9-letter words containing yp
- hypostyle — having many columns carrying the roof or ceiling: a hypostyle hall.
- hypotaxis — dependent relation or construction, as of clauses; syntactic subordination.
- hypotheca — (microbiology, planktology) The lower or posterior half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate.
- hypotonia — An abnormal loss of muscle tone.
- hypotonic — Physiology. (of tissue) having less than the normal tone.
- hypotonus — Hypotonia.
- hypotrich — any ciliate of the suborder Hypotricha, having cilia chiefly on the ventral surface.
- hypoxemia — inadequate oxygenation of the blood.
- hypoxemic — inadequate oxygenation of the blood.
- idiotypic — the molecular arrangement of amino acids unique to the antigen-binding site of a particular antibody.
- ivorytype — an antiquated photoprinting technique in which two prints are made of the same image, and the weaker one, made transparent with varnish and colored on the back, is laid over the stronger one.
- joypopper — a person who takes addictive drugs occasionally without becoming addicted
- kallitype — an photographic printing process using silver and ferric salts, popular in the 19th century
- karyotype — the chromosomes of a cell, usually displayed as a systematized arrangement of chromosome pairs in descending order of size.
- keyphrase — (cryptography) A phrase used in encryption in the style of a keyword.
- laypeople — a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
- layperson — a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
- lectotype — a specimen designated as the type of a species or subspecies when no holotype was designated by the original author of the name.
- linotyper — a person who uses a Linotype printing machine
- logotypes — Plural form of logotype.
- lypressin — Lysine vasopressin.
- manyplies — Omasum.
- mime type — (file format, protocol, multimedia) The unique identifier used for different file types when conveyed across a MIME-based protocol such as MIME e-mail or HTTP. Registration of MIME types is explained in RFC 2048.
- mistyping — a number of things or persons sharing a particular characteristic, or set of characteristics, that causes them to be regarded as a group, more or less precisely defined or designated; class; category: a criminal of the most vicious type.
- monkeypod — a tropical American tree, Samanea saman, of the legume family, having spreading branches and dense heads of small, pink flowers.
- monkeypot — the woody, operculate seed vessel of any of certain large South American trees of the genus Lecythis.
- monkeypox — A viral disease of African origin, related to smallpox and transmitted to humans through fluid exchange by rodents and primates.
- monotypes — Plural form of monotype.
- monotypic — having only one type.
- oxyphilic — acidophilic.
- parhypate — a note in ancient Greek music, the second lowest note in the two lowest tetrachords
- pelecypod — any mollusk of the class Pelecypoda (Lamellibranchiata), characterized by a bivalve shell enclosing the headless body and lamellate gills, comprising the oysters, clams, mussels, and scallops.
- phenotype — the observable constitution of an organism.
- phonotype — a piece of type bearing a phonetic character or symbol.
- phonotypy — phonography (def 2).
- phototype — a plate with a relief printing surface produced by photography.
- phototypy — the process or art of producing phototypes
- polyphagy — an insatiable appetite
- polyphase — having more than one phase.
- polyphone — a polyphonic letter or symbol.
- polyphony — Music. polyphonic composition; counterpoint.
- polyploid — having a chromosome number that is more than double the basic or haploid number.
- polypneic — characterized by polypnea
- polypnoea — rapid breathing; panting.
- polyposis — the development of numerous polyps on a hollow internal organ, seen especially in the intestinal tract.
- polyptych — a work of art composed of several connected panels.
- polytypic — having or involving many or several types.
- pontypool — a town in Torfaen, in SE Wales.
- pretypify — to foreshadow or prefigure the type of: The father's personality pretypified his son's.
- prototype — the original or model on which something is based or formed.