8-letter words containing u, y
- off duty — not engaged in the performance of one's usual work: an off-duty police officer.
- off-duty — not engaged in the performance of one's usual work: an off-duty police officer.
- olynthus — an ancient city in NE Greece, on the Chalcidice Peninsula.
- onychium — a small fern plant of Old World tropics and subtropics
- opaquely — not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light; not allowing light to pass through.
- our lady — a title of the Virgin Mary.
- out tray — An out tray is a shallow container used in offices to put letters and documents in when they have been dealt with and are ready to be sent somewhere else. Compare in tray.
- out-year — the fiscal year after a year covered by a budget; any year beyond the budget year for which projections of spending are made.
- outbully — to exceed in bullying
- outlawry — the act or process of outlawing.
- outlying — lying at a distance from the center or the main body; remote; out-of-the-way: outlying military posts.
- outstudy — to outdo in studying
- outvying — to strive in competition or rivalry with another; contend for superiority: Swimmers from many nations were vying for the title.
- outweary — to exhaust completely
- outyield — (of a crop, country, etc) to yield more than
- overbusy — Excessively busy.
- overbuys — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbuy.
- paduasoy — a slightly corded, strong, rich, silk fabric.
- pally up — to become friends (with)
- paraguay — a republic in central South America between Bolivia, Brazil, and Argentina. 157,047 sq. mi. (406,750 sq. km). Capital: Asunción.
- paul pry — an inquisitive, meddlesome person.
- pay-stub — a document attached to or accompanying a paycheck as a record of gross earnings and deductions.
- paysandu — a city in W Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- physique — physical or bodily structure, appearance, or development: the physique of an athlete.
- picayune — of little value or account; small; trifling: a picayune amount.
- pinguefy — to make or become greasy or fat
- piquancy — agreeably pungent or sharp in taste or flavor; pleasantly biting or tart: a piquant aspic.
- platypus — a small, aquatic, egg-laying monotreme, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, of Australia and Tasmania, having webbed feet, a tail like that of a beaver, a sensitive bill resembling that of a duck, and, in adult males, venom-injecting spurs on the ankles of the hind limbs, used primarily for fighting with other males during the breeding season.
- play out — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- playsuit — a sports costume for women and children, usually consisting of shorts and a shirt, worn as beachwear, for tennis, etc.
- 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.
- plugugly — a ruffian; rowdy; tough.
- plumbery — a plumber's workshop.
- plurally — as a plural; in a plural sense.
- plushily — in a plush manner
- plymouth — an island in the Leeward Islands, in the SE West Indies: a British crown colony. 39½ sq. mi. (102 sq. km). Capital: Plymouth.
- polybius — c205–c123 b.c, Greek historian.
- polydrug — being or pertaining to several drug used simultaneously, especially narcotics or addictive drugs: a center for dealing with polydrug abuse.
- polypous — polypoid.
- polyuria — the passing of an excessive quantity of urine, as in diabetes, in certain nervous diseases, etc.
- porously — full of pores.
- prestudy — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.
- pseudery — pretentious talk
- psych up — to intimidate or frighten psychologically, or make nervous (often followed by out): to psych out the competition.
- psyllium — fleawort.
- publicly — by the state
- pudicity — modesty; chastity
- pulingly — in a complaining manner
- pulpally — involving the pulp of a tooth
- pulpitry — the art of delivering sermons