9-letter words containing p, y, r
- chiropody — Chiropody is the professional treatment and care of people's feet.
- clepsydra — an ancient device for measuring time by the flow of water or mercury through a small aperture
- coparceny — (legal) An equal share of an inheritance.
- copolymer — a chemical compound of high molecular weight formed by uniting the molecules of two or more different compounds (monomers)
- coprology — preoccupation with excrement
- copy-read — to work on (copy) as a copyreader.
- copybroke — (security) /kop'ee-brohk/ (Or "copywronged" - a play on "copyright") 1. Used to describe an instance of a copy-protected program that has been "broken"; that is, a copy with the copy-protection scheme disabled or removed. 2. Copy-protected software which is unusable because of some bit-rot or bug that has confused the copy protection. 3. Used to describe data damaged because of a side effect of a copy protection system.
- copyright — If someone has copyright on a piece of writing or music, it is illegal to reproduce or perform it without their permission.
- copytaker — (esp in a newspaper office) a person employed to type reports as journalists dictate them over the telephone
- copywrite — (rare) To write the copy (or text) of an advertisement; to have a job as a copywriter.
- corporify — to embody
- corruptly — guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge.
- coryphene — either of two large marine percoid fishes, Coryphaena hippurus or C. equisetis, that resemble the cetacean dolphins and have an iridescent coloration
- cosplayer — One who takes part in cosplay.
- crazy top — a disease of cotton, corn, etc., characterized by abnormal branching and small, misshapen leaves in the upper part of the plant, caused by water shortage, organic deficiencies in the soil, or unknown causes.
- cross-ply — (of a motor tyre) having the fabric cords in the outer casing running diagonally to stiffen the sidewalls
- cryophile — (biology) An organism that thrives at low temperatures.
- cryophyte — an organism, esp an alga or moss, that grows on snow or ice
- cryoprobe — a surgical instrument with an extremely cold tip, used in cryosurgery to destroy tissue
- cryoscope — any instrument used to determine the freezing point of a substance
- cryoscopy — the determination of freezing points, esp for the determination of molecular weights by measuring the lowering of the freezing point of a solvent when a known quantity of solute is added
- cryosleep — (science fiction) A deep sleep during which the body is stored at very cold temperature, to preserve it; cryogenic sleep.
- cryptadia — a collection of things to be kept hidden
- cryptical — mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous: a cryptic message.
- cryptogam — (in former plant classification schemes) any organism that does not produce seeds, including algae, fungi, mosses, and ferns
- cryptonym — a code name or secret name
- culpatory — expressing blame
- cupboardy — (rare) Cupboardlike: for example small, fusty or poorly lit.
- curly top — a disease of plants, especially beets, characterized by puckered or cupped leaves and stunting or distortion, caused by a virus, Ruga verrucosans.
- cyberporn — any pornography accessible online or on the internet
- cyberpunk — Cyberpunk is a type of science fiction.
- cybershop — Purchase or shop for goods and services on a website.
- cymograph — an instrument for tracing the outline of an architectural moulding
- cypresses — Plural form of cypress.
- cyprinoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Cyprinoidea, a large suborder of teleost fishes including the cyprinids, characins, electric eels, and loaches
- cystocarp — a reproductive body in red algae, developed after fertilization and consisting of filaments bearing carpospores
- dalrymple — Sir James, 1st Viscount Stair, 1619–95, Scottish jurist.
- dayspring — the dawn
- deceptory — inclined to deceive
- decrypted — to decode or decipher.
- demoparty — (demoscene) A party organised by and for the demoscene, typically involving socializing, computer programming, and competitions.
- depletory — Serving to deplete.
- depravity — Depravity is very dishonest or immoral behaviour.
- dipyramid — bipyramid.
- disparity — lack of similarity or equality; inequality; difference: a disparity in age; disparity in rank.
- displayer — One who, or that which, displays.
- dispurvey — to strip of equipment or provisions
- draw play — draw (def 54).
- drip tray — a tray, sometimes with a slotted cover, designed to catch drips, as under a beer tap, sump, plant pot, etc
- drop away — become fewer