8-letter words containing a, i, y
- mythical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.
- nannygai — a small red saltwater fish, Trachichthodes affinis, of Australian waters.
- nannying — Present participle of nanny.
- nannyish — Like a nanny; tending to coddle.
- nasality — of or relating to the nose: the nasal cavity.
- natality — birthrate.
- natively — being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one's native land.
- nativity — birth.
- nodality — pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- nondairy — being a substitute for milk or milk products; containing no dairy ingredients: nondairy whipped topping for the pie.
- nondiary — Not of or relating to a diary.
- nonhairy — Not hairy.
- nugacity — triviality; insignificance.
- nyatitis — Plural form of nyatiti.
- nycturia — a condition in which one often wakes up during the night to urinate.
- nystatin — a light-yellow antibiotic powder, C 4 6 H 7 7 NO 1 9 , produced by the microorganism Streptomyces noursei and used as an antifungal for infections due to various susceptible fungi, especially those of the genus Candida that primarily infect the skin, mucous membranes, gastrointestinal tract, and vagina.
- oafishly — In an oafish manner.
- obituary — a notice of the death of a person, often with a biographical sketch, as in a newspaper.
- odically — In terms of the hypothetical force called od.
- olympiad — a period of four years reckoned from one celebration of the Olympic Games to the next, by which the Greeks computed time from 776 b.c.
- olympian — pertaining to Mount Olympus or dwelling thereon, as the gods of classical Greece.
- optimacy — Government by the nobility.
- orbitary — the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- ordinary — of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person.
- oriskany — a village in central New York, near Utica: battle 1777.
- oxytocia — rapid childbirth.
- palilogy — the technique of repeating a word or phrase for emphasis.
- palimony — a form of alimony awarded to one of the partners in a romantic relationship after the breakup of that relationship following a long period of living together.
- pallidly — pale; faint or deficient in color; wan: a pallid countenance.
- papistry — the Roman Catholic Church.
- papyrine — paper-like; papyral
- partying — a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.: a cocktail party.
- partyism — adherence to a political party or organization.
- patchily — characterized by or made up of patches.
- pay dirt — soil, gravel, or ore that can be mined profitably.
- paynimry — paganism
- penality — of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- phrygian — of or relating to Phrygia, its people, or their language.
- phylaxis — medical term for protection against infection
- physalia — a marine invertebrate, often confused with a jellyfish, that has a painful sting
- physical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- picayune — of little value or account; small; trifling: a picayune amount.
- pipeclay — a fine, white clay used for making tobacco pipes, whitening parts of military or other dress, etc.
- piquancy — agreeably pungent or sharp in taste or flavor; pleasantly biting or tart: a piquant aspic.
- pitahaya — any of several cacti of the genus Lemaireocereus and related genera, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, bearing edible fruit.
- pith ray — medullary ray.
- pitiably — evoking or deserving pity; lamentable: pitiable, homeless children.
- pizzazzy — having an exciting, lively, and glamorous quality
- placidly — pleasantly calm or peaceful; unruffled; tranquil; serenely quiet or undisturbed: placid waters.
- plagiary — plagiarism.