6-letter words containing p, y
- crampy — affected with cramp
- crappy — If you describe something as crappy, you think it is of very poor quality. Many people consider this word offensive.
- creepy — If you say that something or someone is creepy, you mean they make you feel very nervous or frightened.
- crepey — wrinkled like crepe cloth or paper
- crimpy — having small folds or waves; curly
- crispy — Food that is crispy is pleasantly hard, or has a pleasantly hard surface.
- croppy — a person with cropped hair, esp rebels in the Irish rising of 1798 who had their hair cropped as a display of solidarity with the French Revolution
- croupy — pertaining to or resembling croup.
- crumpy — easily crumbled; crisp
- cry up — to praise highly; extol
- crypt- — crypto-
- crypto — a person who secretly supports or adheres to a group, party, or belief.
- crypts — Plural form of crypt.
- cypher — cipher
- cypres — legal doctrine
- cyprid — Any freshwater ostracod of the family Cyprididae.
- cypris — a member of a genus of small bivalve freshwater crustaceans
- cyprus — an island in the E Mediterranean: ceded to Britain by Turkey in 1878 and made a colony in 1925; became an independent republic in 1960 as a member of the Commonwealth; invaded by Turkey in 1974 following a Greek-supported military coup, leading to the partition of the island. In 1983 the Turkish-controlled northern sector declared itself to be an independent state as the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus but failed to receive international recognition. Attempts by the UN to broker a reunification agreement have failed. Cyprus joined the EU in 2004. The UK maintains two enclaves as military bases (Akrotiri and Dhekelia Sovereign Base Areas), which are not included in Cyprus politically. Languages: Greek and Turkish. Religions: Greek Orthodox and Muslim. Currency: euro and Turkish lira. Capital: Nicosia. Pop (Greek): 838 897 (2011 est); (Turkish): 265 100 (2006 est). Area: 9251 sq km (3571 sq miles)
- d-type — 1. (hardware) A type of computer peripheral connector so named because one side is shorter (with one less pin) than the other giving a (squarish) "D" shape. The connectors have two rows of pins (or holes). Common types are 25-way (13+12 pins) and 9-way (5+4 pins). They are often used for serial lines, especially EIA-232. 2. D-type flip-flop.
- damply — In a damp manner.
- dayhop — a day's journey; a distance that can be traveled in one day.
- deeply — at or to a considerable extent downward; well within or beneath a surface.
- deploy — To deploy troops or military resources means to organize or position them so that they are ready to be used.
- deputy — A deputy is the second most important person in an organization such as a business or government department. Someone's deputy often acts on their behalf when they are not there.
- dimply — a small, natural hollow area or crease, permanent or transient, in some soft part of the human body, especially one formed in the cheek in smiling.
- dimpsy — twilight
- dipody — a group of two feet in English poetry, in which one of the two accented syllables bears primary stress and the other bears secondary stress, used as a prosodic measurement in iambic, trochaic, and anapestic verse.
- dolphy — Eric Allan, 1928–64, U.S. jazz musician.
- dopily — In a dopy way.
- drapey — Tending to form drape-like folds.
- drappy — drop (of liquid)
- drippy — dripping or tending to drip: a drippy faucet.
- droopy — hanging down; sagging.
- dropsy — (formerly) edema.
- dry up — free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
- dumpty — Variant of dumpy.
- dupery — an act, practice, or instance of duping.
- e-type — a person who works in or is interested in electronics
- ectype — a reproduction; copy (opposed to prototype).
- empery — (obsolete) An empire; the status or dominion of an emperor.
- employ — Give work to (someone) and pay them for it.
- eponym — A person after whom a discovery, invention, place, etc., is named or thought to be named.
- etypic — unable to conform to type
- expiry — The end of the period for which something is valid.
- eye up — If someone eyes you up, they look at you in a way that shows they consider you attractive.
- eyecap — The brille of a snake.
- eyecup — A piece of an optical device such as a microscope, camera, or pair of binoculars that is contoured to provide a comfortable rest against the user's eye.
- flappy — slack or loose, so as to flap readily.
- flippy — Having a tendency to flip.
- floopy — Misspelling of floppy.