8-letter words containing a, c, h, y
- cyathium — a form of inflorescence of the type found on the poinsettia
- cynanche — any disease of the throat characterized by inflammation and swelling
- cytherea — Aphrodite
- diadochy — the replacement of one element in a crystal by another
- dinarchy — duarchy.
- dyschroa — an alteration of colour on the skin
- each way — If you bet money each way on the result of a horse race or a dog race, you will win some money if the animal you bet on comes first, second, third, or sometimes fourth.
- endarchy — a central government
- eyepatch — A patch worn to protect an injured eye.
- gauchely — In a gauche manner.
- gynarchy — government by women.
- hackneys — Plural form of hackney.
- halcyone — a third-magnitude star in the constellation Taurus: brightest star in the Pleiades.
- halcyons — Plural form of halcyon.
- hardcopy — copy, as computer output printed on paper, that can be read without using a special device (opposed to soft copy).
- hassocky — Having or characterised by hassocks, or clumps of vegetation.
- hatchery — a place for hatching eggs of hens, fish, etc., especially a large, commercial or government site where the young are hatched, cared for, and sold or distributed.
- hatchety — resembling a hatchet
- hatchway — Nautical. hatch2 (def 1a).
- haycocks — Plural form of haycock.
- hayracks — Plural form of hayrack.
- haystack — a stack of hay with a conical or ridged top, built up in the mowed field so as to prevent the accumulation of moisture and promote drying.
- headachy — having a headache.
- hexarchy — a group of six allied states or kingdoms each under its own ruler.
- hickymal — a titmouse
- holarchy — a system composed of interacting holons
- huancayo — a city in central Peru, on the Mantaro River.
- hyacinth — a female given name.
- hydracid — an acid that does not contain oxygen, as hydrochloric acid, HCl.
- hydrarch — (of a sere) originating in a wet habitat.
- hydropac — an urgent warning of navigational dangers in the Pacific Ocean, issued by the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office.
- hypoacid — relating to a lower than normal level of acidity
- hyracoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the mammalian order Hyracoidea, which contains the hyraxes
- hyrcania — an ancient province of the Persian empire, SE of the Caspian Sea.
- keychain — A chain or ring to which a key may be attached.
- l'chayim — a toast used in drinking to a person's health or well-being.
- latchkey — a key for releasing a latch or springlock, especially on an outer door.
- lechayim — a toast used in drinking to a person's health or well-being.
- loch tay — a lake in central Scotland, in Stirling council area. Length: 23 km (14 miles)
- lychgate — A roofed gateway to a churchyard, formerly used during burials for sheltering a coffin until the clergyman’s arrival.
- maconchy — Dame Elizabeth, married name Elizabeth LeFanu. 1907–94, British composer of Irish parentage; noted esp for her chamber music, which includes 13 string quartets and Romanza (1980) for viola and ensemble
- mccarthy — Cormac [kawr-mak,, ‐muh k] /ˈkɔr mæk,, ‐mək/ (Show IPA), born 1933, U.S. novelist.
- minarchy — (countable) Government with the least necessary power over its citizens.
- monarchy — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
- mythical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.
- naumachy — naumachia.
- navarchy — experience of or skill in nautical matters
- nomarchy — one of the provinces into which modern Greece is divided.
- octarchy — a government by eight persons.
- patchery — the act of hurriedly patching something together