8-letter words containing t, y, p, e
- metopryl — a colourless liquid, C4H10O, that is related to ether and was formerly used as an anaesthetic
- mistyped — Simple past tense and past participle of mistype.
- mistypes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mistype.
- 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.
- neophyte — a beginner or novice: He's a neophyte at chess.
- neotypes — Plural form of neotype.
- net play — play made from a position close to the net
- nonempty — (of a set, group, collection, etc.) containing at least one element.
- nymphets — a young nymph.
- optotype — type used on an eye chart.
- orthoepy — the study of correct pronunciation.
- overtype — to replace (typed text) by typing new text in the same place
- paratype — a specimen other than a type specimen that is used for the original description of a taxonomic group and specifically stated to be the one on which the original description of the taxon was based.
- patchery — the act of hurriedly patching something together
- patently — the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
- peasanty — having qualities ascribed to traditional country life or people; simple or unsophisticated
- pedantry — the character, qualities, practices, etc., of a pedant, especially undue display of learning.
- penality — of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- peripety — a sudden turn of events or an unexpected reversal, especially in a literary work.
- perseity — (in medieval philosophy) the quality of those things having substance independently of any real object.
- petabyte — 2 50 bytes, or 1,024 terabytes.
- petalody — a condition in flowers, in which certain organs, as the stamens in most double flowers, assume the appearance of or become metamorphosed into petals.
- petchary — a grey kingbird, Tyrannus dominicensis
- petitory — requesting or entreating
- peyotism — a religion of native American Indians that incorporates the ritual use of peyote
- peyotist — a person who follows the religion of peyotism
- phyletic — of, relating to, or based on the evolutionary history of a group of organisms; phylogenetic.
- phyllite — a slaty rock, the cleavage planes of which have a luster imparted by minute scales of mica.
- physeter — a member of the Physeter genus of creatures that includes the sperm whale
- playdate — a gathering of children at a house for play
- playmate — a companion, especially of a child, in play or recreation.
- playtime — time for play or recreation.
- plenarty — the state of an endowed church office when occupied
- politely — showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil: a polite reply.
- polytene — denoting a type of giant-size chromosome consisting of many replicated genes in parallel, found esp in Drosophila larvae
- polyteny — the condition of being polytene
- polytype — a crystal occurring in more than one form
- pommetty — having a pommel
- porterly — pertaining to or characteristic of a porter
- potbelly — a distended or protuberant belly.
- potently — powerful; mighty: a potent fighting force.
- poyntell — a pavement of tile mosaic forming an abstract design.
- pratyeka — (in Mahayana Buddhism) a buddha who enters into nirvana without teaching others.
- prestudy — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.
- prettify — to make pretty, especially in a small, petty way: to prettify a natural beauty.
- prettily — pleasing or attractive to the eye, as by delicacy or gracefulness: a pretty face.
- priestly — of or relating to a priest; sacerdotal: priestly vestments.
- printery — (formerly) an establishment for typographic printing.
- property — that which a person owns; the possession or possessions of a particular owner: They lost all their property in the fire.
- prostyle — (of a classical temple) having a portico on the front with the columns in front of the antae.