8-letter words containing e, y, t
- tenantry — tenants collectively; the body of tenants on an estate.
- tendency — a natural or prevailing disposition to move, proceed, or act in some direction or toward some point, end, or result: the tendency of falling bodies toward the earth.
- tenderly — soft or delicate in substance; not hard or tough: a tender steak.
- tennyson — Alfred, Lord (1st Baron) 1809–92, English poet: poet laureate 1850–92.
- tenotomy — the cutting of a tendon.
- tenpenny — noting a nail 3 inches (7.6 cm) in length. Symbol: 10d.
- tent fly — fly1 (def 22).
- tepidity — moderately warm; lukewarm: tepid water.
- terabyte — 2 40 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes; 1024 gigabytes.
- teriyaki — a dish of grilled slices of beef, chicken, or fish that have been marinated in soy sauce seasoned with sake, ginger, and sugar.
- term day — a fixed or appointed day, as for the payment of money due; a quarter day.
- terribly — in a terrible manner.
- tertiary — of the third order, rank, stage, formation, etc.; third.
- terylene — a synthetic polyester fibre or fabric based on terephthalic acid, characterized by lightness and crease resistance and used for clothing, sheets, ropes, sails, etc
- test-fly — to fly (an aircraft or spacecraft) for the evaluation of performance.
- tetchily — irritable; touchy.
- tetrytol — an explosive consisting of tetryl and TNT.
- textonym — (in text messaging) one of two or more words that can be generated by pressing the same combination of numbers on the keypad of a mobile phone
- textuary — of or relating to a text; textual.
- the city — the financial and commercial district of Greater London
- the holy — a sacred place
- the lyre — the constellation Lyra
- the many — the majority of mankind, esp the common people
- the navy — the branch of a country's armed services comprising such ships, their crews, and all their supporting services and equipment
- the only — being single or very few in number
- the poky — prison
- the yard — Scotland Yard
- the yeas — the votes in favour of something
- the yips — (in golf) nervous twitching or tension that destroys concentration and spoils performance
- thearchy — the rule or government of God or of a god.
- theodicy — a vindication of the divine attributes, particularly holiness and justice, in establishing or allowing the existence of physical and moral evil.
- theogony — the origin of the gods.
- theology — the field of study and analysis that treats of God and of God's attributes and relations to the universe; study of divine things or religious truth; divinity.
- theonomy — the state of an individual or society that regards its own nature and norms as being in accord with the divine nature.
- thessaly — a region in E Greece: a former division of ancient Greece. 5208 sq. mi. (14,490 sq. km).
- thickety — full of or covered with thickets, dense brush or undergrowth
- thievery — the act or practice of thieving; theft.
- threnody — a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; funeral song.
- thuggery — a cruel or vicious ruffian, robber, or murderer.
- thundery — thunderous.
- thyestes — the brother of Atreus who unknowingly ate the flesh of his own sons when served to him by Atreus.
- tie-dyed — to dye (fabric) by tie-dyeing.
- tigereye — a golden-brown chatoyant stone used for ornament, formed by the alteration of crocidolite, and consisting essentially of quartz colored by iron oxide.
- tinselly — decorated with or abounding in tinsel.
- tinselry — cheap and pretentious display.
- toiletry — any article or preparation used in cleaning or grooming oneself, as soap or deodorant.
- tomalley — the liver of a lobster.
- tomatoey — like or tasting like tomato
- topotype — a specimen from the locality at which the type was first collected.
- toymaker — a person who makes toys.