8-letter words containing y, p, e
- sextuply — to offer a rejoinder
- sighyper — Special Interest Group on Hypertext and Multimedia of the SGML Users' Group.
- sixpenny — of the amount or value of sixpence; costing sixpence.
- skyscape — a section or portion of the sky, usually extensive and often including part of the horizon, that may be seen from a single viewpoint.
- sleepily — ready or inclined to sleep; drowsy.
- slippery — tending or liable to cause slipping or sliding, as ice, oil, a wet surface, etc.: a slippery road.
- snippety — sharp or curt, especially in a supercilious or haughty way; impertinent.
- sparsely — thinly scattered or distributed: a sparse population.
- speedily — characterized by speed; rapid; swift; fast.
- speedway — a town in central Indiana.
- spermary — an organ in which spermatozoa are generated; testis.
- speyside — the area surrounding the River Spey in E Scotland; famous for whisky distilleries.
- spinnery — a spinning mill.
- spivvery — the characteristic behaviour of a spiv
- spoofery — good-humored mockery or teasing.
- spookery — matters relating to spies and espionage
- spryness — active; nimble; agile; energetic; brisk.
- sputtery — tending to sputter
- spyplane — a military aeroplane used to spy on an enemy
- superbly — admirably fine or excellent; extremely good: a superb performance.
- superspy — a highly accomplished spy
- supinely — lying on the back, face or front upward.
- supplely — supply2 .
- symphile — an insect or other organism that lives in the nests of social insects, esp ants and termites, and is fed and reared by the inmates
- symploce — the simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe.
- synaphea — a continuity of rhythm throughout a poem
- synapses — a region where nerve impulses are transmitted and received, encompassing the axon terminal of a neuron that releases neurotransmitters in response to an impulse, an extremely small gap across which the neurotransmitters travel, and the adjacent membrane of an axon, dendrite, or muscle or gland cell with the appropriate receptor molecules for picking up the neurotransmitters.
- synopses — a brief or condensed statement giving a general view of some subject.
- syphoned — a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- tapestry — a fabric consisting of a warp upon which colored threads are woven by hand to produce a design, often pictorial, used for wall hangings, furniture coverings, etc.
- taxpayer — a person who pays a tax or is subject to taxation.
- telecopy — a message or document sent by fax
- teleplay — a play written or adapted for broadcast on television.
- teletype — (lowercase) a network of teletypewriters with their connecting lines, switchboards, etc.
- tenpenny — noting a nail 3 inches (7.6 cm) in length. Symbol: 10d.
- tepidity — moderately warm; lukewarm: tepid water.
- the poky — prison
- the yips — (in golf) nervous twitching or tension that destroys concentration and spoils performance
- topotype — a specimen from the locality at which the type was first collected.
- trippery — like a tripper
- trophesy — a condition caused by a disorder of the nerves relating to nutrition
- truetype — (text, standard) An outline font standard first developed by Apple Computer, and later embraced by Microsoft, as a competitor to Adobe Systems, Inc.'s PostScript which is still more popular.
- trumpery — something without use or value; rubbish; trash; worthless stuff.
- tuppenny — twopenny (defs 1–3).
- twopenny — of the amount or value of twopence.
- type out — If you type something out, you write it in full using a typewriter or word processor.
- type-out — the act of typing or printing a text.
- typecase — a compartmental tray for storing printer's type
- typecast — to cast (a performer) in a role that requires characteristics of physique, manner, personality, etc., similar to those possessed by the performer.
- typeface — face (defs 19b, c).