9-letter words containing y, p, e
- phenocopy — the observed result of an environmentally induced, nongenetic alteration of a phenotype to a form that resembles the expression of a known genetic mutation.
- phenology — the science dealing with the influence of climate on the recurrence of such annual phenomena of animal and plant life as budding and bird migrations.
- phenotype — the observable constitution of an organism.
- phenylene — containing a phenylene group.
- phenytoin — a barbiturate-related substance, C 1 5 H 1 2 N 2 O 2 , used as an anticonvulsant in the treatment of grand mal epilepsy and in focal seizures.
- philately — the collecting of stamps and other postal matter as a hobby or an investment.
- phlyctena — a small vesicle, blister, or pustule.
- phonotype — a piece of type bearing a phonetic character or symbol.
- photolyse — to cause to undergo or to undergo photolysis
- photolyze — to break down molecules with light.
- phototype — a plate with a relief printing surface produced by photography.
- phyletics — phylogenetic classification.
- phylogeny — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- physicked — a medicine that purges; cathartic; laxative.
- physiqued — having a particular physique
- phytocide — a substance or preparation for killing plants.
- pin money — any small sum set aside for nonessential minor expenditures.
- pipe clay — a white, plastic clay used for making clay tobacco pipes or pottery, for whitening leather, etc.
- pipe-clay — to whiten with pipe clay.
- piss easy — easily obtained or achieved
- planetary — of, relating to, or resembling a planet or the planets.
- play date — an appointment made by several parents to have their young children play together.
- play hell — To play hell with something means to have a bad effect on it or cause great confusion. In British English, you can also say that one person or thing plays merry hell with another.
- play safe — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- play-time — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- playfield — a field for sports or public festivities
- playhouse — a theater.
- playmaker — an offensive player, as in basketball or ice hockey, who executes plays designed to put one or more teammates in a position to score.
- pleiomery — the state of a flower having more than the normal number of parts
- pleiotaxy — an increase in the normal number of parts.
- ply metal — a composition of dissimilar metals bonded together in sheet form.
- poenology — the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
- pointedly — having a point or points: a pointed arch.
- pokeberry — the berry of the pokeweed.
- polyamide — a polymer in which the monomer units are linked together by the amide group –CONH–.
- polyamine — a compound containing more than one amino group.
- polydemic — native to several countries or two or more regions.
- polyester — Chemistry. a polymer in which the monomer units are linked together by the group –COO–, usually formed by polymerizing a polyhydric alcohol with a polybasic acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins, plastics, and textile fibers.
- polyether — a polymeric ether.
- polygenes — multiple factors
- polygenic — one of a group of nonallelic genes that together control a quantitative characteristic in an organism.
- polyimide — any of a class of polymers with an imido group: resistant to high temperatures, wear, radiation, and many chemicals.
- polylemma — a debate forcing a choice between contradictory positions
- polymeric — of or relating to a polymer.
- polynesia — one of the three principal divisions of Oceania, comprising those island groups in the Pacific lying E of Melanesia and Micronesia and extending from the Hawaiian Islands S to New Zealand.
- polynices — a son of Oedipus and Jocasta and brother of Eteocles and Antigone on whose behalf the Seven against Thebes were organized.
- polyphase — having more than one phase.
- polyphone — a polyphonic letter or symbol.
- polypneic — characterized by polypnea
- polypnoea — rapid breathing; panting.