8-letter words containing p, y, r
- drypoint — a technique of engraving, especially on copper, in which a sharp-pointed needle is used for producing furrows having a burr that is often retained in order to produce a print characterized by soft, velvety black lines.
- e-piracy — the illegal uploading of digital copies of copyrighted works to a website, or the illegal downloading of such material.
- employer — A person or organization that employs people.
- empyreal — Pertaining to the highest heaven or the empyrean; celestial; sublime; exalted.
- empyrean — Belonging to or deriving from heaven.
- encrypts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encrypt.
- euphrasy — eyebright
- eutrophy — (medicine) healthy nutrition.
- expertly — In an expert manner; with great skill.
- eyedrops — Plural form of eyedrop.
- fly trap — any of various plants that entrap insects, especially Venus's-flytrap.
- flypaper — paper designed to destroy flies by catching them on its sticky surface or poisoning them on contact.
- flyspray — a liquid used to destroy flies and other insects, sprayed from an aerosol
- flytraps — Plural form of flytrap.
- foreplay — sexual stimulation of one's partner, usually as a prelude to sexual intercourse.
- fourplay — Quad play.
- frippery — finery in dress, especially when showy, gaudy, or the like.
- frumpily — In a frumpy manner.
- gap year — a period of time, usually an academic or calendar year, in which a student takes a break from school to travel, work, or volunteer, typically after ending high school and before starting college.
- geocarpy — the ripening of fruits below ground, as occurs in the peanut
- gossipry — Spiritual relationship or affinity; gossiprede; special intimacy.
- grumpily — surly or ill-tempered; discontentedly or sullenly irritable; grouchy.
- grumpity — Nonce variation of the word grump, usually used as an intensifier.
- gryphons — Plural form of gryphon.
- guy rope — A guy rope is a rope or wire that has one end fastened to a tent or pole and the other end fixed to the ground, so that it keeps the tent or pole in position.
- gyp-room — a pantry, especially one attached to a student's quarters.
- hardcopy — copy, as computer output printed on paper, that can be read without using a special device (opposed to soft copy).
- humphrey — (Duke of Gloucester) 1391–1447, English soldier and statesman (youngest son of Henry IV).
- hurry up — go faster
- hurry-up — characterized by speed or the need for speed; quick: a hurry-up meal; a hurry-up phone call.
- hydropac — an urgent warning of navigational dangers in the Pacific Ocean, issued by the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office.
- hydropic — dropsical.
- hydropsy — (formerly) edema.
- hypergol — any hypergolic agent.
- hyperion — Classical Mythology. a Titan, the father of Helios, Selene, and Eos.
- hypernet — (Internet) the Internet inclusive of smartphones and WiFi networks.
- hypernym — superordinate (def 4).
- hyperons — Plural form of hyperon.
- hyperope — A farsighted person, a hyperopic person, a person with hyperopia.
- hypester — a person or organization that gives an idea or product intense publicity in order to promote it
- hypoderm — Zoology. an underlayer of epithelial cells in arthropods and certain other invertebrates that secretes substances for the overlying cuticle or exoskeleton.
- i-player — a service provided by the BBC, allowing its recently broadcast television programmes to be viewed over the internet
- imparity — lack of parity or equality; disparity, difference, or inequality.
- impurely — In an impure manner.
- impurify — To make impure.
- impurity — the quality or state of being impure.
- isospory — the condition of having spores of only one kind
- isotropy — Physics. of equal physical properties along all axes. Compare anisotropic (def 1).
- jayapura — the W part of the island of New Guinea, formerly a Dutch territory: a province of Indonesia since 1963. About 159,000 sq. mi. (411,810 sq. km). Capital: Jayapura.
- jeopardy — hazard or risk of or exposure to loss, harm, death, or injury: For a moment his life was in jeopardy.