8-letter words containing a, c, r, y
- fireclay — Clay capable of withstanding high temperatures, chiefly used for making firebricks.
- flackery — publicity and promotion; press-agentry.
- furacity — (obsolete) Addictedness to theft; thievishness.
- garlicky — a hardy plant, Allium sativum, of the amaryllis family whose strongly, pungent bulb is used in cookery and medicine.
- geocarpy — the ripening of fruits below ground, as occurs in the peanut
- glyceria — any aquatic grass species in the genus Glyceria
- gramercy — Obsolete. thanks.
- grayback — any of various marine and aquatic animals that are dark gray above and light-colored or white below, as the gray whale, the alewife, certain whitefish, and certain sandpipers.
- greyback — grayback.
- gynarchy — government by women.
- hardcopy — copy, as computer output printed on paper, that can be read without using a special device (opposed to soft copy).
- 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.
- hayracks — Plural form of hayrack.
- hexarchy — a group of six allied states or kingdoms each under its own ruler.
- holarchy — a system composed of interacting holons
- 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.
- 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.
- ice tray — container for freezing water into cubes
- isocracy — a government in which all individuals have equal political power.
- jackyard — a small, inclined spar upholding the head of a quadrangular gaff topsail similar in form to a lugsail.
- jerrycan — A large, flat -sided metal container for storing or transporting liquids, typically gasoline or water.
- key card — a plastic card, similar to a credit card, containing data on an embedded magnetized strip that can electronically unlock a door, activate a machine, etc.
- keycards — Plural form of keycard.
- knackery — rendering works.
- lacrymal — Alternative spelling of lachrymal.
- lacunary — Of, pertaining to, or having characteristics of a lacuna.
- literacy — the quality or state of being literate, especially the ability to read and write.
- macgyver — Alternative spelling of MacGyver.
- macready — William Charles, 1793–1873, English actor.
- mccarthy — Cormac [kawr-mak,, ‐muh k] /ˈkɔr mæk,, ‐mək/ (Show IPA), born 1933, U.S. novelist.
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- minarchy — (countable) Government with the least necessary power over its citizens.
- miscarry — to have a miscarriage of a fetus.
- monarchy — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
- mordancy — the quality of being mordant; sharpness.
- navarchy — experience of or skill in nautical matters
- neocracy — Government by the new or inexperienced.
- noctuary — a journal of what happens in the night
- nomarchy — one of the provinces into which modern Greece is divided.
- normalcy — the quality or condition of being normal, as the general economic, political, and social conditions of a nation; normality: After months of living in a state of tension, all yearned for a return to normalcy.
- numeracy — to represent numbers by symbols.
- nycturia — a condition in which one often wakes up during the night to urinate.
- obduracy — the state or quality of being obdurate.
- octarchy — a government by eight persons.
- octonary — pertaining to the number 8.
- patchery — the act of hurriedly patching something together
- pernancy — a taking or receiving, as of the rents or profits of an estate.