10-letter words containing p, y
- scyphiform — shaped like a cup or goblet.
- scyphozoan — any coelenterate of the class Scyphozoa, comprising the true marine jellyfishes.
- separately — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
- separatory — serving to separate.
- septectomy — excision of part or all of a septum, especially the nasal septum.
- serigraphy — a print made by the silkscreen process.
- sevenpenny — noting a nail 2¼ inches (6 cm) long. Symbol: 7d.
- shaggy cap — an edible inky-cap mushroom, Coprinus comatus, having an elongated, shaggy pileus.
- sharp-eyed — having keen sight or perception.
- sheepberry — a North American shrub or small tree, Viburnum lentago, of the honeysuckle family, having flat-topped clusters of small white flowers and edible, berrylike black drupes.
- sheepishly — embarrassed or bashful, as by having done something wrong or foolish.
- ship money — a tax levied to finance the fitting out of warships: abolished 1640
- ship's boy — a male attendant, as a cabin boy, steward, etc., employed to wait on a ship's passengers or officers.
- sick puppy — mentally ill or depraved person
- simplicity — the state, quality, or an instance of being simple.
- sit pretty — to rest with the body supported by the buttocks or thighs; be seated.
- sixtypenny — noting a nail 6 inches (15 cm) long. Abbreviation: 60d.
- skimpingly — in a manner marked by skimpiness
- skinny-dip — to swim in the nude.
- skippingly — in the manner of a skip
- skyscraper — a relatively tall building of many stories, especially one for office or commercial use.
- skytrooper — a paratrooper.
- slap happy — severely befuddled; punch-drunk: a slaphappy boxer.
- slap-happy — severely befuddled; punch-drunk: a slaphappy boxer.
- sleep away — to spend in sleeping; sleep during
- sleep-away — of or relating to a place at which one sleeps away from home: sleep-away camp.
- sleepyhead — a sleepy person.
- slipsloppy — wet and sloppy
- sloppy joe — greasy spoon.
- snappingly — involving a snap
- snappishly — in a sharp or irritable manner
- sociopathy — a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.
- somatotype — (of humans) physical type; physique.
- sonography — the medical diagnostic imaging technique used to see internal organs, muscles, etc
- sophrosyne — moderation; discretion; prudence.
- spaciality — spatial.
- spankingly — in a spanking manner
- spare tyre — A spare tyre is a wheel with a tyre on it that you keep in your car in case you get a flat tyre and need to replace one of your wheels.
- sparkishly — in a sparkish manner
- sparks fly — If sparks fly between people, they discuss something in an excited or angry way.
- spasticity — Pathology. pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by spasm, especially tonic spasm.
- spatiality — of or relating to space.
- speak-easy — a place where alcoholic drinks are sold illegally, esp. such a place in the U.S. during Prohibition
- speakingly — in an eloquent manner
- speciality — specialty.
- speciosity — the quality or state of being specious.
- speciously — apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments.
- spectrally — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- speech day — In some British schools, speech day is a day, usually at the end of the school year, when prizes are presented to pupils and speeches are made by guest speakers and the head teacher.
- speedfully — in a quick or effective manner