8-letter words containing a, b, y, s
- lansbury — George. 1859–1940, British Labour politician, who led the Labour Party in opposition (1931–35). A committed pacifist, he resigned over the party's reaction to Mussolini's seizure of Ethiopia
- laybacks — Plural form of layback.
- myoblast — any of the cells derived from the mesoderm in the vertebrate embryo that develop into muscle tissue.
- mysql ab — (company) The Swedish company that developes, distributes and supports the MySQL open source rdbms. MySQL AB is a subsidiary of Sun Microsystems, themselves acquired by Oracle Corporation on 2009-04-20.
- passably — fairly; moderately: a passably good novel.
- passerby — a person passing by.
- pay-stub — a document attached to or accompanying a paycheck as a record of gross earnings and deductions.
- payables — debts to be paid
- scalably — capable of being scaled: the scalable slope of a mountain.
- scrabbly — insignificantly small or sparse: scrabbly tufts of grass sprouting from the parched lawn.
- scybalum — hard faeces in the intestine
- shabbily — impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn: shabby clothes.
- sick bay — a hospital or dispensary, especially aboard ship.
- sick-bay — a hospital or dispensary, especially aboard ship.
- sizeably — sizable.
- skyboard — a sport that is similar to skydiving but uses a special lightweight board (skyboard) attached to the feet and usually equipped with a parachute.
- slabbery — slobbery.
- slayable — that may be slain for good reason
- smallboy — the steward's assistant or deputy steward in European households in W Africa
- sneaksby — an insignificant or cowardly person
- sociably — inclined to associate with or be in the company of others.
- stand by — a staunch supporter or adherent; one who can be relied upon.
- stand-by — a staunch supporter or adherent; one who can be relied upon.
- staybolt — a long rod with threaded ends, used as a stay for a boiler, tank, etc.
- suitably — such as to suit; appropriate; fitting; becoming.
- surabaya — a seaport on NE Java: second largest city in Indonesia; naval base.
- sway bar — stabilizer bar.
- swayable — to move or swing to and fro, as something fixed at one end or resting on a support.
- swayback — an excessive downward curvature of the spinal column in the dorsal region, especially of horses.
- swear by — to make a solemn declaration or affirmation by some sacred being or object, as a deity or the Bible.
- sybarite — (usually lowercase) a person devoted to luxury and pleasure.
- syllabic — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables.
- syllable — an uninterrupted segment of speech consisting of a vowel sound, a diphthong, or a syllabic consonant, with or without preceding or following consonant sounds: “Eye,” “sty,” “act,” and “should” are English words of one syllable. “Eyelet,” “stifle,” “enact,” and “shouldn't” are two-syllable words.
- syllabub — a drink of milk or cream sweetened, flavored, and mixed with wine or cider.
- syllabus — an outline or other brief statement of the main points of a discourse, the subjects of a course of lectures, the contents of a curriculum, etc.
- symbmath — (mathematics, tool) A small symbolic mathematics package for MS-DOS which can learn new facts.
- unstably — not stable; not firm or firmly fixed; unsteady.
- unusably — available or convenient for use: 2000 square feet of usable office space.
- waybills — Plural form of waybill.