8-letter words containing a, n, y, t
- hauynite — a relatively rare feldspathoid mineral related to sodalite: sometimes confused with lapis lazuli.
- humanity — all human beings collectively; the human race; humankind.
- huntaway — a sheep dog.
- hyacinth — a female given name.
- hydranth — the terminal part of a hydroid polyp that bears the mouth and tentacles and contains the stomach region.
- hydrants — Plural form of hydrant.
- imitancy — a tendency to imitate
- 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.
- innately — existing in one from birth; inborn; native: innate musical talent.
- 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.
- jauntily — easy and sprightly in manner or bearing: to walk with a jaunty step.
- kantikoy — a ceremonial dance of some Native American tribes, often involving sacrifices
- karyotin — chromatin
- kenyatta — Jomo [joh-moh] /ˈdʒoʊ moʊ/ (Show IPA), 1893?–1978, Kenyan political leader: president 1964–78.
- kootenay — a river flowing from SW Canada through NW Montana and N Idaho, swinging back into Canada to the Columbia River. 400 miles (645 km) long.
- lanosity — lanate.
- latently — present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential: latent ability.
- latinity — knowledge or use of the Latin language: He bemoaned the lack of Latinity among today's scholars.
- lay into — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- lingayat — a member of the Lingayata cult.
- lunately — in a lunate or crescent form
- macintoy — /mak'in-toy/ The Apple Macintosh, considered as a toy. Less pejorative than Macintrash.
- mainstay — Nautical. the stay that secures the mainmast forward.
- manyatta — (East Africa) A Masai or Samburu settlement or compound, often temporary, established by a family or clan, or as an encampment of young warriors.
- matronly — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a matron; maturely dignified; stately.
- mentally — in or with the mind or intellect; intellectually.
- mesnalty — the estate of a mesne lord.
- minacity — menacing; threatening.
- minatory — menacing; threatening.
- monetary — of or relating to the coinage or currency of a country.
- my aunt! — an exclamation of surprise or amazement
- myatonia — deficient muscle tone.
- myotonia — tonic muscle spasm or muscular rigidity.
- naphthyl — containing the naphthyl group.
- nasality — of or relating to the nose: the nasal cavity.
- natality — birthrate.
- natantly — in a natant or floating manner
- natatory — pertaining to, adapted for, or characterized by swimming: natatorial birds.
- natively — being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one's native land.
- nativity — birth.
- naughtly — (obsolete) naughtily; wrongly.
- navy cut — tobacco finely cut from a block
- negatory — marked by negation; denying; negative.