8-letter words containing yp
- lollypop — a piece of hard candy attached to the end of a small stick that is held in the hand while the candy is licked.
- maypoles — Plural form of maypole.
- mistyped — Simple past tense and past participle of mistype.
- mistypes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mistype.
- monotype — the only print made from a metal or glass plate on which a picture is painted in oil color, printing ink, or the like.
- neotypes — Plural form of neotype.
- optotype — type used on an eye chart.
- overhype — to promote excessively
- overtype — to replace (typed text) by typing new text in the same place
- paratype — a specimen other than a type specimen that is used for the original description of a taxonomic group and specifically stated to be the one on which the original description of the taxon was based.
- pattypan — white bush (scallop)
- payphone — a public telephone requiring that the caller deposit coins or use a credit card to pay for a call.
- platypod — Also, platypodous [pluh-tip-uh-duh s] /pləˈtɪp ə dəs/ (Show IPA). having a broad foot, as certain gastropod mollusks.
- platypus — a small, aquatic, egg-laying monotreme, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, of Australia and Tasmania, having webbed feet, a tail like that of a beaver, a sensitive bill resembling that of a duck, and, in adult males, venom-injecting spurs on the ankles of the hind limbs, used primarily for fighting with other males during the breeding season.
- polypary — the common supporting structure of a colony of polyps, as corals.
- polyphon — a large clockwork or hand-operated music box
- polypide — a visible digestive system and muscles
- polypill — a proposed medication intended to reduce the likelihood of heart attacks and strokes, containing doses of different drugs to lower blood cholesterol, control blood pressure, and reduce the clotting tendency of the blood
- polypine — relating to polyps
- polypnea — rapid breathing; panting.
- polypody — any fern of the genus Polypodium, as P. vulgare, having creeping rootstocks, deeply pinnatifid evergreen fronds, and round, naked sori.
- polypoid — resembling a polyp.
- polypore — a woody pore fungus, Laetiporus (Polyporus) sulphureus, that forms large, brightly colored, shelflike growths on old logs and tree stumps.
- polypous — polypoid.
- polytype — a crystal occurring in more than one form
- prypyat' — Pripet.
- rohypnol — Rohypnol is a powerful drug that makes a person semi-conscious.
- scyphate — being in the shape of a cup; cup-shaped.
- serotype — a group of organisms, microorganisms, or cells distinguished by their shared specific antigens as determined by serologic testing.
- sighyper — Special Interest Group on Hypertext and Multimedia of the SGML Users' Group.
- sisyphus — a son of Aeolus and ruler of Corinth, noted for his trickery: he was punished in Tartarus by being compelled to roll a stone to the top of a slope, the stone always escaping him near the top and rolling down again.
- spyplane — a military aeroplane used to spy on an enemy
- stolypin — Petr Arkadievich. 1863–1911, Russian conservative statesman: prime minister (1906–11). He instituted agrarian reforms but was ruthless in suppressing rebellion: assassinated
- syphilis — a chronic infectious disease, caused by a spirochete, Treponema pallidum, usually venereal in origin but often congenital, and affecting almost any organ or tissue in the body, especially the genitals, skin, mucous membranes, aorta, brain, liver, bones, and nerves.
- 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.
- teletype — (lowercase) a network of teletypewriters with their connecting lines, switchboards, etc.
- topotype — a specimen from the locality at which the type was first collected.
- triglyph — a structural member of a Doric frieze, separating two consecutive metopes, and consisting typically of a rectangular block with two vertical grooves or glyphs, and two chamfers or half grooves at the sides, together counting as a third glyph, and leaving three flat vertical bands on the face of the block.
- 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.
- 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).
- typhoeus — the son of Gaea and Tartarus who had a hundred dragon heads, which spurted fire, and a bellowing many-tongued voice. He created the whirlwinds and fought with Zeus before the god hurled him beneath Mount Etna
- typified — to serve as a typical example of; exemplify.
- typology — the doctrine or study of types or prefigurative symbols, especially in scriptural literature.
- varitype — to operate a Varityper.
- waypoint — a place or point between major points on a route.
- ypsiloid — having the shape of a 'Y' or ypsilon