9-letter words containing y, p, e
- eucryphia — any tree or shrub of the mostly evergreen genus Eucryphia, native to Australia and S America, having leaves of a dark lustrous green and white flowers: family Eucryphiaceae
- eurytopic — (of a species) able to tolerate a wide range of environments
- eutrapely — conversational skill
- examplary — Obsolete form of exemplary.
- exemplary — Serving as a desirable model; representing the best of its kind.
- exemplify — Be a typical example of.
- exophytic — (pathology) In pathology, pertaining to growth of a tumor outward.
- expiatory — Of or pertaining to expiation.
- expletory — Serving to fill up; expletive; superfluous.
- exposedly — In an exposed way.
- expressly — Explicitly; clearly.
- exstrophy — (medicine) The eversion or turning out of any organ, or of its inner surface.
- extispicy — (uncountable) Haruspicy: the study and divination by use of animal entrails, usually the victims of sacrifice.
- eye drops — Eye drops are a kind of medicine that you put in your eyes one drop at a time.
- eye patch — covering for one eye
- eyeopener — Something that provides a sudden insight, or makes something clear that was previously mysterious.
- eyepieces — Plural form of eyepiece.
- eyepopper — a very exciting thing
- feed type — The feed type is the type of hydrocarbon which a refinery uses for a particular product.
- fell pony — a British breed of large and heavy ponies, found in the hills of N England
- ferrotype — to put a glossy surface on (a print) by pressing, while wet, on a metal sheet (ferrotype tin)
- fetoscopy — examination by means of a fetoscope.
- file type — (file format) The kind of data stored in a file. Most modern operating systems use the filename extension to determine the file type though others store this information elsewhere in the file system. The file type is used to choose an appropriate icon to represent the file in a GUI and the correct application with which to view, edit, run, or print the file. Different operating systems support different sets of file types though most agree on a large common set and allow arbitrary new types to be defined. See also MIME.
- fivepenny — noting a nail 1.75 inches (4.4 cm) long. Symbol: 5d.
- fly press — a hand-operated press in which a horizontal beam with heavy steel balls attached to the ends gives additional momentum to the descending member used to punch or compress material
- flypapers — Plural form of flypaper.
- flyperson — (theatre) Someone who operates a fly system in a theatre.
- flyposter — a poster, esp unauthorized, put up to publicize something
- flyspecks — Plural form of flyspeck.
- fourpenny — Carpentry. noting a nail 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) long. noting certain fine nails 1.375 inches (3.5 cm) long. Symbol: 4d.
- gay power — the organized political influence exerted by homosexuals as a group, especially to ensure equal rights in employment, housing, etc.
- genotypes — the genetic makeup of an organism or group of organisms with reference to a single trait, set of traits, or an entire complex of traits.
- genotypic — the genetic makeup of an organism or group of organisms with reference to a single trait, set of traits, or an entire complex of traits.
- geography — the science dealing with the areal differentiation of the earth's surface, as shown in the character, arrangement, and interrelations over the world of such elements as climate, elevation, soil, vegetation, population, land use, industries, or states, and of the unit areas formed by the complex of these individual elements.
- geophytes — Plural form of geophyte.
- geophytic — Relating to geophytes.
- glory-pea — either of two trailing plants, Clianthus formosus or C. puniceus, of Australia and New Zealand, having showy red flowers.
- gossypine — relating to cotton
- gossypose — raffinose.
- grape ivy — a hairy vine, Cissus rhombifolia, native to tropical America, having glossy trifoliate leaves and often cultivated as a houseplant.
- gray pine — jack pine.
- gynophobe — a person who hates or fears women
- gynophore — the elongated stalk of a pistil.
- gypsyhead — a flanged drum on a winch, for winding in lines.
- gypsyweed — Speedwell, Veronica officinalis.
- gyroplane — autogiro.
- gyroscope — an apparatus consisting of a rotating wheel so mounted that its axis can turn freely in certain or all directions, and capable of maintaining the same absolute direction in space in spite of movements of the mountings and surrounding parts: used to maintain equilibrium, determine direction, etc.
- halfpenny — a bronze coin of the United Kingdom, equal to half a penny: use phased out in 1984.
- halophyte — a plant that thrives in saline soil.
- haplessly — In a hapless manner.