8-letter words containing a, i, y
- snailery — a place where snails are bred
- snarkily — in an irritable or snarky manner
- sneakily — like or suggestive of a sneak; furtive; deceitful.
- sociably — inclined to associate with or be in the company of others.
- socially — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- sodality — fellowship; comradeship.
- solidary — characterized by or involving community of responsibilities and interests.
- solitary — alone; without companions; unattended: a solitary passer-by.
- spagyric — pertaining to or resembling alchemy; alchemic.
- sparkily — in a sparky manner
- sparsity — thinly scattered or distributed: a sparse population.
- spillway — a passageway through which surplus water escapes from a reservoir, lake, or the like.
- spinachy — characteristic of spinach
- splaying — to spread out, expand, or extend.
- stairway — a passageway from one level, as of a building, to another by a series of stairs; staircase.
- staticky — containing or producing static electricity.
- staysail — any sail set on a stay, as a triangular sail between two masts.
- steadily — firmly placed or fixed; stable in position or equilibrium: a steady ladder.
- steinway — Henry Engelhard [eng-guh l-hahrd,, -hahrt] /ˈɛŋ gəlˌhɑrd,, -ˌhɑrt/ (Show IPA), (Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg) 1797–1871, U.S. piano manufacturer, born in Germany.
- stilyaga — (formerly, in the Soviet Union) a person, usually young, who adopted the unconventional manner and dress of some Western youth groups, as rockers or punk-rock fans.
- stingray — any of the rays, especially of the family Dasyatidae, having a long, flexible tail armed near the base with a strong, serrated bony spine with which they can inflict painful wounds.
- straitly — Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- stratify — to form or place in strata or layers.
- straying — to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, especially without a fixed course or purpose; ramble: to stray from the main road.
- suitably — such as to suit; appropriate; fitting; becoming.
- sukiyaki — a Japanese dish made with beef, chicken, or pork and usually containing soy sauce, bean curd, and greens, often cooked over direct heat at the table.
- sybarite — (usually lowercase) a person devoted to luxury and pleasure.
- sycamine — a tree mentioned in the New Testament, probably the black mulberry.
- syllabic — of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables.
- sylvania — a town in NW Ohio.
- sylvatic — sylvan.
- sympodia — an axis or stem that simulates a simple stem but is made up of the bases of a number of axes that arise successively as branches, one from another, as in the grapevine.
- synalgia — referred pain.
- synalgic — referred pain.
- synapsid — a fossil reptile (of the subclass Synapsida) that exhibits some mammal-like characteristics of the skull
- synapsis — Also called syndesis. Cell Biology. the pairing of homologous chromosomes, one from each parent, during early meiosis.
- synaptic — Also called syndesis. Cell Biology. the pairing of homologous chromosomes, one from each parent, during early meiosis.
- syncytia — a multinucleate mass of cytoplasm that is not separated into cells.
- syndical — of or relating to a union of persons engaged in a particular trade.
- synechia — any adhesion of parts of the body, as of the iris to the cornea.
- synovial — a lubricating fluid resembling the white of an egg, secreted by certain membranes, as those of the joints.
- sysadmin — a computer system administrator
- syssitia — (in ancient Greece) a communal meal for youths and men
- ta'ziyah — a passion play commemorating the martyrdom of Hussein, grandson of Muhammad and son of Ali and Fatima, on the tenth of Muharram, a.d. 680.
- tabloidy — characteristic of a tabloid newspaper; trashy
- tallying — an account or reckoning; a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.
- tangibly — capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial.
- tanistry — the system among various Celtic tribes of choosing a tanist.
- tarrying — to remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn: He tarried in Baltimore on his way to Washington.
- tenacity — the quality of being tenacious, or of holding fast; persistence: the amazing tenacity of rumors.