8-letter words containing g, a, y
- autology — the study of oneself
- auxology — (biology) The study of growth.
- axiology — the theory of values, moral or aesthetic
- baby-gro — an all-in-one babysuit made of stretchy material
- babygirl — (slang, mostly, AAVE) Friendly or intimate term of address for a woman.
- badgerly — resembling a badger
- bag lady — A bag lady is a homeless woman who carries her possessions in shopping bags.
- balayage — a technique for highlighting hair in which bleach or dye is painted onto sections of the hair with a brush
- ballyrag — bullyrag.
- bandying — to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
- bangalay — a myrtaceous Australian tree, Eucalyptus botryoides, valued for its hard red wood
- barangay — The smallest administrative division in the Philippines; a village, district, or ward.
- barology — (obsolete, physics) The science of gravity or weight.
- batology — the study of members of the species Rubus
- beggarly — meanly inadequate; very poor
- big easy — the New Orleans
- body bag — A body bag is a specially designed large plastic bag which is used to carry a dead body away, for example when someone has been killed in a battle or an accident.
- boğazköy — a village in central Asia Minor: site of the ancient Hittite capital
- bogeyman — A bogeyman is someone whose ideas or actions are disapproved of by some people, and who is described by them as evil or unpleasant in order to make other people afraid.
- boongary — a tree kangaroo, Dendrolagus lumholtzi, of northeastern Queensland
- bowyangs — a pair of strings or straps secured round each trouser leg below the knee, worn esp by sheep-shearers and other labourers
- bullyrag — to bully, esp by means of cruel practical jokes
- burglary — If someone commits a burglary, they enter a building by force and steal things. Burglary is the act of doing this.
- cabbagey — resembling a cabbage
- cacology — a bad choice of words; faulty speech
- caddying — Present participle of caddy.
- calbayog — a city in the Philippines, on NW Samar.
- camaguey — a city in E central Cuba. Pop: 320 000 (2005 est)
- candying — any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- cantigny — a village in N France, S of Amiens: first major battle of U.S. forces in World War I, May 1918.
- caringly — In a caring manner.
- carrying — to take or support from one place to another; convey; transport: He carried her for a mile in his arms. This elevator cannot carry more than ten people.
- catagory — Misspelling of category.
- category — If people or things are divided into categories, they are divided into groups in such a way that the members of each group are similar to each other in some way.
- chaology — the study of chaos theory
- coagency — a joint agency
- congiary — (in ancient Rome) a gift from the emperor to the people or soldiers
- cottagey — of or resembling a cottage
- craggily — full of crags.
- cyanogen — an extremely poisonous colourless flammable gas with an almond-like odour: has been used in chemical warfare. Formula: (CN)2
- cygnus a — a strong radio source in the constellation Cygnus associated with a distant peculiar galaxy.
- dairying — the business of producing, processing, and selling dairy products
- dallying — Present participle of dally.
- daringly — In a daring manner; boldly; courageously; fearlessly; impudently.
- daubigny — Charles François (ʃarl frɑ̃swa). 1817–78, French landscape painter associated with the Barbizon School
- day girl — a girl who attends a boarding school daily, but returns home each evening
- daylight — Daylight is the natural light that there is during the day, before it gets dark.
- decalogy — A set of ten works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as ten individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- decaying — rotting as a result of bacterial, fungal, or chemical action; decomposing
- dekalogy — a series of ten related works