8-letter words containing p, y
- base pay — the basic rate of pay for a particular job exclusive of overtime pay, bonuses, etc.
- belly up — If a company goes belly up, it does not have enough money to pay its debts.
- bi-party — representing two distinct parties: a biparty investigating committee.
- bioscopy — examination of a body to determine whether it is alive
- biphenyl — a white or colourless crystalline solid used as a heat-transfer agent, as a fungicide, as an antifungal food preservative (E230) on the skins of citrus fruit, and in the manufacture of dyes, etc. Formula: C6H5C6H5
- buddy up — comrade or chum (often used as a term of address).
- bypassed — a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
- bypasser — a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
- calotype — an early photographic process invented by W. H. Fox Talbot, in which the image was produced on paper treated with silver iodide and developed by sodium thiosulphite
- calypsos — Plural form of calypso.
- calypter — a bastard wing or alula
- calyptra — a membranous hood covering the spore-bearing capsule of mosses and liverworts
- capacity — The capacity of a container is its volume, or the amount of liquid it can hold, measured in units such as litres or gallons.
- cape ray — a promontory in SW Newfoundland, Canada
- caprylic — of or relating to an animal odor: the caprylic odor of a barn.
- capybara — the largest rodent: a pig-sized amphibious hystricomorph, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, resembling a guinea pig and inhabiting river banks in Central and South America: family Hydrochoeridae
- cerotype — a process for preparing a printing plate by engraving a wax-coated copper plate and then using this as a mould for an electrotype
- chapatty — Archaic spelling of chapatti.
- chapelry — the district legally assigned to and served by an Anglican chapel
- charpoys — Plural form of charpoy.
- chirpily — In a chirpy way.
- chirrupy — chirpy; cheerful.
- choppily — (of the sea, a lake, etc.) forming short, irregular, broken waves.
- chupatty — Alternative spelling of chapatti.
- clay pit — a pit or mine from which clay is extracted
- claypans — Plural form of claypan.
- clypeate — shaped like a round shield
- coemploy — to employ together
- compathy — feelings, as happiness or grief, shared with another or others.
- copurify — (of a compound) to purify, and be purified by, another compound
- copy boy — an employee who runs errands in a newspaper office
- copyable — able to be copied
- copybook — A copybook action is done perfectly, according to established rules.
- copycats — Plural form of copycat.
- copydesk — desk where newspaper copy is edited
- copyedit — to edit (a manuscript, document, text, etc.) for publication, especially for punctuation, spelling, grammatical structure, style, etc.
- copygirl — a girl employed by a newspaper or broadcast news office to carry copy and run errands
- copyhold — a tenure less than freehold of land in England evidenced by a copy of the Court roll
- copyists — Plural form of copyist.
- copyleft — a form of licensing that imposes fewer restrictions on the use of a work than copyright
- copyread — to subedit
- coryphee — leading dancer of a corps de ballet
- cow pony — a horse used by cowboys when herding
- creepily — having or causing a creeping sensation of the skin, as from horror or fear: a creepy ghost story.
- croupily — in a croupy manner
- cryptand — (chemistry) any of a class of polycyclic compounds related to the crown ethers, having three chains attached at two nitrogen atoms.
- cryptids — Plural form of cryptid.
- culpably — deserving blame or censure; blameworthy.
- cupidity — Cupidity is a greedy desire for money and possessions.
- cyberpet — an electronic toy that simulates the activities of a pet, requiring the owner to feed, discipline, and entertain it