9-letter words containing y, e, l, p
- pygostyle — the bone at the posterior end of the spinal column in birds, formed by the fusion of several caudal vertebrae.
- pyrolater — a worshipper of fire
- pyrolyzed — to subject (a substance) to pyrolysis.
- re-employ — to hire or engage the services of (a person or persons); provide employment for; have or keep in one's service: This factory employs thousands of people.
- redisplay — to display again
- repayable — that must be paid back
- reposedly — in a settled or reposed fashion
- reputably — held in good repute; honorable; respectable; estimable: a reputable organization.
- reputedly — according to reputation or popular belief: a reputedly honest man.
- role play — playacting, simulation
- role-play — to assume the attitudes, actions, and discourse of (another), especially in a make-believe situation in an effort to understand a differing point of view or social interaction: Management trainees were given a chance to role-play labor negotiators.
- self-pity — pity for oneself, especially a self-indulgent attitude concerning one's own difficulties, hardships, etc.: We must resist yielding to self-pity and carry on as best we can.
- snipe fly — any of various predatory dipterous flies of the family Leptidae (or Rhagionidae), such as Rhagio scolopacea of Europe, having an elongated body and long legs
- sparsedly — in a scattered manner
- specially — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- specialty — a special or distinctive quality, mark, state, or condition.
- splintery — a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- spluttery — tending to splutter: spluttery fire sparks.
- spongefly — any of several insects of the family Sisyridae, the aquatic larvae of which feed on freshwater sponges.
- spy plane — an aircraft used to carry out surveillance of an enemy country or military formations from a high altitude
- stylopize — (of a stylops) to parasitize (a host)
- superably — capable of being overcome; surmountable.
- supremely — highest in rank or authority; paramount; sovereign; chief.
- syllepsis — the use of a word or expression to perform two syntactic functions, especially to modify two or more words of which at least one does not agree in number, case, or gender, as the use of are in Neither he nor we are willing.
- sylleptic — the use of a word or expression to perform two syntactic functions, especially to modify two or more words of which at least one does not agree in number, case, or gender, as the use of are in Neither he nor we are willing.
- sylphlike — a slender, graceful woman or girl.
- sympetaly — the condition of fused petals
- synalepha — the blending of two successive vowels into one, especially the coalescence of a vowel at the end of one word with a vowel at the beginning of the next.
- syphilize — to inoculate with the syphilis virus as a means of curing or preventing the disease
- talbotype — calotype.
- telepathy — communication between minds by some means other than sensory perception.
- telephony — the construction or operation of telephones or telephonic systems.
- telescopy — the use of the telescope.
- three ply — three-stranded knitting wool
- three-ply — consisting of three thicknesses, laminations, strands, or the like.
- twalpenny — a Scots shilling
- typestyle — face (defs 19b, c).
- unadeptly — in an unadept or unskilled manner
- underplay — to act (a part) sketchily.
- unpayable — to be paid; due: a loan payable in 30 days.
- unshapely — not shapely
- untypable — not able to be categorized; not able to be assigned to a specific type or kind
- usurpedly — in a usurped manner
- videoplay — teleplay.
- weepingly — In a weeping manner.
- wild type — an organism having an appearance that is characteristic of the species in a natural breeding population.
- xylophage — any insect or organism that eats wood
- xylophone — A musical instrument played by striking a row of wooden bars of graduated length with one or more small wooden or plastic mallets.
- zelotypia — (formal) jealousy.