8-letter words containing a, s, y, n
- discandy — to melt or dissolve
- dynamics — The branch of mechanics concerned with the motion of bodies under the action of forces.
- dynamise — Alternative spelling of dynamize.
- dynamism — The quality of being characterized by vigorous activity and progress.
- dynamist — A subscriber to the philosophy of dynamism.
- dynastic — Pertaining to a dynasty.
- dyspneal — Alt form dyspnoeal.
- dyspnoea — Alternative spelling of dyspnea.
- dystonia — abnormal tone of any tissue.
- endplays — Plural form of endplay.
- epinasty — (botany) the downward curvature of leaves etc due to differential growth rates.
- essaying — Present participle of essay.
- farnesyl — (biochemistry) The univalent radical derived from farnesol.
- fashiony — of or relating to fashion; fashionable; trendy
- gainsays — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gainsay.
- gamyness — the quality of being gamy
- gangways — Plural form of gangway.
- gaywings — fringed polygala.
- grayness — of a color between white and black; having a neutral hue.
- guyanese — an independent republic on the NE coast of South America: a former British protectorate; gained independence 1966; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 82,978 sq. mi. (214,913 sq. km). Capital: Georgetown.
- gwyniads — Plural form of gwyniad.
- gymnasia — a plural of gymnasium2 .
- gymnasts — Plural form of gymnast.
- gynobase — an elevation of the receptacle of a flower, bearing the gynoecium.
- gypseian — relating to gypsies
- hackneys — Plural form of hackney.
- halcyons — Plural form of halcyon.
- huysmans — Joris Karl [zhoh-rees kahrl] /ʒoʊˈris kɑrl/ (Show IPA), (Charles Marie Georges Huysmans) 1848–1907, French novelist.
- hydrants — Plural form of hydrant.
- in stays — in irons (see phrase under iron)
- 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.
- isocyano — containing an isocyano group.
- jerseyan — a British island in the English Channel: the largest of the Channel Islands. 44 sq. mi. (116 sq. km). Capital: St. Helier.
- jessamyn — a female given name, form of Jasmine.
- kamyshin — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Volgograd, on the Volga River.
- laneways — Plural form of laneway.
- langsyne — long since; long ago.
- lanosity — lanate.
- lansbury — George. 1859–1940, British Labour politician, who led the Labour Party in opposition (1931–35). A committed pacifist, he resigned over the party's reaction to Mussolini's seizure of Ethiopia
- lanyards — Plural form of lanyard.
- larynges — Anatomy. a muscular and cartilaginous structure lined with mucous membrane at the upper part of the trachea in humans, in which the vocal cords are located.
- longways — longwise.
- luanshya — a town in central Zambia.
- lyonnais — a former province in E France.
- lysander — died 395 b.c, Spartan naval commander and statesman.
- lysandra — a female given name.
- mainstay — Nautical. the stay that secures the mainmast forward.
- mandays' — a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy; based on a standard number of man-hours in a day of work.