8-letter words containing p, y
- cyclopes — Plural form of cyclops.
- cyclopia — a congenital defect characterized by fusion of the orbits into a single cavity containing one eye.
- cyclopic — relating to or resembling a cyclops
- cyphered — Simple past tense and past participle of cypher.
- cyprinid — any teleost fish of the mainly freshwater family Cyprinidae, typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales and including such food and game fishes as the carp, tench, roach, rudd, and dace
- cypselae — Plural form of cypsela.
- damp-dry — (of something, such as a garment, that has been drying) nearly dry but still damp
- dapperly — neat; trim; smart: He looked very dapper in his new suit.
- day camp — a camp for children providing no sleeping facilities and attended only during the day on weekdays.
- day pass — a ticket that, once bought, enables you to use, travel on or access something free for one day
- day trip — A day trip is a journey to a place and back again on the same day, usually for pleasure.
- day-trip — to travel as a day-tripper.
- daypacks — Plural form of daypack.
- decrypts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrypt.
- deep-fry — If you deep-fry food, you fry it in a large amount of fat or oil.
- dehyphen — a short line (-) used to connect the parts of a compound word or the parts of a word divided for any purpose.
- demyship — a type of scholarship awarded at Magdalen College, Oxford
- deployed — Simple past tense and past participle of deploy.
- deployer — a person or thing that deploys
- deprenyl — a drug used to treat senile dementia, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and depression, by acting as a monoamine oxidase inhibitor
- diaglyph — any instance of artwork carved into the surface of a hard substance (predominantly stone or metal), such that the design is set back from the surface; an intaglio
- diaphony — a style of two-part polyphonic singing; organum or a freer form resembling it
- diphenyl — biphenyl.
- diploidy — (genetics) The state of being diploid.
- diptychs — Plural form of diptych.
- disapply — (transitive, legal) To decline to apply a rule or law that previously applied.
- dispermy — the fertilization of an ovum by two spermatozoa.
- displays — Plural form of display.
- divvy up — divide, share out
- downplay — to treat or speak of (something) so as to reduce emphasis on its importance, value, strength, etc.: The press has downplayed the president's role in the negotiations.
- drip-dry — wash-and-wear.
- drippily — In a drippy way.
- dropsley — a dish of very small dumplings made from a batter of butter, egg, flour, and seasoning dropped in small pieces into broth.
- dry-hump — to engage in non-penetrative sexual activity
- drypoint — a technique of engraving, especially on copper, in which a sharp-pointed needle is used for producing furrows having a burr that is often retained in order to produce a print characterized by soft, velvety black lines.
- dummy up — a representation or copy of something, as for displaying to indicate appearance: a display of lipstick dummies made of colored plastic.
- duopsony — the market condition that exists when there are only two buyers.
- dyspathy — antipathy.
- dyspepsy — (archaic) dyspepsia.
- dyspneal — Alt form dyspnoeal.
- dyspneic — difficult or labored breathing.
- dyspnoea — Alternative spelling of dyspnea.
- dystopia — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- dystopic — Dystopian.
- e-piracy — the illegal uploading of digital copies of copyrighted works to a website, or the illegal downloading of such material.
- ecotypes — Plural form of ecotype.
- ecotypic — Of or pertaining to an ecotype.
- egyptian — person from Egypt
- employed — Give work to (someone) and pay them for it.
- employee — A person employed for wages or salary, especially at nonexecutive level.