8-letter words containing p, y
- pomology — the science that deals with fruits and fruit growing.
- ponyskin — the leather from a pony hide
- ponytail — an arrangement of the hair in a long lock drawn tightly against the back of the head and cinched so as to hang loosely.
- poor boy — Southern U.S. (chiefly Gulf States) . a hero sandwich.
- pop-eyed — marked by bulging, staring eyes: a young boy popeyed with excitement.
- popeseye — denoting a cut of steak
- popinjay — a person given to vain, pretentious displays and empty chatter; coxcomb; fop.
- porogamy — the fertilization of a seed plant involving passage of the pollen tube into the ovule by the micropyle
- porosity — the state or quality of being porous.
- porously — full of pores.
- porphyry — a very hard rock, anciently quarried in Egypt, having a dark, purplish-red groundmass containing small crystals of feldspar.
- porridgy — resembling the taste, texture, or appearance of porridge
- portably — capable of being transported or conveyed: a portable stage.
- porterly — pertaining to or characteristic of a porter
- posingly — in a posing manner
- posology — the branch of pharmacology dealing with the determination of dosage.
- possibly — perhaps; maybe: It may possibly rain today.
- post-boy — (formerly) a boy or man who rode post or carried mail.
- postsync — postsynchronization
- potatory — of, relating to, or given to drinking.
- potbelly — a distended or protuberant belly.
- potently — powerful; mighty: a potent fighting force.
- poyntell — a pavement of tile mosaic forming an abstract design.
- poyntill — pointel.
- pratyeka — (in Mahayana Buddhism) a buddha who enters into nirvana without teaching others.
- preapply — to apply beforehand
- precycle — to make purchasing decisions that will ultimately delay, reduce, or eliminate the need to recycle or dispose of waste: One way you can precycle is by buying food in bulk, so there's less packaging to throw away.
- preppily — in a preppy manner
- prestudy — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.
- prettify — to make pretty, especially in a small, petty way: to prettify a natural beauty.
- prettily — pleasing or attractive to the eye, as by delicacy or gracefulness: a pretty face.
- priestly — of or relating to a priest; sacerdotal: priestly vestments.
- priggery — the conduct or character of a prig.
- primally — in a primal manner
- primrosy — characteristic of, or resembling, a primrose (esp in colour)
- princely — greatly liberal; lavish; magnificent: a princely entertainment.
- printery — (formerly) an establishment for typographic printing.
- priority — the state or quality of being earlier in time, occurrence, etc.
- prissily — excessively proper; affectedly correct; prim.
- privy to — knowing: sth confidential
- probably — in all likelihood; very likely: He will probably attend.
- promptly — done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
- propenyl — containing the propenyl group.
- properly — adapted or appropriate to the purpose or circumstances; fit; suitable: the proper time to plant strawberries.
- property — that which a person owns; the possession or possessions of a particular owner: They lost all their property in the fire.
- prophecy — the foretelling or prediction of what is to come.
- prophesy — to foretell or predict.
- prophyll — one of two first leaves to appear on a lateral shoot, usually smaller than the leaves that follow
- propylic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the propyl group.
- propylon — propylaeum.