8-letter words containing a, i, y
- rickyard — a place where haystacks or ricks are put
- ridgeway — a road or track along a ridge, esp one of great antiquity
- ritually — an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- rivality — rivalry
- riverway — the part of a river that boats can travel on, or the route or course of a river
- royalism — the principles of royal government; monarchism
- royalist — a supporter or adherent of a king or royal government, especially in times of rebellion or civil war.
- royalize — make royal
- rubaiyat — (in Persian poetry) a verse form consisting of four-line stanzas
- rurality — rural character.
- ryotwari — (in India) a system of land tenure in which land taxes are paid to the state
- sacristy — an apartment in or a building connected with a church or a religious house, in which the sacred vessels, vestments, etc., are kept.
- sagacity — acuteness of mental discernment and soundness of judgment.
- sailyard — a yard for a sail.
- salacity — lustful or lecherous.
- saliency — salience.
- salinity — of, containing, or resembling common table salt; salty or saltlike: a saline solution.
- salivary — a viscid, watery fluid, secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands, that functions in the tasting, chewing, and swallowing of food, moistens the mouth, and starts the digestion of starches.
- sanctify — to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate.
- sanctity — holiness, saintliness, or godliness.
- sandyish — somewhat sandy
- sanguify — to generate or turn into blood
- sanitary — of or relating to health or the conditions affecting health, especially with reference to cleanliness, precautions against disease, etc.
- sannyasi — Hinduism. a wandering beggar and ascetic.
- sapiency — having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- saponify — to convert (a fat) into soap by treating with an alkali.
- satanity — the quality or act of being satanic
- satyrisk — a small satyr
- sayville — a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.
- scantily — scant in amount, quantity, etc.; barely sufficient.
- scantity — the quality of being scant or scarce
- scarcity — insufficiency or shortness of supply; dearth.
- schryari — a musical woodwind instrument of the 16th and 17th centuries having a double reed concealed in a cylinder and producing a shrill tone.
- scythian — pertaining to Scythia, its people, or their language.
- sea lily — a stalked, sessile crinoid.
- seminary — a special school providing education in theology, religious history, etc., primarily to prepare students for the priesthood, ministry, or rabbinate.
- serially — anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- shabbily — impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn: shabby clothes.
- shipyard — a yard or enclosure in which ships are built or repaired.
- sick bay — a hospital or dispensary, especially aboard ship.
- sick day — a day for which an employee will be paid while absent because of illness.
- sick pay — wages or other compensation received from an employer during an illness.
- sick-bay — a hospital or dispensary, especially aboard ship.
- side-way — a byway.
- sideways — with a side foremost.
- signally — conspicuously; notably.
- siserary — a scolding
- sizeably — sizable.
- slideway — an inclined surface along which something can slide.
- smarmily — excessively or unctuously flattering, ingratiating, servile, etc.: the emcee with the smarmy welcome.