8-letter words containing e, r, y, t
- erythro- — red
- erythron — red blood cells and their related tissues
- esterify — (chemistry) (of an acid) to combine with an alcohol or (of an alcohol) to combine with an acid, to form an ester.
- eternity — Infinite or unending time.
- etherify — (organic chemistry) To convert (an alcohol etc.) into an ether.
- eurybath — an aquatic organism that can live at different depths
- eurythmy — The harmony of features and proportion in architecture.
- eutrophy — (medicine) healthy nutrition.
- executry — the office or activities of an executor; an executorship
- expertly — In an expert manner; with great skill.
- eyewater — a lotion for the eyes
- fatherly — of, like, or befitting a father.
- feathery — clothed or covered with feathers; feathered.
- feracity — (obsolete) The state of being feracious, or fruitful.
- feretory — a container for the relics of a saint; reliquary.
- ferocity — a ferocious quality or state; savage fierceness.
- flaherty — Robert Joseph, 1884–1951, U.S. pioneer in the production of documentary motion pictures.
- flattery — the act of flattering.
- flustery — flustered or inclined to become flustered
- fluttery — fluttering; apt to flutter.
- forestay — a stay leading aft and upward from the stem or knightheads of a vessel to the head of the fore lower mast; the lowermost stay of a foremast.
- forestry — the science of planting and taking care of trees and forests.
- forsythe — A descendent of Algol 60, intended to be as uniform and general as possible, while retaining the basic character of its progenitor. Forsythe features higher-order procedures and intersection types.
- frothery — an insubstantial thing; a triviality
- fruitery — a collection or crop of fruit
- frumenty — a dish of hulled wheat boiled in milk and seasoned with sugar, cinnamon, and raisins.
- furmenty — frumenty
- gadgetry — mechanical or electronic contrivances; gadgets: the gadgetry of the well-equipped modern kitchen.
- gannetry — a gannet breeding-ground
- gentrify — to alter (a deteriorated urban neighborhood) through the buying and renovation of houses and stores by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, raising property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.
- geolatry — the worship of the earth
- geometry — the branch of mathematics that deals with the deduction of the properties, measurement, and relationships of points, lines, angles, and figures in space from their defining conditions by means of certain assumed properties of space.
- glittery — glittering; sparkling.
- greylist — to hold (someone) in suspicion, without actually excluding him or her from a particular activity
- gyrolite — calcium silicate hydroxide in a hydrated form
- hatchery — a place for hatching eggs of hens, fish, etc., especially a large, commercial or government site where the young are hatched, cared for, and sold or distributed.
- heartily — in a hearty manner; cordially: He was greeted heartily.
- heathery — of or like heather.
- hectorly — in the manner of a hector
- 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.
- hermitry — a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
- herstory — history (used especially in feminist literature and in women's studies as an alternative form to distinguish or emphasize the particular experience of women).
- hostelry — an inn or hotel.
- hydrated — chemically combined with water in its molecular form.
- hydrates — Plural form of hydrate.
- hypernet — (Internet) the Internet inclusive of smartphones and WiFi networks.
- hypester — a person or organization that gives an idea or product intense publicity in order to promote it
- hysteria — an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear, often characterized by irrationality, laughter, weeping, etc.
- hysteric — Usually, hysterics. a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; hysteria.
- hystero- — indicating the uterus