8-letter words containing s, p, e, y
- necropsy — the examination of a body after death; autopsy.
- neotypes — Plural form of neotype.
- nymphets — a young nymph.
- paralyse — to affect with paralysis.
- passerby — a person passing by.
- pay desk — the counter in a shop where customers pay for goods
- payables — debts to be paid
- peasanty — having qualities ascribed to traditional country life or people; simple or unsophisticated
- perseity — (in medieval philosophy) the quality of those things having substance independently of any real object.
- perspiry — sweaty
- peyotism — a religion of native American Indians that incorporates the ritual use of peyote
- peyotist — a person who follows the religion of peyotism
- phylesis — evolutionary events that modify an organism or group of organisms without leading to the formation of a new species
- physeter — a member of the Physeter genus of creatures that includes the sperm whale
- physique — physical or bodily structure, appearance, or development: the physique of an athlete.
- playless — having no play
- pleurisy — inflammation of the pleura, with or without a liquid effusion in the pleural cavity, characterized by a dry cough and pain in the affected side.
- polyseme — a word with multiple meanings
- polysemy — a condition in which a single word, phrase, or concept has more than one meaning or connotation.
- polysome — a complex of ribosomes strung along a single strand of messenger RNA that translates the genetic information coded in the messenger RNA during protein synthesis.
- popeseye — denoting a cut of steak
- prestudy — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.
- priestly — of or relating to a priest; sacerdotal: priestly vestments.
- prophesy — to foretell or predict.
- prostyle — (of a classical temple) having a portico on the front with the columns in front of the antae.
- przemysl — a city in SE Poland: occupied by the Russians 1915.
- psaltery — an ancient musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
- pseudery — pretentious talk
- puseyism — Tractarianism.
- pyelitis — inflammation of the pelvis or outlet of the kidney.
- pyranose — any monosaccharide having a pyran ring structure.
- pyrenees — mountains between France and Spain
- pyrolyse — to subject (a substance) to pyrolysis.
- pyrosome — a member of a genus, Pyrosoma, of colonial tunicates found in tropical open waters, the sole genus of the order Pyrosomida, which consists of brightly phosphorescent, translucent individuals united into a hollow tube closed at one end
- resupply — provide with sth
- samplery — the making of samplers
- sapiency — having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- schleppy — slovenly, dowdy, or run-down; frumpy: a schleppy hotel; a schleppy old bathrobe.
- scyphate — being in the shape of a cup; cup-shaped.
- sepalody — the changing of other flower parts, such as petals, into sepals
- serotype — a group of organisms, microorganisms, or cells distinguished by their shared specific antigens as determined by serologic testing.
- sex play — erotic caressing, especially as a prelude to sexual intercourse; foreplay.
- sextuply — to offer a rejoinder
- sighyper — Special Interest Group on Hypertext and Multimedia of the SGML Users' Group.
- sixpenny — of the amount or value of sixpence; costing sixpence.
- skyscape — a section or portion of the sky, usually extensive and often including part of the horizon, that may be seen from a single viewpoint.
- sleepily — ready or inclined to sleep; drowsy.
- slippery — tending or liable to cause slipping or sliding, as ice, oil, a wet surface, etc.: a slippery road.
- snippety — sharp or curt, especially in a supercilious or haughty way; impertinent.
- sparsely — thinly scattered or distributed: a sparse population.