8-letter words containing c, r, a, y
- petchary — a grey kingbird, Tyrannus dominicensis
- pharmacy — Also called pharmaceutics. the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines.
- phylarch — the chief of a tribe in Ancient Greece, and in Athens, the head of a clan in battle, or generally, the chief of a tribe
- polyarch — (of a woody tissue) having multiple points of origin
- polycarp — Saint, a.d. 69?–155, bishop of Smyrna and a Christian martyr.
- quackery — the practice or methods of a quack.
- raceways — Plural form of raceway.
- racially — of or relating to the social construct of race: racial diversity; racial stereotypes.
- racketry — noise and commotion
- radiancy — radiance.
- rampancy — a rampant condition or position.
- rancidly — in a rancid manner
- rapacity — given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
- rascally — being, characteristic of, or befitting a rascal.
- reagency — the quality or condition of being a reagent
- rectally — of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- red clay — a brown to red, widely distributed deep-sea deposit consisting chiefly of microscopic particles and tinted red by iron oxides and manganese.
- repacify — to pacify again
- retiracy — retirement
- rickyard — a place where haystacks or ricks are put
- rockabye — used in lullabies or nursery rhymes to encourage a baby to sleep
- rockaway — a light, four-wheeled carriage having two or three seats and a fixed top.
- sacredly — devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- sacristy — an apartment in or a building connected with a church or a religious house, in which the sacred vessels, vestments, etc., are kept.
- scarcely — barely; hardly; not quite: The light is so dim we can scarcely see.
- scarcity — insufficiency or shortness of supply; dearth.
- scattery — characterized by scattering or dispersion
- schryari — a musical woodwind instrument of the 16th and 17th centuries having a double reed concealed in a cylinder and producing a shrill tone.
- scrabbly — insignificantly small or sparse: scrabbly tufts of grass sprouting from the parched lawn.
- scraggly — irregular; uneven; jagged.
- scratchy — causing or liable to cause a slight grating noise: a scratchy record.
- spagyric — pertaining to or resembling alchemy; alchemic.
- sprauncy — smart or showy in appearance
- strachey — (Giles) Lytton [jahylz lit-n] /dʒaɪlz ˈlɪt n/ (Show IPA), 1880–1932, English biographer and literary critic.
- sycamore — Also called buttonwood. any of several North American plane trees, especially Platanus occidentalis, having shallowly lobed ovate leaves, globular seed heads, and wood valued as timber.
- synarchy — joint rule
- syracuse — a city in central New York.
- thearchy — the rule or government of God or of a god.
- trachyte — a fine-grained volcanic rock consisting essentially of alkali feldspar and one or more subordinate minerals, as hornblende or mica: the extrusive equivalent of syenite.
- trackway — railway (def 3).
- triarchy — government by three persons.
- tyrannic — of or characteristic of a tyrant.
- vagrancy — the state or condition of being a vagrant: an arrest for vagrancy.
- veracity — habitual observance of truth in speech or statement; truthfulness: He was not noted for his veracity.
- verdancy — green with vegetation; covered with growing plants or grass: a verdant oasis.
- vibrancy — moving to and fro rapidly; vibrating.
- vicenary — of, relating to, or consisting of twenty.
- voracity — the condition or quality of being voracious.
- watchcry — a slogan used to rally support
- waycross — a city in SE Georgia.