8-letter words containing a, i, y
- hyracoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the mammalian order Hyracoidea, which contains the hyraxes
- hyrcania — an ancient province of the Persian empire, SE of the Caspian Sea.
- hysteria — an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear, often characterized by irrationality, laughter, weeping, etc.
- i-player — a service provided by the BBC, allowing its recently broadcast television programmes to be viewed over the internet
- ice tray — container for freezing water into cubes
- ideality — ideal quality or character.
- idealogy — Misspelling of ideology.
- idolatry — the religious worship of idols.
- illyrian — of or relating to Illyria.
- imitancy — a tendency to imitate
- imparity — lack of parity or equality; disparity, difference, or inequality.
- in a way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- in stays — in irons (see phrase under iron)
- infantly — (obsolete) Like an infant.
- infantry — soldiers or military units that fight on foot, in modern times typically with rifles, machine guns, grenades, mortars, etc., as weapons.
- inky cap — any mushroom of the genus Coprinus, especially C. atramentarius, characterized by gills that disintegrate into blackish liquid after the spores mature.
- inlaying — Present participle of inlay.
- innately — existing in one from birth; inborn; native: innate musical talent.
- insanely — not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- insanity — the condition of being insane; a derangement of the mind. Synonyms: dementia, lunacy, madness, craziness, mania, aberration.
- instancy — quality of being instant; urgency; pressing nature.
- intactly — in an intact manner
- interlay — to lay between; interpose.
- intimacy — the state of being intimate.
- intraday — occurring during a single day.
- inwardly — in or on, or with reference to, the inside or inner part; internally.
- isocracy — a government in which all individuals have equal political power.
- isocyano — containing an isocyano group.
- isostacy — Geology. the equilibrium of the earth's crust, a condition in which the forces tending to elevate balance those tending to depress.
- isostasy — Geology. the equilibrium of the earth's crust, a condition in which the forces tending to elevate balance those tending to depress.
- jadishly — In a jadish manner.
- janizary — (often initial capital letter) a member of an elite military unit of the Turkish army organized in the 14th century and abolished in 1826 after it revolted against the Sultan.
- jauntily — easy and sprightly in manner or bearing: to walk with a jaunty step.
- jaybirds — Plural form of jaybird.
- jimdandy — (dated, slang) A fine or excellent person; a crackerjack.
- jovially — endowed with or characterized by a hearty, joyous humor or a spirit of good-fellowship: a wonderfully jovial host.
- kaffiyeh — an Arab headdress for men; made from a diagonally folded square of cloth held in place by an agal wound around the head.
- kailyard — a kitchen garden.
- kaliyuga — the fourth and present age of the world, full of conflict and sin.
- kalmykia — an autonomous republic in the Russian Federation in Europe, on the NW shore of the Caspian Sea. 75,900 sq. mi. (196,581 sq. km). Capital: Elista.
- kamyshin — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Volgograd, on the Volga River.
- kantikoy — a ceremonial dance of some Native American tribes, often involving sacrifices
- karstify — to become or cause to become karstic
- karyotin — chromatin
- katydids — Plural form of katydid.
- kayaking — an Eskimo canoe with a skin cover on a light framework, made watertight by flexible closure around the waist of the occupant and propelled with a double-bladed paddle.
- keychain — A chain or ring to which a key may be attached.
- kielbasy — a smoked sausage of coarsely chopped beef and pork, flavored with garlic and spices.
- kilogray — one thousand grays
- kirkyard — (chiefly Scotland) A churchyard, especially one in Scotland.