8-letter words containing py
- pycnidia — (in certain ascomycetes and fungi imperfecti) a globose or flask-shaped fruiting body bearing conidia on conidiophores.
- pycnosis — the reduction in size and increase in staining of a cell or its nucleus, usually a feature of cell degeneration
- pycnotic — relating to a theory which holds that matter formation occurred as a result of ether condensation
- pyelitis — inflammation of the pelvis or outlet of the kidney.
- pygidium — any of various structures or regions at the caudal end of the body in certain invertebrates.
- pygmaean — pygmy (defs 6, 7).
- pygmyish — resembling a pygmy
- pygmyism — the state of being a pygmy
- pyinkado — a leguminous tree, Xylia xylocarpa (or dolabriformis), native to India and Myanmar
- pyknosis — a process of thickening, esp. in the shrinking nucleus of a degenerating cell
- pyoderma — any skin eruption characterized by pustules or the formation of pus
- pyogenic — producing or generating pus.
- pyonings — the work of military sappers, such as the digging of trenches
- pyorrhea — Pathology. a discharge of pus.
- pyramids — Architecture. (in ancient Egypt) a quadrilateral masonry mass having smooth, steeply sloping sides meeting at an apex, used as a tomb. (in ancient Egypt and pre-Columbian Central America) a quadrilateral masonry mass, stepped and sharply sloping, used as a tomb or a platform for a temple.
- pyranoid — relating to the structure of a pyranose
- pyranose — any monosaccharide having a pyran ring structure.
- pyrazole — any of the group of heterocyclic compounds containing three carbon atoms, two adjacent nitrogen atoms, and two double bonds in the ring.
- pyrenean — of or relating to the Pyrenees or their inhabitants
- pyrenees — mountains between France and Spain
- pyrenoid — a spherical protein structure found within chloroplasts of certain algae and hornworts.
- pyridine — a colorless, flammable, liquid organic base, C 5 H 5 N, having a disagreeable odor, usually obtained from coal or synthesized from acetaldehyde and ammonia: used chiefly as a solvent and in organic synthesis.
- pyriform — pear-shaped.
- pyritize — to convert into pyrites
- pyrolize — to subject (a substance) to pyrolysis.
- pyrology — the study of fire or heat, esp the branch of chemistry concerned with the use and properties of fire
- pyrolyse — to subject (a substance) to pyrolysis.
- pyronine — a xanthine dye used for detecting the presence of RNA.
- pyrosome — a member of a genus, Pyrosoma, of colonial tunicates found in tropical open waters, the sole genus of the order Pyrosomida, which consists of brightly phosphorescent, translucent individuals united into a hollow tube closed at one end
- pyrostat — a thermostat for high temperatures.
- pyroxene — any of a very common group of minerals of many varieties, silicates of magnesium, iron, calcium, and other elements, occurring as important constituents of many kinds of rocks, especially basic igneous rocks.
- pyrrhous — (of a person's complexion) ruddy or reddish
- pyruvate — an ester or salt of pyruvic acid.
- pythonic — prophetic; oracular.
- pyxidium — a seed vessel that opens transversely, the top part acting as a lid, as in the purslane.
- reoccupy — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- schleppy — slovenly, dowdy, or run-down; frumpy: a schleppy hotel; a schleppy old bathrobe.
- schlumpy — like a schlump
- shipyard — a yard or enclosure in which ships are built or repaired.
- spy ring — a group of spies operating covertly together
- spy ship — a ship carrying surveillance equipment, used to secretly observe an enemy state from the sea
- spyglass — a small telescope.
- spyplane — a military aeroplane used to spy on an enemy
- superspy — a highly accomplished spy
- telecopy — a message or document sent by fax
- top copy — (in a duplicated document) the sheet on which something is actually typed or written
- uroscopy — inspection or analysis of the urine as a means of diagnosis.
- zooscopy — a condition causing hallucinations of animals