8-letter words containing p, y, t
- psaltery — an ancient musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
- psychist — a person who believes in psychic phenomena
- pterylae — one of the feathered areas on the skin of a bird.
- ptyalism — excessive secretion of saliva.
- ptyalize — to induce the flow of saliva
- pudicity — modesty; chastity
- pulpitry — the art of delivering sermons
- punditry — the opinions or methods of pundits.
- puppetry — the art of making puppets or presenting puppet shows.
- purparty — a share of an estate held by coparceners that is apportioned to one upon the division of the estate among them.
- pussycat — a cat; pussy.
- put away — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- putumayo — a river in NW South America, flowing SE from S Colombia into the Amazon in NW Brazil. 900 miles (1450 km) long.
- pycnotic — relating to a theory which holds that matter formation occurred as a result of ether condensation
- pyelitis — inflammation of the pelvis or outlet of the kidney.
- pyritize — to convert into pyrites
- pyrostat — a thermostat for high temperatures.
- pyruvate — an ester or salt of pyruvic acid.
- pythonic — prophetic; oracular.
- rapacity — given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
- rapidity — a rapid state or quality; quickness; celerity.
- scyphate — being in the shape of a cup; cup-shaped.
- serotype — a group of organisms, microorganisms, or cells distinguished by their shared specific antigens as determined by serologic testing.
- sextuply — to offer a rejoinder
- snippety — sharp or curt, especially in a supercilious or haughty way; impertinent.
- sparsity — thinly scattered or distributed: a sparse population.
- splotchy — marked or covered with splotches.
- sputtery — tending to sputter
- stay put — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- stolypin — Petr Arkadievich. 1863–1911, Russian conservative statesman: prime minister (1906–11). He instituted agrarian reforms but was ruthless in suppressing rebellion: assassinated
- stumpily — in a stumpy manner
- stupidly — lacking ordinary quickness and keenness of mind; dull.
- sympathy — harmony of or agreement in feeling, as between persons or on the part of one person with respect to another.
- sympatry — the occurrence of sympatric organisms
- symplast — the continuous system of protoplasts, linked by plasmodesmata and bounded by the cell wall
- synaptic — Also called syndesis. Cell Biology. the pairing of homologous chromosomes, one from each parent, during early meiosis.
- synoptic — pertaining to or constituting a synopsis; affording or taking a general view of the principal parts of a subject.
- synthpop — popular music played with synthesizers and having light upbeat melodies and lyrics.
- tapestry — a fabric consisting of a warp upon which colored threads are woven by hand to produce a design, often pictorial, used for wall hangings, furniture coverings, etc.
- taxpayer — a person who pays a tax or is subject to taxation.
- telecopy — a message or document sent by fax
- teleplay — a play written or adapted for broadcast on television.
- teletype — (lowercase) a network of teletypewriters with their connecting lines, switchboards, etc.
- tenpenny — noting a nail 3 inches (7.6 cm) in length. Symbol: 10d.
- tepidity — moderately warm; lukewarm: tepid water.
- the poky — prison
- the yips — (in golf) nervous twitching or tension that destroys concentration and spoils performance
- tidytips — (used with a singular or plural verb) a composite plant, Layia platyglossa, of California, having flower heads with bright yellow, white-tipped rays.
- top copy — (in a duplicated document) the sheet on which something is actually typed or written
- toplofty — condescending; haughty.