8-letter words containing p, y
- jeopardy — hazard or risk of or exposure to loss, harm, death, or injury: For a moment his life was in jeopardy.
- kalyptra — a veil worn by women in Greece
- keepsaky — like or suitable for a keepsake, usually specifically of a volume of material made and given as a keepsake in the 19th century
- key grip — the chief stagehand on a movie set.
- keyed up — tense, nervous
- keypunch — Also, key punch. Also called card punch. a machine, operated by a keyboard, for coding information by punching holes in cards or paper tape in specified patterns.
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- kopiykas — Plural form of kopiyka.
- kyphosis — an abnormal, convex curvature of the spine, with a resultant bulge at the upper back.
- kyphotic — Relating to, or exhibiting, kyphosis.
- ladypalm — a type of small palm of the genus Rhapis, popularly grown as an indoor plant
- ladyship — (often initial capital letter) the form used in speaking of or to a woman having the title of Lady (usually preceded by her or your).
- lampreys — Plural form of lamprey.
- lampyrid — any of several beetles of the family Lampyridae, comprising the fireflies.
- lapidary — Also, lapidist [lap-i-dist] /ˈlæp ɪ dɪst/ (Show IPA). a worker who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones.
- lapidify — To become stone or stony.
- lay open — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- leap day — February 29: the extra day added to the Gregorian calendar in leap year.
- leypoldt — Frederick, 1835–84, U.S. editor and publisher, born in Germany.
- lily pad — the large, floating leaf of a water lily.
- limpidly — In a limpid manner.
- linotype — to typeset on a Linotype machine.
- lip-sync — the technical process by which this is done.
- lipocyte — fat cell.
- logotype — Also called logo. a single piece of type bearing two or more uncombined letters, a syllable, or a word.
- lollypop — a piece of hard candy attached to the end of a small stick that is held in the hand while the candy is licked.
- lumpenly — in a lumpen manner
- lyallpur — a city in NE Pakistan.
- lycopene — a red crystalline substance, C 40 H 56 , that is the main pigment of certain fruits, as the tomato and paprika, and is a precursor to carotene in plant biosynthesis.
- lycopsid — Any primitive plant of the division Lycopodiophyta.
- lymphoid — of, relating to, or resembling lymph.
- lymphoma — a tumor arising from any of the cellular elements of lymph nodes.
- lynchpin — a pin inserted through the end of an axletree to keep the wheel on.
- lysippus — flourished c360–c320 b.c, Greek sculptor.
- marry up — to join
- mayapple — American plant
- maypoles — Plural form of maypole.
- metopryl — a colourless liquid, C4H10O, that is related to ether and was formerly used as an anaesthetic
- misapply — to make a wrong application or use of.
- mistyped — Simple past tense and past participle of mistype.
- mistypes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mistype.
- monocopy — (genetics) Describing any gene that has a copy number of one.
- monopody — a measure consisting of one foot.
- monopoly — exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices. Compare duopoly, oligopoly.
- monotype — the only print made from a metal or glass plate on which a picture is painted in oil color, printing ink, or the like.
- mopingly — in a moping or dejected manner
- mudpuppy — any of several often large, aquatic salamanders of the genus Necturus, of eastern North America, having bushy, red gills and well-developed limbs.
- multiply — to make many or manifold; increase the number, quantity, etc., of.
- myograph — an instrument for recording the contractions and relaxations of muscles.
- myopathy — any abnormality or disease of muscle tissue.