10-letter words containing p, y
- uppityness — the quality or state of being uppity
- upsy-daisy — an expression, usually of reassurance, uttered as when someone, esp a child, stumbles or is being lifted up
- urinoscopy — uroscopy.
- usurpatory — an act of usurping; wrongful or illegal encroachment, infringement, or seizure.
- usurpingly — in a usurping manner
- van rompuy — Herman. born 1947, Belgian politician; prime minister of Belgium (2008–09); president of the European Council (2009–14)
- venography — x-ray examination of a vein or veins following injection of a radiopaque substance.
- voluptuary — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit and enjoyment of luxury and sensual pleasure.
- wackyparse — (Internet, slang) In Kibology, the practice of misreading text to humorous effect (perhaps deliberately), especially in line with traditional absurdist humor.
- welsh pony — one of a breed of small, sturdy ponies raised originally in Wales.
- wild pansy — any uncultivated or wild form of the common pansy, Viola tricolor.
- wind poppy — a Californian plant, Stylomecon heterophylla, of the poppy family, having satiny, brick-red flowers with purple centers.
- wood nymph — (especially in legend) a nymph of the woods; dryad.
- wood pussy — a skunk.
- wood-pussy — a skunk.
- wrap party — a party held for cast and crew to celebrate the completion of filming of a motion picture or television programme
- xenography — The process of surgically transplanting organs or tissue between different species.
- xerography — an electrostatic printing process for copying text or graphics whereby areas on a sheet of paper corresponding to the image areas of the original are sensitized with a charge of static electricity so that, when powdered with a toner carrying an opposite charge, only the charged areas retain the toner, which is then fused to the paper to make it permanent.
- xerophytes — Plural form of xerophyte.
- xerophytic — (botany) Of, pertaining to, or being a xerophyte.
- xylographs — Plural form of xylograph.
- xylography — The art of making woodcuts or wood engravings, especially by a relatively primitive technique.
- xylophagan — an insect in the Xylophaga or Xylophagi that eats wood
- xylophones — Plural form of xylophone.
- xylophonic — Of or pertaining to a xylophone.
- yellow pad — a scratch pad of yellow, lined paper.
- yes please — a polite formula for accepting an offer, invitation, etc
- yesmanship — An atmosphere in which people claim to agree with leadership for political reasons, even when they don't actually agree with leadership.
- yoga pants — pants made of a stretchable knit fabric, worn as exercise or casual wear: slim-fitting yoga pants with a flared leg.
- yom kippur — a Jewish high holy day observed on the 10th day of the month of Tishri by abstinence from food and drink and by the daylong recitation of prayers of repentance in the synagogue.
- young plan — a plan reducing the reparations provided by the Dawes plan, devised by an international committee headed by Owen D. Young and put into effect in 1929.
- ypsiliform — having the shape of a 'Y'
- yuppie flu — Informal. chronic fatigue syndrome.
- yuppifying — Present participle of yuppify.
- zaporozhye — a city in SE Ukraine, on the Dnieper River.
- zephyrinus — Saint, pope a.d. 198?–217.
- zoanthropy — a mental disorder in which one believes oneself to be an animal.
- zoophytoid — resembling or relating to a zoophyte
- zootherapy — the use of therapeutic drugs derived from animals
- zygomorphy — The quality of being zygomorphic.
- zygopteran — belonging or pertaining to the suborder Zygoptera, comprising the damselflies.
- zygosphene — a linking part of the vertebrae of snakes and lizards which fits into a zygantrum
- zygospores — Plural form of zygospore.
- zymoscopes — Plural form of zymoscope.
- zythepsary — (rare) A brewery.