6-letter words containing p, y
- phyto- — indicating a plant or vegetation
- phytol — a hydrophobic alcohol, C 2 0 H 4 0 O, that occurs esterified as a side chain in the chlorophyll molecule.
- phyton — the smallest part of a stem, root, or leaf, that, when removed from a plant, may grow into a new plant.
- piddly — piddle verb intransitive
- piercy — Marge, born 1936, U.S. poet and novelist.
- pigsny — a term of affection, esp for a girl or young woman
- pigsty — pigpen.
- pimply — having many pimples.
- pinery — a place in which pineapples are grown.
- pinkey — a ship with a narrow overhanging stern
- pinkly — with a pink or blushing complexion or colour
- pinyin — a system for transliterating Chinese into the Latin alphabet: introduced in 1958 and adopted as the official system of romanization by the People's Republic of China in 1979.
- pinyon — piñon (def 1).
- piracy — software piracy
- pitaya — any of several cacti of the genus Lemaireocereus and related genera, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, bearing edible fruit.
- pitchy — full of or abounding in pitch.
- piyyut — a liturgical poem included in the services on holidays and special Sabbaths in addition to the established prayers.
- plaguy — such as to plague, torment, or annoy; vexatious: a plaguy pile of debts.
- plashy — marshy; wet.
- platy- — indicating something flat
- player — Gary, born 1935, South African golfer.
- playte — (data, jargon) /playt/ 16 bits, by analogy with byte. Usage: rare and extremely silly. See also dynner, crumb.
- plebby — common or vulgar
- plenty — a full or abundant supply or amount: There is plenty of time.
- pleyel — Ignaz Josef [ig-nahts yoh-zef] /ˈɪg nɑts ˈyoʊ zɛf/ (Show IPA), 1757–1831, Austrian composer and piano manufacturer.
- plinky — (of a sound) short, sharp, and metallic
- plisky — a mischievous trick; practical joke; prank.
- ploidy — the number of homologous chromosome sets present in a cell or organism.
- plotty — characterized by the intricacies or complications of a plot or intrigue: a plotty novel whose narrative is hard to follow.
- ployed — a maneuver or stratagem, as in conversation, to gain the advantage.
- plucky — having or showing pluck or courage; brave: The drowning swimmer was rescued by a plucky schoolboy.
- pluffy — puffy or fluffy
- plummy — containing or resembling plums.
- plumpy — plump
- plunky — twanging
- plushy — of, relating to, or resembling plush.
- plying — British Dialect. to bend, fold, or mold.
- poachy — (of land) slushy; swampy.
- pochay — to transport by post-chaise
- podley — a young coalfish
- poetry — the art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for exciting pleasure by beautiful, imaginative, or elevated thoughts.
- pogany — Willy (William Andrew) 1882–1955, U.S. painter, stage designer, and illustrator; born in Hungary.
- pointy — having a comparatively sharp point: The elf had pointy little ears.
- poleyn — a piece for the knee, made of plate or leather.
- policy — a definite course of action adopted for the sake of expediency, facility, etc.: We have a new company policy.
- polity — a particular form or system of government: civil polity; ecclesiastical polity.
- pollys — a female given name, form of Mary.
- polyol — an alcohol containing three or more hydroxyl groups; a polyhydric alcohol.
- polyps — Zoology. a sedentary type of animal form characterized by a more or less fixed base, columnar body, and free end with mouth and tentacles, especially as applied to coelenterates. an individual zooid of a compound or colonial organism.
- pompey — (Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus"the Great") 106–48 b.c, Roman general and statesman: a member of the first triumvirate.