9-letter words containing y, p, e
- polysemic — capable of having several possible meanings
- polystyle — having many columns.
- polythene — polyethylene.
- polywater — a subtance mistakenly identified as a polymeric form of water, now known to be water containing ions from glass or quartz.
- poppy red — poppy (def 4).
- poppyhead — a finial or other ornament, often richly carved, as the top of the upright end of a bench or pew.
- portrayed — to make a likeness of by drawing, painting, carving, or the like.
- portrayer — to make a likeness of by drawing, painting, carving, or the like.
- posterity — succeeding or future generations collectively: Judgment of this age must be left to posterity.
- pot belly — Someone who has a pot belly has a round, fat stomach which sticks out, either because they eat or drink too much, or because they have had very little to eat for some time.
- pot-belly — a distended or protuberant belly.
- pothecary — apothecary.
- pound key — a push button on a telephone or key on a computer keyboard that is marked with a pound sign (#).
- powerplay — behaviour intended to maximise person's power
- prayerful — given to, characterized by, or expressive of prayer; devout.
- pre-essay — a short literary composition on a particular theme or subject, usually in prose and generally analytic, speculative, or interpretative.
- pre-ready — completely prepared or in fit condition for immediate action or use: troops ready for battle; Dinner is ready.
- preachify — to preach in an obtrusive or tedious way.
- preachily — in a preachy fashion
- precatory — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or expressing entreaty or supplication: precatory overtures.
- precisely — definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed: precise directions.
- precocity — the state of being or tendency to be precocious.
- predacity — predatory; rapacious.
- predatory — Zoology. preying upon other organisms for food.
- prefatory — of, relating to, or of the nature of a preface: prefatory explanations.
- pregnancy — the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant.
- prelusory — introductory.
- premodify — to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend: to modify a contract.
- prenotify — to notify in advance
- preoccupy — to absorb or engross to the exclusion of other things.
- presbyope — a person with presbyopia
- presbyter — (in the early Christian church) an office bearer who exercised teaching, priestly, and administrative functions.
- presbytic — affected by presbyopia
- presently — in a little while; soon: They will be here presently.
- presurvey — to take a general or comprehensive view of or appraise, as a situation, area of study, etc.
- prettyish — quite pretty
- prettyism — an affectedly pretty style
- pretypify — to foreshadow or prefigure the type of: The father's personality pretypified his son's.
- priestley — J(ohn) B(oynton) [boin-tuh n,, -tn] /ˈbɔɪn tən,, -tn/ (Show IPA), 1894–1984, English novelist.
- privately — belonging to some particular person: private property.
- prize day — a day when prizes are rewarded to pupils who have produced a very high standard of work
- procerity — tallness
- proembryo — any of the stages prior to embryo formation in plants
- proenzyme — any of a group of proteins that are converted to active enzymes by partial breakdown, as by the action of an acid or other enzyme.
- profanely — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- profusely — spending or giving freely and in large amount, often to excess; extravagant (often followed by in): profuse praise.
- proletary — in ancient Rome, a member of the lowest class of citizens, who had no property
- prong key — a key or spanner with two prongs or projections which engage corresponding holes in the face of a nut or component to be turned for tightening, adjustment, etc
- propriety — conformity to established standards of good or proper behavior or manners.
- propylene — containing the propylene group.