8-letter words containing y, e, l, p
- gempylid — any of several fishes of the family Gempylidae, comprising the snake mackerels.
- geoglyph — A large-scale drawing made on the ground by scratching or arranging lines of stones etc.
- gospelly — Resembling gospel music.
- holotype — the type specimen used in the original description of a species.
- hypergol — any hypergolic agent.
- hypobole — the act of anticipating objection for the purpose of refutation
- hypogeal — underground; subterranean.
- i-player — a service provided by the BBC, allowing its recently broadcast television programmes to be viewed over the internet
- icy pole — an ice cream or water ice on a stick
- imployed — Simple past tense and past participle of imploy.
- impurely — In an impure manner.
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- lampreys — Plural form of lamprey.
- lay open — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- leap day — February 29: the extra day added to the Gregorian calendar in leap year.
- leypoldt — Frederick, 1835–84, U.S. editor and publisher, born in Germany.
- linotype — to typeset on a Linotype machine.
- lipocyte — fat cell.
- logotype — Also called logo. a single piece of type bearing two or more uncombined letters, a syllable, or a word.
- lumpenly — in a lumpen manner
- lycopene — a red crystalline substance, C 40 H 56 , that is the main pigment of certain fruits, as the tomato and paprika, and is a precursor to carotene in plant biosynthesis.
- mayapple — American plant
- maypoles — Plural form of maypole.
- metopryl — a colourless liquid, C4H10O, that is related to ether and was formerly used as an anaesthetic
- net play — play made from a position close to the net
- opaquely — not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light; not allowing light to pass through.
- overplay — to exaggerate or overemphasize (one's role in a play, an emotion, an effect, etc.): The young actor overplayed Hamlet shamelessly. The director of the movie had overplayed the pathos.
- pale dry — light in color and not sweet
- pale-dry — light-colored and medium-sweet: pale-dry ginger ale.
- panderly — in the manner of a pander
- paralyse — to affect with paralysis.
- paralyze — to affect with paralysis.
- parlayed — to bet or gamble (an original amount and its winnings) on a subsequent race, contest, etc.
- patently — the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
- pay deal — a negotiation or agreement concerning pay or salary
- payables — debts to be paid
- pearleye — any of several deep-sea fishes of the family Scopelarchidae, having large, hooked teeth on the tongue, telescopic eyes, and an iridescent patch on each eye tube.
- peddlery — the business of a peddler.
- pedology — the scientific study of the nature and development of children.
- pelology — the study of the therapeutic uses of mud
- penality — of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- penology — the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
- 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.
- phenylic — relating to, consisting of or originating from phenyl
- phylesis — evolutionary events that modify an organism or group of organisms without leading to the formation of a new species
- 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.
- phyllode — an expanded petiole resembling and having the function of a leaf, but without a true blade.
- phyllome — a leaf of a plant.
- pipeclay — a fine, white clay used for making tobacco pipes, whitening parts of military or other dress, etc.