8-letter words containing a, i, s, y
- diastyle — having columns about three diameters apart
- dionysia — The orgiastic Ancient Greek festivals seasonally held in honor of Dionysus, which evolved into Greek comedy and tragedy.
- disapply — (transitive, legal) To decline to apply a rule or law that previously applied.
- disarray — to put out of array or order; throw into disorder.
- discandy — to melt or dissolve
- disloyal — false to one's obligations or allegiances; not loyal; faithless; treacherous.
- dismally — causing gloom or dejection; gloomy; dreary; cheerless; melancholy: dismal weather.
- dismayed — to break down the courage of completely, as by sudden danger or trouble; dishearten thoroughly; daunt: The surprise attack dismayed the enemy.
- displays — Plural form of display.
- distally — situated away from the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone; terminal. Compare proximal.
- docimasy — the close examination of a person or substance in order to determine nature, quality and characteristics, formerly used to describe the evaluation of aspirants for public office or citizenship in Ancient Greece, now used of assaying metallic ores
- dynamics — The branch of mechanics concerned with the motion of bodies under the action of forces.
- dynamise — Alternative spelling of dynamize.
- dynamism — The quality of being characterized by vigorous activity and progress.
- dynamist — A subscriber to the philosophy of dynamism.
- dynastic — Pertaining to a dynasty.
- dyslalia — an inability to speak due to a defect of the organs of speech.
- dyslexia — any of various reading disorders associated with impairment of the ability to interpret spatial relationships or to integrate auditory and visual information.
- dyslogia — inability to express ideas because of faulty reasoning or speech, due to a mental disorder.
- dysmelia — a congenital abnormality characterized by missing, shortened, or excessive development of extremities.
- dysosmia — an impairment of the sense of smell.
- dystaxia — (pathology, rare) ataxia.
- dystaxic — relating to or affected by dystaxia
- dystocia — Difficult birth, typically caused by a large or awkwardly positioned fetus, by smallness of the maternal pelvis, or by failure of the uterus and cervix to contract and expand normally.
- dystonia — abnormal tone of any tissue.
- dystopia — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- earywigs — Plural form of earywig.
- emissary — A person sent on a special mission, usually as a diplomatic representative.
- epimysia — Plural form of epimysium.
- epinasty — (botany) the downward curvature of leaves etc due to differential growth rates.
- essaying — Present participle of essay.
- essayish — resembling an essay
- essayist — A person who writes essays, especially as a literary genre.
- fairways — Plural form of fairway.
- fairyism — fairylike quality.
- fashiony — of or relating to fashion; fashionable; trendy
- feasibly — capable of being done, effected, or accomplished: a feasible plan.
- fiscally — of or relating to the public treasury or revenues: fiscal policies.
- fishways — Plural form of fishway.
- flashily — sparkling or brilliant, especially in a superficial way or for the moment: a flashy performance.
- gainsays — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gainsay.
- garishly — crudely or tastelessly colorful, showy, or elaborate, as clothes or decoration.
- gaywings — fringed polygala.
- glassify — to become glass or glass-like
- glassily — In a glassy manner.
- grassily — in a grassy manner
- grayfish — a name used in marketing for any of several American sharks, especially the dogfishes of the genus Squalus.
- greasily — In a greasy manner.
- gwyniads — Plural form of gwyniad.
- gymnasia — a plural of gymnasium2 .