8-letter words containing a, y, u
- hautboys — Plural form of hautboy.
- hauynite — a relatively rare feldspathoid mineral related to sodalite: sometimes confused with lapis lazuli.
- huancayo — a city in central Peru, on the Mantaro River.
- humanely — characterized by tenderness, compassion, and sympathy for people and animals, especially for the suffering or distressed: humane treatment of prisoners.
- humanity — all human beings collectively; the human race; humankind.
- hump day — Wednesday
- huna bay — an inlet of the Greenland Sea on the NW coast of Iceland.
- huntaway — a sheep dog.
- hurrayed — Simple past tense and past participle of hurray.
- huxleyan — of, relating to, or characteristic or suggestive of Aldous Huxley or his writings.
- huysmans — Joris Karl [zhoh-rees kahrl] /ʒoʊˈris kɑrl/ (Show IPA), (Charles Marie Georges Huysmans) 1848–1907, French novelist.
- jauntily — easy and sprightly in manner or bearing: to walk with a jaunty step.
- jayapura — the W part of the island of New Guinea, formerly a Dutch territory: a province of Indonesia since 1963. About 159,000 sq. mi. (411,810 sq. km). Capital: Jayapura.
- jealousy — jealous resentment against a rival, a person enjoying success or advantage, etc., or against another's success or advantage itself.
- junkyard — a yard for the collection, storage, and resale of junk.
- juratory — pertaining to, constituting, or expressed in an oath.
- jurymast — a temporary mast assembled to replace a broken one
- kaliyuga — the fourth and present age of the world, full of conflict and sin.
- katyusha — Alternative case form of Katyusha.
- kuan yin — a female Chinese Bodhisattva of compassion, regarded as the protector of women and children and patron of sailors
- lacunary — Of, pertaining to, or having characteristics of a lacuna.
- ladybugs — Plural form of ladybug.
- 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
- lathyrus — a genus of leguminous climbing plants that includes the sweet pea
- laudably — deserving praise; praiseworthy; commendable: Reorganizing the files was a laudable idea.
- lawfully — allowed or permitted by law; not contrary to law: a lawful enterprise.
- layabout — a lazy or idle person; loafer.
- lazy guy — a rope or light tackle for keeping a boom from swinging.
- liaoyuan — a city in SE Jilin province, in NE China.
- luanshya — a town in central Zambia.
- lubyanka — a prison and secret-police headquarters in central Moscow.
- luminary — a celestial body, as the sun or moon.
- lunately — in a lunate or crescent form
- lyallpur — a city in NE Pakistan.
- macaulay — Dame Rose, c1885–1958, English poet and novelist.
- manfully — having or showing boldness, courage, or strength; resolute.
- manually — done, operated, worked, etc., by the hand or hands rather than by an electrical or electronic device: a manual gearshift.
- mark you — You can say mark you to emphasize and draw attention to something you have just said.
- marry up — to join
- maturely — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- maturity — the state of being mature; ripeness: The fruit will reach maturity in a few days.
- maudslay — Henry, 1771–1831, English mechanical engineer.
- maumetry — Archaic form of mammetry.
- mayaguez — a seaport in W Puerto Rico.
- mccauley — Mary Ludwig Hays, real name of Molly Pitcher.
- mealybug — any of several scalelike, homopterous insects of the families Pseudococcidae and Eriococcidae that are covered with a powdery wax secretion and feed on plants.
- mortuary — funeral home.
- mulloway — a large Australian saltwater fish, Sciaena antarctica. regarded as a culinary delicacy.
- multiday — lasting for more than one day
- munkacsy — Mihály von [mi-hahy fuh n] /ˈmɪ haɪ fən/ (Show IPA), (Michael Lieb) 1844–1900, Hungarian painter.