8-letter words containing a, i, y
- dairying — the business of producing, processing, and selling dairy products
- dairyman — a man who works in a dairy or deals in dairy products
- dairymen — Plural form of dairyman.
- dallying — Present participle of dally.
- dandyish — a man who is excessively concerned about his clothes and appearance; a fop.
- dandyism — a man who is excessively concerned about his clothes and appearance; a fop.
- darbyite — a member of the Plymouth Brethren.
- daringly — In a daring manner; boldly; courageously; fearlessly; impudently.
- dasyurid — Any carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae.
- daubigny — Charles François (ʃarl frɑ̃swa). 1817–78, French landscape painter associated with the Barbizon School
- day girl — a girl who attends a boarding school daily, but returns home each evening
- day lily — any widely cultivated Eurasian liliaceous plant of the genus Hemerocallis, having large yellow, orange, or red lily-like flowers, which typically last for only one day and are immediately succeeded by others
- day trip — A day trip is a journey to a place and back again on the same day, usually for pleasure.
- day-trip — to travel as a day-tripper.
- dayflies — Plural form of dayfly.
- daylight — Daylight is the natural light that there is during the day, before it gets dark.
- daysides — Plural form of dayside.
- daytimes — Plural form of daytime.
- decaying — rotting as a result of bacterial, fungal, or chemical action; decomposing
- delaying — to put off to a later time; defer; postpone: The pilot delayed the flight until the weather cleared.
- delicacy — Delicacy is the quality of being easy to break or harm, and refers especially to people or things that are attractive or graceful.
- denazify — to free or declare (people, institutions, etc) freed from Nazi influence or ideology
- deniably — In a deniable manner.
- detailly — In detail.
- deviancy — deviant quality or state.
- diablery — Sorcery.
- diacetyl — a chemical compound with formula C4H6O2, occurring naturally as a by-product of fermentation, and commonly added to margarine and other foods because of its buttery taste
- diadochy — the replacement of one element in a crystal by another
- diaglyph — any instance of artwork carved into the surface of a hard substance (predominantly stone or metal), such that the design is set back from the surface; an intaglio
- dialysed — to subject to dialysis; separate or procure by dialysis.
- dialyser — a machine that performs dialysis, esp one that removes impurities from the blood of patients with malfunctioning kidneys; kidney machine
- dialyses — Physical Chemistry. the separation of crystalloids from colloids in a solution by diffusion through a membrane.
- dialysis — Dialysis or kidney dialysis is a method of treating kidney failure by using a machine to remove waste material from the kidneys.
- dialytic — of or relating to dialysis.
- dialyzed — to subject to dialysis; separate or procure by dialysis.
- dialyzer — an apparatus for dialyzing, esp. one used as an artificial kidney
- dialyzes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dialyze.
- diaphony — a style of two-part polyphonic singing; organum or a freer form resembling it
- diastyle — having columns about three diameters apart
- diatryma — A big-beaked prehistoric bird in the genus Gastornis, larger than the ostrich, believed to have become extinct 15- to 25-million years ago due to a vast climate change.
- dicacity — a teasing and cheeky way of talking
- dictynna — an ancient Cretan goddess of the sea.
- didactyl — (esp of many marsupials) having the hind toes separate
- didynamy — (of stamens) the condition of being in two pairs of unequal length
- die away — If a sound dies away, it gradually becomes weaker or fainter and finally disappears completely.
- dielytra — a member of a genus of flowering herbaceous plants including bleeding heart
- digynian — belonging or relating to the Digynia class of plants that have two pistils
- dilatory — tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
- dillybag — (Australia) Alternative form of dilly bag.
- dinarchy — duarchy.