8-letter words containing p, y, t
- myopathy — any abnormality or disease of muscle tissue.
- naphthyl — containing the naphthyl group.
- neophyte — a beginner or novice: He's a neophyte at chess.
- neotypes — Plural form of neotype.
- net play — play made from a position close to the net
- nitpicky — Finicky; overly critical; concerned with insignificant details.
- nonempty — (of a set, group, collection, etc.) containing at least one element.
- nonparty — a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.: a cocktail party.
- nymphets — a young nymph.
- octapody — (in poetic metre) a line, stanza, or piece of poetic writing that contains eight feet
- optimacy — Government by the nobility.
- optology — the science of testing eyes for lenses
- optotype — type used on an eye chart.
- orthoepy — the study of correct pronunciation.
- otoscopy — an instrument for examining the external canal and tympanic membrane of the ear.
- overtype — to replace (typed text) by typing new text in the same place
- papistry — the Roman Catholic Church.
- paratype — a specimen other than a type specimen that is used for the original description of a taxonomic group and specifically stated to be the one on which the original description of the taxon was based.
- part way — Part way means part of the way or partly.
- part-way — at or to a part of the way or distance: Shall I walk you partway? I'm already partway home.
- partying — a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.: a cocktail party.
- partyism — adherence to a political party or organization.
- pastorly — of or relating to a pastor
- patchery — the act of hurriedly patching something together
- patchily — characterized by or made up of patches.
- patently — the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
- patronly — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- patronym — patronymic (defs 3, 4).
- pattypan — white bush (scallop)
- pay dirt — soil, gravel, or ore that can be mined profitably.
- pay-stub — a document attached to or accompanying a paycheck as a record of gross earnings and deductions.
- peasanty — having qualities ascribed to traditional country life or people; simple or unsophisticated
- pedantry — the character, qualities, practices, etc., of a pedant, especially undue display of learning.
- penality — of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- peripety — a sudden turn of events or an unexpected reversal, especially in a literary work.
- perseity — (in medieval philosophy) the quality of those things having substance independently of any real object.
- petabyte — 2 50 bytes, or 1,024 terabytes.
- petalody — a condition in flowers, in which certain organs, as the stamens in most double flowers, assume the appearance of or become metamorphosed into petals.
- petchary — a grey kingbird, Tyrannus dominicensis
- petitory — requesting or entreating
- peyotism — a religion of native American Indians that incorporates the ritual use of peyote
- peyotist — a person who follows the religion of peyotism
- phantasy — fantasy.
- phyletic — of, relating to, or based on the evolutionary history of a group of organisms; phylogenetic.
- phyllite — a slaty rock, the cleavage planes of which have a luster imparted by minute scales of mica.
- physeter — a member of the Physeter genus of creatures that includes the sperm whale
- phytonic — of or relating to a phyton
- phytosis — a disease which is caused by a vegetable parasite, for example a fungus
- pit pony — formerly, a pony used in coal mines to pull loads of coal
- pitahaya — any of several cacti of the genus Lemaireocereus and related genera, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, bearing edible fruit.