8-letter words containing e, d, r, y
- dyeworks — a factory producing dyes
- elytroid — like an elytron
- embryoid — Of, pertaining to, or resembling an embryo.
- endarchy — a central government
- enhydros — a piece of chalcedony that contains water
- eurydice — a dryad married to Orpheus, who sought her in Hades after she died. She could have left Hades with him had he not broken his pact and looked back at her
- everyday — Happening or used every day; daily.
- eyedrops — Plural form of eyedrop.
- federacy — a confederacy.
- feedyard — an area where cattle are kept and fed when being fattened for market
- fervidly — heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm, etc.: a fervid orator.
- forcedly — enforced or compulsory: forced labor.
- forebody — the part of a ship's hull forward of the middle body.
- forelady — a forewoman.
- foreyard — a yard on the lower mast of a square-rigged foremast of a ship used to support the foresail.
- foundery — Alternative form of foundry.
- friendly — characteristic of or befitting a friend; showing friendship: a friendly greeting.
- frogeyed — (of a person) having a bulging eye or bulging eyes
- frybread — a Native American fried bread made with wheat or corn flour, often served on special occasions
- gadgetry — mechanical or electronic contrivances; gadgets: the gadgetry of the well-equipped modern kitchen.
- gliddery — slippery
- goodyear — Charles, 1800–60, U.S. inventor: developer of the process of vulcanizing rubber.
- greedily — excessively or inordinately desirous of wealth, profit, etc.; avaricious: the greedy owners of the company.
- greyhead — a person with grey hair
- grindery — a workshop for grinding edge tools.
- gyrodyne — A kind of VTOL aircraft with a helicopter rotor-like system driven by its engine for takeoff and landing, as well as one or more conventional propellers to provide forward thrust during cruising flight.
- hayrides — Plural form of hayride.
- heraldry — the science of armorial bearings.
- heredity — the transmission of genetic characters from parents to offspring: it is dependent upon the segregation and recombination of genes during meiosis and fertilization and results in the genesis of a new individual similar to others of its kind but exhibiting certain variations resulting from the particular mix of genes and their interactions with the environment.
- hoorayed — Simple past tense and past participle of hooray.
- hurrayed — Simple past tense and past participle of hurray.
- hydrated — chemically combined with water in its molecular form.
- hydrates — Plural form of hydrate.
- hydremia — the state of having an excess of water in the blood.
- hydrides — Plural form of hydride.
- hydrogel — a gel whose liquid constituent is water.
- hydrogen — a colorless, odorless, flammable gas that combines chemically with oxygen to form water: the lightest of the known elements. Symbol: H; atomic weight: 1.00797; atomic number: 1; density: 0.0899 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- hydromel — a liquor consisting of honey and water that, when fermented, becomes mead.
- hypoderm — Zoology. an underlayer of epithelial cells in arthropods and certain other invertebrates that secretes substances for the overlying cuticle or exoskeleton.
- iodyrite — a mineral, AgI, that is a naturally occurring form of silver iodide, is yellowish or greenish in colour, is found in parts of Central and South America, and is hexagonal in shape
- jeopardy — hazard or risk of or exposure to loss, harm, death, or injury: For a moment his life was in jeopardy.
- jerseyed — Dressed in a jersey.
- joy ride — a pleasure ride in an automobile, especially when the vehicle is driven recklessly or used without the owner's permission.
- joyrider — A person who goes on a joyride.
- joyrides — Plural form of joyride.
- kaleyard — a kitchen garden.
- key card — a plastic card, similar to a credit card, containing data on an embedded magnetized strip that can electronically unlock a door, activate a machine, etc.
- key deer — a subspecies of miniature white-tailed deer, native to the Florida Keys, where the small remaining population is kept in preserves.
- key-word — a word that serves as a key, as to the meaning of another word, a sentence, passage, or the like.
- keyboard — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.