9-letter words containing a, s, e, y
- guideways — Plural form of guideway.
- gypsyhead — a flanged drum on a winch, for winding in lines.
- haemolyse — to break down red blood cells so that haemoglobin is released
- hairstyle — a style of cutting, arranging, or combing the hair; hairdo; coiffure.
- halysites — an extinct genus comprising the chain corals.
- hansberry — Lorraine, 1930–65, U.S. playwright.
- haplessly — In a hapless manner.
- happyness — Misspelling of happiness.
- hastately — in a hastate manner
- hayfields — Plural form of hayfield.
- haymakers — Plural form of haymaker.
- heavy-set — Someone who is heavy-set has a large solid body.
- hendiadys — a figure in which a complex idea is expressed by two words connected by a copulative conjunction: “to look with eyes and envy” instead of “with envious eyes.”.
- hesitancy — hesitation; indecision or disinclination.
- hesychast — one of a sect of mystics that originated in the 14th century among the monks on Mt. Athos, Greece.
- hexastyle — having six columns, as a portico or the facade of a classical temple.
- hideaways — Plural form of hideaway.
- homestays — Plural form of homestay.
- horseplay — rough or boisterous play or pranks.
- hydrolase — an enzyme that catalyzes hydrolysis.
- hylobates — Plural form of hylobate.
- hymeneals — (plurale tantum) Nuptials.
- hyperbase — (database) An experimental active multi-user database for hypertext systems from the University of Aalborg, written in C++. It is built on the client-server model enabling distributed, concurrent, and shared access from workstations in a local area network. See also EHTS.
- hypopneas — Plural form of hypopnea.
- insatiety — the state of being insatiate; insatiability
- insectary — a laboratory for the study of live insects, their life histories, effects on plants, reaction to insecticides, etc.
- intestacy — the state or fact of being intestate at death.
- isohyetal — a line drawn on a map connecting points having equal rainfall at a certain time or for a stated period.
- james bay — the S arm of Hudson Bay, in E Canada between Ontario and Quebec provinces. 300 miles (483 km) long; 160 miles (258 km) wide.
- jawlensky — Alexej von [ah-le-ksey fuh n] /ˌɑ lɛˈkseɪ fən/ (Show IPA), 1864?–1941, German painter, born in Russia.
- jealously — feeling resentment against someone because of that person's rivalry, success, or advantages (often followed by of): He was jealous of his rich brother.
- jerseyman — a native or inhabitant of the island of Jersey.
- kaffiyehs — Plural form of kaffiyeh.
- karyosome — Also called chromocenter. any of several masses of chromatin in the reticulum of a cell nucleus.
- katalyses — catalysis.
- key scarf — any of various scarf joints in which the overlapping parts are keyed together.
- key stage — any one of four broad age-group divisions (5–7; 7–11; 11–14; 14–16) to which each level of the National Curriculum applies
- keyboards — Plural form of keyboard.
- keyframes — Plural form of keyframe.
- keynesian — of or relating to the economic theories, doctrines, or policies of Keynes or his followers, especially the policy of maintaining high employment and controlling inflation by varying the interest rates, tax rates, and public expenditure.
- keyphrase — (cryptography) A phrase used in encryption in the style of a keyword.
- keystream — (cryptography) A stream of random or pseudorandom characters that are combined with the plaintext to produce a ciphertext.
- lace stay — that part of an Oxford shoe into which eyelets and laces are inserted.
- ladyloves — Plural form of ladylove.
- lang syne — long since; long ago.
- latchkeys — Plural form of latchkey.
- latensify — to increase the developability of (the latent image on a film or plate) after exposure.
- lawlessly — In a lawless manner. Without constraint by law or moral code.
- lay aside — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- lay waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.