuria — the presence of pus in the urine.
- quippy — Joky; inclined to or characterised by quipping.
- ripley — George, 1802–80, U.S. literary critic, author, and social reformer: associated with the founding of Brook Farm.
- ripply — characterized by ripples; rippling.
- simply — in a simple manner; clearly and easily.
- sirupy — having the appearance or quality of syrup; thick or sweet: syrupy coffee.
- skimpy — lacking in size, fullness, etc.; scanty: a skimpy hem; a skimpy dinner.
- skippy — tending to skip
- slippy — Informal. slippery.
- snippy — sharp or curt, especially in a supercilious or haughty way; impertinent.
- spicey — seasoned with or containing spice: a spicy salad dressing.