10-letter words containing p, y
- phytoplasm — protoplasm of a plant or plants.
- phytotoxic — of or relating to phytotoxin.
- phytotoxin — any toxin, as ricin or crotin, produced by a plant.
- picayunish — of little value or account; small; trifling: a picayune amount.
- piccadilly — one of the main streets of London, running from Piccadilly Circus to Hyde Park Corner
- piccaninny — pickaninny.
- pickaninny — a term used to refer to a black child.
- piece-dyed — dyed after weaving (opposed to yarn-dyed).
- piercingly — loud or shrill, as the quality of a voice.
- piezometry — the measurement of pressure or compressibility.
- piggy bank — a small bank, having the shape of a pig, provided with a slot at the top to receive small coins.
- pigmentary — of, pertaining to, having, or producing pigment.
- pik pobedy — Russian name of Pobeda Peak.
- pikeblenny — any of several tropical American clinid fishes of the genus Chaenopsis, as C. ocellata (bluethroat pikeblenny) the male of which is noted for its aggressive behavior in defending its territory.
- pillorying — a wooden framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, formerly used to expose an offender to public derision.
- pin cherry — any of several species of cherry, especially Prunus padus (European bird cherry) of Europe and Asia, and P. pensylvanica (pin cherry) of the U.S.
- pinchingly — in a mean or pinching way
- pinchpenny — a miser or niggard.
- pineal eye — an eyelike structure that develops from the pineal apparatus in certain cold-blooded vertebrates.
- pink floyd — British rock group, formed in 1966: originally comprised Syd Barrett (1946–2006), Roger Waters (born 1944), Rick Wright (1945–2008), and Nick Mason (born 1945); Barrett was replaced by Dave Gilmour (born 1944) in 1968 and Waters left in 1986. Recordings include The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967), Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), and The Wall (1979)
- pinocytose — (of a cell) to take within by means of pinocytosis.
- pinyon jay — a grayish-blue, uncrested jay, Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus, found in mountainous parts of the western U.S.
- pipe-layer — a worker employed in laying a pipeline or one experienced in such work.
- pitilessly — feeling or showing no pity; merciless: pitiless criticism of his last novel.
- pity party — indulgence in self-pity
- pityriasis — Pathology. any of various skin diseases marked by the shedding of branlike scales of epidermis.
- planimetry — the measurement of plane areas.
- planlessly — in a planless or aimless manner
- plant city — a city in W Florida.
- plasmacyte — Anatomy. an antibody-secreting cell, derived from B cells, that plays a major role in antibody-mediated immunity.
- plasmogamy — the fusion of the protoplasts of cells.
- plasmolyse — to subject (a cell) to plasmolysis or (of a cell) to undergo plasmolysis
- plasmolyze — to subject to or undergo plasmolysis
- plasticity — the quality or state of being plastic.
- plastogamy — the fusion of multiple cells without the fusion of their nuclei
- plastotype — a casting of a type specimen, especially of a fossil.
- platelayer — a workman who lays and maintains railway track
- plauditory — approving or laudatory
- play agent — a broker representing a playwright in dealings with theater managers, producers, etc.
- play along — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- play cupid — If you say that someone is playing cupid, you mean that they are trying to bring two people together to start a romantic relationship.
- play dirty — use unfair or dishonest tactics
- play false — not true or correct; erroneous: a false statement.
- play games — an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- play havoc — to cause a great deal of damage, distress, or confusion (to)
- play hooky — play truant, be absent from school
- play house — to pretend in child's play to be grown-up people with the customary household duties
- play money — paper that is cut and printed to resemble paper money, often used in playing board games.
- play up to — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- play, inc. — (company) The company which designed and markets Snappy Video Snapshot.