7-letter words containing y, a, p
- paywall — a system in which access to all or part of a website is restricted to paid subscribers: Some newspapers have put their content behind a paywall.
- payware — /pay'weir/ Commercial software. Opposite: shareware or freeware.
- pazyryk — the site of 40 wood-lined pit tombs c500–c300 b.c. in the Altai Mountains of central Asia, containing the tattooed bodies of nomadic chieftains of the eastern Steppes and grave goods all well-preserved in a frozen state.
- peabody — Elizabeth Palmer, 1804–94, U.S. educator and reformer: founded the first kindergarten in the U.S.
- peatary — an area covered with peat; peat bog
- peccary — any of several piglike hoofed mammals of the genus Tayassu, of North and South America, as T. tajacu (collared peccary, or javelina) having a dark gray coat with a white collar.
- pedlary — peddlery.
- penalty — a punishment imposed or incurred for a violation of law or rule.
- per day — relating to an allowance for daily expenses, usually those incurred while working
- per say — a frequent misspelling of per se.
- pessary — a device worn in the vagina to support a displaced uterus.
- pet day — a single fine day during a period of bad weather
- petrary — a weapon used to propel stones
- pharynx — the tube or cavity, with its surrounding membrane and muscles, that connects the mouth and nasal passages with the esophagus.
- phratry — a grouping of clans or other social units within a tribe.
- phrygia — an ancient country in central and NW Asia Minor.
- phytane — a hydrocarbon found in some fossilized plant remains
- phytate — a salt or ester of phytic acid, occurring in plants, especially cereal grains, capable of forming insoluble complexes with calcium, zinc, iron, and other nutrients and interfering with their absorption by the body.
- picardy — a region in N France: formerly a province.
- piscary — Law. the right or privilege of fishing in particular waters.
- plaguey — such as to plague, torment, or annoy; vexatious: a plaguy pile of debts.
- plainly — clear or distinct to the eye or ear: a plain trail to the river; to stand in plain view.
- planxty — a lively Celtic melody, chiefly for the harp
- plassey — a village in NE India, about 80 miles (128 km) north of Kolkata: Clive's victory over a Bengal army here (1757) led to the establishment of British power in India.
- platypi — 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 at — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- play it — to act in a (specified) manner
- play on — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- play up — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- playact — to engage in make-believe.
- playboy — a man who pursues a life of pleasure without responsibility or attachments, especially one who is of comfortable means.
- playbus — a mobile playground
- playday — a day for relaxation or for participation in sports contests; a holiday.
- playful — full of play or fun; sportive; frolicsome.
- playing — the act of taking part in a game or sport
- playlet — a short play.
- playoff — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- playpen — a small enclosure, usually portable, in which a young child can play safely alone without constant supervision.
- plenary — full; complete; entire; absolute; unqualified: plenary powers.
- pliancy — bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable: She manipulated the pliant clay.
- polyact — (of a sea creature) having many tentacles or limb-like protrusions
- polygam — a plant of the Polygamia class
- polynya — an area of unfrozen sea water surrounded by ice.
- polyoma — a type of tumour caused by a virus
- polyzoa — Bryozoa.
- popayan — a city in SW Colombia.
- portray — to make a likeness of by drawing, painting, carving, or the like.
- pravity — depravity, moral degeneracy, perversion
- pray-in — a form of social protest in which demonstrators engage in passive resistance and prayer: popular especially in the 1970s.
- praying — uttering prayers (to God or other object of worship)