8-letter words containing d, y, e
- lawyered — Simple past tense and past participle of lawyer.
- lazy bed — (in parts of Scotland and Ireland, formerly) a patch in which potatoes were cultivated by laying them on the surface and covering them with kelp and with soil from a trench on either side of the bed
- leadenly — In a leaden manner.
- leap day — February 29: the extra day added to the Gregorian calendar in leap year.
- legendry — legends collectively.
- leypoldt — Frederick, 1835–84, U.S. editor and publisher, born in Germany.
- lycaenid — A member of the taxonomic family 'Lycaenidae'.
- lyrebird — an Australian passerine bird of the genus Menura, the male of which has a long tail that is lyrate when spread.
- lysander — died 395 b.c, Spartan naval commander and statesman.
- macready — William Charles, 1793–1873, English actor.
- maidenly — pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a maiden: a maidenly blush.
- markedly — strikingly noticeable; conspicuous: with marked success.
- martyred — a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion.
- mattedly — in a matted manner
- mayfield — a city in SW Kentucky.
- mayweeds — Plural form of mayweed.
- medially — situated in or pertaining to the middle; median; intermediate.
- medianly — In a median direction.
- megadyne — a unit of force equal to one million dynes
- mid-year — the middle of the year.
- midyears — Plural form of midyear.
- mindedly — (in combination) In the specified minded manner.
- mistyped — Simple past tense and past participle of mistype.
- modernly — of or relating to present and recent time; not ancient or remote: modern city life.
- modestly — having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.; free from vanity, egotism, boastfulness, or great pretensions.
- monkeyed — Simple past tense and past participle of monkey.
- myxedema — a condition characterized by thickening of the skin, blunting of the senses and intellect, and labored speech, associated with hypothyroidism.
- name day — the feast day of the saint after whom a person is named.
- ne'erday — New Year's Day
- newlywed — a person who has recently married.
- newslady — A newswoman.
- odometry — an instrument for measuring distance traveled, as by an automobile.
- odyssean — (italics) an epic poem attributed to Homer, describing Odysseus's adventures in his ten-year attempt to return home to Ithaca after the Trojan War.
- odysseus — king of Ithaca; son of Laertes; one of the heroes of the Iliad and protagonist of the Odyssey: shrewdest of the Greek leaders in the Trojan War.
- odysseys — Plural form of odyssey.
- one-eyed — having but one eye.
- open day — An open day is a day on which members of the public are encouraged to visit a particular school, university, or other institution to see what it is like.
- ore-body — a well-defined mass of ore-bearing rock.
- outyield — (of a crop, country, etc) to yield more than
- overdyed — Simple past tense and past participle of overdye.
- overdyer — someone who overdyes
- oystered — veneered with matched flitches having a figure of concentric rings.
- pale dry — light in color and not sweet
- pale-dry — light-colored and medium-sweet: pale-dry ginger ale.
- panderly — in the manner of a pander
- parlayed — to bet or gamble (an original amount and its winnings) on a subsequent race, contest, etc.
- pay deal — a negotiation or agreement concerning pay or salary
- pay desk — the counter in a shop where customers pay for goods
- paygrade — a level on a pay scale
- pedagogy — the function or work of a teacher; teaching.