9-letter words containing s, p, e, y
- misplayed — Simple past tense and past participle of misplay.
- monotypes — Plural form of monotype.
- mysophobe — A person with an abnormal fear of filth or dirt.
- myxospore — a spore produced within any of various fruiting bodies of myxomycetes.
- neophytes — Plural form of neophyte.
- neoplasty — the surgical formation of new tissue structures or repair of damaged structures
- operosely — In an operose manner.
- operosity — the quality or characteristic of being operose
- ouspensky — Peter Demianovich [pee-ter di-myah-nuh-vich;; Russian pyawtr dyi-myah-nuh-vyich] /ˈpi tər dɪˈmyɑ nə vɪtʃ;; Russian ˈpyɔtr dyɪˈmyɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1878–1947, Russian philosopher and author.
- pa system — a combination of electronic devices that makes sound audible via loudspeakers to many people, as in an auditorium or out of doors.
- palsylike — resembling palsy
- pantyhose — (used with a plural verb) a one-piece, skintight garment worn by women, combining panties and stockings.
- paralysed — unable to move and with no feeling
- paralyses — Pathology. a loss or impairment of voluntary movement in a body part, caused by injury or disease of the nerves, brain, or spinal cord. a disease characterized by this, especially palsy.
- parsleyed — cooked with or sprinkled with parsley
- passer-by — a person passing by.
- passersby — a person passing by.
- passively — not reacting visibly to something that might be expected to produce manifestations of an emotion or feeling.
- pay raise — an increase in wages or salary
- pay scale — salary range
- paymaster — a person authorized by a company, government, etc., to pay out wages or salaries, especially in the military.
- peasantry — peasants collectively.
- pederasty — sexual relations between two males, especially when one of them is a minor.
- pensively — dreamily or wistfully thoughtful: a pensive mood.
- peristyle — a colonnade surrounding a building or an open space.
- personify — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- pestology — the analysis and research of pests and how to get rid of them
- photolyse — to cause to undergo or to undergo photolysis
- phyletics — phylogenetic classification.
- physicked — a medicine that purges; cathartic; laxative.
- physiqued — having a particular physique
- piss easy — easily obtained or achieved
- play safe — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- playhouse — a theater.
- polyester — Chemistry. a polymer in which the monomer units are linked together by the group –COO–, usually formed by polymerizing a polyhydric alcohol with a polybasic acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins, plastics, and textile fibers.
- polygenes — multiple factors
- polynesia — one of the three principal divisions of Oceania, comprising those island groups in the Pacific lying E of Melanesia and Micronesia and extending from the Hawaiian Islands S to New Zealand.
- polynices — a son of Oedipus and Jocasta and brother of Eteocles and Antigone on whose behalf the Seven against Thebes were organized.
- polyphase — having more than one phase.
- polysemic — capable of having several possible meanings
- polystyle — having many columns.
- posterity — succeeding or future generations collectively: Judgment of this age must be left to posterity.
- pre-essay — a short literary composition on a particular theme or subject, usually in prose and generally analytic, speculative, or interpretative.
- precisely — definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed: precise directions.
- prelusory — introductory.
- presbyope — a person with presbyopia
- presbyter — (in the early Christian church) an office bearer who exercised teaching, priestly, and administrative functions.
- presbytic — affected by presbyopia
- presently — in a little while; soon: They will be here presently.
- presurvey — to take a general or comprehensive view of or appraise, as a situation, area of study, etc.