8-letter words containing y, g, p
- key grip — the chief stagehand on a movie set.
- logotype — Also called logo. a single piece of type bearing two or more uncombined letters, a syllable, or a word.
- mopingly — in a moping or dejected manner
- myograph — an instrument for recording the contractions and relaxations of muscles.
- omophagy — The eating of raw food, especially raw meat.
- optology — the science of testing eyes for lenses
- palilogy — the technique of repeating a word or phrase for emphasis.
- panegyry — a panegyric
- papagayo — Gulf of, an inlet of the Pacific, on the NW coast of Costa Rica. 15 miles (25 km) long; 25 miles (40 km) wide.
- paraguay — a republic in central South America between Bolivia, Brazil, and Argentina. 157,047 sq. mi. (406,750 sq. km). Capital: Asunción.
- paralogy — false reasoning
- partying — a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.: a cocktail party.
- paygrade — a level on a pay scale
- pedagogy — the function or work of a teacher; teaching.
- pedology — the scientific study of the nature and development of children.
- pelology — the study of the therapeutic uses of mud
- penology — the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
- perigyny — Botany. a perigynous condition.
- phrygana — another name for garigue, used esp in Greece
- phrygian — of or relating to Phrygia, its people, or their language.
- pigeonry — a loft for keeping pigeons in; dovecote; pigeon house
- pinguefy — to make or become greasy or fat
- pipingly — in a shrill manner
- plagiary — plagiarism.
- play god — make life-and-death decisions
- playgirl — a woman who pursues a life of pleasure without responsibility or attachments, especially one who is of comfortable means.
- playgoer — a person who attends the theater often or habitually.
- plugugly — a ruffian; rowdy; tough.
- plyingly — in a plying manner
- podgorny — Nikolai Viktorovich [nyi-kuh-lahy vyeek-tuh-ruh-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ ˈvyik tə rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–83, Russian government official: president of the Soviet Union 1965–77.
- podology — the study of the feet
- pollywog — a tadpole.
- poly bag — a polythene bag, esp one used to store or protect food or household articles
- polydrug — being or pertaining to several drug used simultaneously, especially narcotics or addictive drugs: a center for dealing with polydrug abuse.
- polygala — any plant of the genus Polygala, comprising the milkworts.
- polygamy — the practice or condition of having more than one spouse, especially wife, at one time. Compare bigamy (def 1), monogamy (def 1).
- polygene — one of a group of nonallelic genes that together control a quantitative characteristic in an organism.
- polyglot — able to speak or write several languages; multilingual.
- polygoth — (language) A distributed language integrating classes with a parallel block structure, including multiprocedures and fragments.
- polygyny — the practice or condition of having more than one wife at one time.
- pomology — the science that deals with fruits and fruit growing.
- porogamy — the fertilization of a seed plant involving passage of the pollen tube into the ovule by the micropyle
- porridgy — resembling the taste, texture, or appearance of porridge
- posingly — in a posing manner
- posology — the branch of pharmacology dealing with the determination of dosage.
- priggery — the conduct or character of a prig.
- pryingly — in a prying manner
- psyching — psych1 .
- pulingly — in a complaining manner
- pungency — sharply affecting the organs of taste or smell, as if by a penetrating power; biting; acrid.