8-letter words containing a, n, l, y
- early on — in or during the first part of a period of time, a course of action, a series of events, etc.: early in the year.
- el minya — a city in central Egypt, on the Nile. Pop: 225 000 (2005 est)
- elegancy — Alternative form of elegance.
- endplays — Plural form of endplay.
- enthalpy — A thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the total heat content of a system. It is equal to the internal energy of the system plus the product of pressure and volume.
- enviably — In an enviable manner or to an enviable degree.
- errantly — In an errant manner.
- ethanoyl — of, consisting of, or containing the monovalent group CH3CO-
- falconry — the sport of hunting with falcons, hawks, eagles, etc.; hawking.
- farnesyl — (biochemistry) The univalent radical derived from farnesol.
- fentanyl — a synthetic, short-acting narcotic analgesic and sedative, C 22 H 28 N 2 O, used pharmacologically in anesthesia and neuroleptanalgesia, and also as an illicit drug: Medics quickly administered fentanyl to the injured soldiers. Drug dealers are lacing heroin with fentanyl.
- fernally — a seedless plant that is not a true fern
- finality — the state, quality, or fact of being final; conclusiveness or decisiveness.
- flannery — Tim, full name Timothy Fridtjof Flannery. born 1956, Australian zoologist, palaeontologist and environmentalist. His books include The Weather Makers (2006)
- gapingly — In a gaping way.
- genially — characterized by genius.
- girlyman — (slang, derogatory) An effeminate man, a pussy.
- grayling — any freshwater fish of the genus Thymallus, related to the trouts but having a longer and higher, brilliantly colored dorsal fin.
- gunlayer — a person who aims a ship's gun
- gymnical — Alternative form of gymnic.
- halcyone — a third-magnitude star in the constellation Taurus: brightest star in the Pleiades.
- halcyons — Plural form of halcyon.
- handedly — (nonstandard) Easily; with ease.
- heavenly — of or in the heavens: the heavenly bodies.
- holy man — priest, spiritual leader
- humanely — characterized by tenderness, compassion, and sympathy for people and animals, especially for the suffering or distressed: humane treatment of prisoners.
- huxleyan — of, relating to, or characteristic or suggestive of Aldous Huxley or his writings.
- hyalogen — any of several insoluble substances found in many animal structures such as cartilage which yield sugars on hydrolysis structures
- hymeneal — of or relating to marriage.
- hymenial — relating to the layer of certain fungi which bears spores, composed of asci or basidia
- hymnally — In a hymnal way.
- illyrian — of or relating to Illyria.
- infantly — (obsolete) Like an infant.
- 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.
- intactly — in an intact manner
- interlay — to lay between; interpose.
- inwardly — in or on, or with reference to, the inside or inner part; internally.
- jackelyn — a female given name.
- jauntily — easy and sprightly in manner or bearing: to walk with a jaunty step.
- keneally — Thomas (Michael). born 1935, Australian writer. His novels include the Booker prizewinner Schindler's Ark (1982); other works are The Playmaker (1987), The Great Shame (1998), and The Woman and Her Hero (2007)
- lacunary — Of, pertaining to, or having characteristics of a lacuna.
- lambency — the quality of being lambent.
- lancegay — a lance used in medieval times
- landlady — a woman who owns and leases an apartment, house, land, etc., to others.
- lane-way — a lane
- laneways — Plural form of laneway.
- lang lay — a wire rope in which the lays of the strands and of their component wires are the same.
- langsyne — long since; long ago.