8-letter words containing a, e, g, y
- larynges — Anatomy. a muscular and cartilaginous structure lined with mucous membrane at the upper part of the trachea in humans, in which the vocal cords are located.
- layerage — layering
- layering — a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface: a layer of soot on the window sill; two layers of paint.
- legality — the state or quality of being in conformity with the law; lawfulness.
- legatary — a legatee
- lethargy — the quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic, or indifferent and lazy; apathetic or sluggish inactivity.
- lychgate — A roofed gateway to a churchyard, formerly used during burials for sheltering a coffin until the clergyman’s arrival.
- macgyver — Alternative spelling of MacGyver.
- managery — Management; manner of using; conduct; direction.
- mangabey — any of several slender, long-tailed monkeys of the genus Cercocebus, inhabiting forests of Africa: some species are endangered.
- mayaguez — a seaport in W Puerto Rico.
- meagerly — deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate: a meager salary; meager fare; a meager harvest.
- meagrely — In a meagre way; poorly; inadequately.
- mealybug — any of several scalelike, homopterous insects of the families Pseudococcidae and Eriococcidae that are covered with a powdery wax secretion and feed on plants.
- megabyte — 2 20 (1,048,576) bytes.
- megacity — a city having a population of one million or more.
- megadyne — a unit of force equal to one million dynes
- metayage — the system of agriculture based on the use of métayers.
- moneybag — a bag for money.
- negatory — marked by negation; denying; negative.
- neyagawa — a city in S Honshu, Japan: a suburb of Osaka.
- nosegays — a small bunch of flowers; bouquet; posy.
- orangery — a warm place, as a greenhouse, in which orange trees are cultivated in cool climates.
- panegyry — a panegyric
- paygrade — a level on a pay scale
- pedagogy — the function or work of a teacher; teaching.
- playgoer — a person who attends the theater often or habitually.
- pygmaean — pygmy (defs 6, 7).
- raggedly — clothed in tattered garments: a ragged old man.
- rayleigh — John William Strutt [struht] /strʌt/ (Show IPA), 3rd Baron, 1842–1919, English physicist: Nobel prize 1904.
- readying — completely prepared or in fit condition for immediate action or use: troops ready for battle; Dinner is ready.
- reagency — the quality or condition of being a reagent
- regality — royalty, sovereignty, or kingship.
- relaying — re-lay.
- ridgeway — a road or track along a ridge, esp one of great antiquity
- rubygate — an Italian political scandal in which Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was accused of paying for sex with a nightclub dancer and of abusing his office
- ryegrass — any of several European grasses of the genus Lolium, as L. perenne (perennial ryegrass) grown for forage in the U.S.
- saguenay — a river in SE Canada, in Quebec, flowing SE from Lake St. John to the St. Lawrence. 125 miles (200 km) long.
- savagely — fierce, ferocious, or cruel; untamed: savage beasts.
- savagery — an uncivilized or barbaric state or condition; barbarity.
- shenyang — Pinyin, Wade-Giles. a province in NE China. 58,301 sq. mi. (151,000 sq. km). Capital: Shenyang.
- staggery — tending to stagger
- strategy — Also, strategics. the science or art of combining and employing the means of war in planning and directing large military movements and operations.
- tangency — the state of being tangent.
- vinegary — of the nature of or resembling vinegar; sour; acid: a vinegary taste.
- voyageur — (in Canada) a person who is an expert woodsman, boatman, and guide in remote regions, especially one employed by fur companies to transport supplies to and from their distant stations.
- vychegda — a river in N European Russia, flowing W to the Northern Dvina River. 702 miles (1130 km) long.
- wayleggo — away here! let go!; a shepherd's call to a dog on completion of a task
- wearying — Causing tiredness; tiring.
- xenogamy — pollination of the stigma of a flower by pollen from a flower on another plant.