8-letter words containing g, a, y
- delaying — to put off to a later time; defer; postpone: The pilot delayed the flight until the weather cleared.
- delegacy — an elected standing committee at some British universities
- demagogy — You can refer to a method of political rule as demagogy if you disapprove of it because you think it involves appealing to people's emotions rather than using reasonable arguments.
- diaglyph — any instance of artwork carved into the surface of a hard substance (predominantly stone or metal), such that the design is set back from the surface; an intaglio
- digynian — belonging or relating to the Digynia class of plants that have two pistils
- dillybag — (Australia) Alternative form of dilly bag.
- dog days — hot summer period
- drangway — a narrow lane; passageway
- draughty — characterized by or admitting currents of air, usually uncomfortable.
- dyslogia — inability to express ideas because of faulty reasoning or speech, due to a mental disorder.
- e galaxy — a type of galaxy having the shape of a spheroid or ellipsoid, rather than a disk.
- earwiggy — having an infestation or a swarm of earwigs
- earywigs — Plural form of earywig.
- edgeways — with the edge forward; in the direction of the edge.
- egyptian — person from Egypt
- elegancy — Alternative form of elegance.
- endogamy — The custom of marrying only within the limits of a local community, clan, or tribe.
- essaying — Present participle of essay.
- exophagy — the practice of cannibalism outside of the tribe or family
- eyeglass — A single lens for correcting or assisting defective eyesight, especially a monocle.
- faggotry — (pejorative, slang) The quality of being a faggot (homosexual).
- fall guy — an easy victim.
- fancying — imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner.
- flag day — June 14, the anniversary of the day (June 14, 1777) when Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes as the national flag of the United States.
- fly page — banner
- foraying — a quick raid, usually for the purpose of taking plunder: Vikings made a foray on the port.
- frugally — economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful: What your office needs is a frugal manager who can save you money without resorting to painful cutbacks. Synonyms: thrifty, chary, provident, careful, prudent, penny-wise, scrimping; miserly, Scotch, penny-pinching. Antonyms: wasteful, extravagant, spendthrift, prodigal, profligate.
- fugacity — fleeting; transitory: a sensational story with but a fugacious claim on the public's attention.
- gadgetry — mechanical or electronic contrivances; gadgets: the gadgetry of the well-equipped modern kitchen.
- gainsays — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gainsay.
- gala day — a day of sports, entertainment, etc, often organized in order to raise money for a charity, cause, school, etc
- galabiya — djellabah.
- galloway — a historic region in SW Scotland.
- game boy — a handheld games console, made by the company Nintendo, which was popular in the 1990s
- gameplay — The tactical aspects of a computer game, such as its plot and the way it is played, as distinct from the graphics and sound effects.
- gamyness — the quality of being gamy
- gang way — if someone calls out gang way! they are asking people to make way or clear a path
- gangways — Plural form of gangway.
- gannetry — a gannet breeding-ground
- ganymeda — Hebe.
- ganymede — Also, Ganymedes [gan-uh-mee-deez] /ˌgæn əˈmi diz/ (Show IPA). Classical Mythology. a Trojan youth who was abducted by Zeus and taken to Olympus, where he was made the cupbearer of the gods and became immortal.
- gap year — a period of time, usually an academic or calendar year, in which a student takes a break from school to travel, work, or volunteer, typically after ending high school and before starting college.
- gapingly — In a gaping way.
- garbagey — Like garbage; trashy, worthless.
- gardyloo — (Scotland, obsolete) Used by servants in medieval Scotland to warn passers-by of waste about to be thrown from a window into the street below. The term was still in use as late the 1930s and 1940s, when many people had no indoor toilets.
- garganey — a small Old World duck, Anas querquedula.
- gargoyle — a grotesquely carved figure of a human or animal.
- garishly — crudely or tastelessly colorful, showy, or elaborate, as clothes or decoration.
- garlicky — a hardy plant, Allium sativum, of the amaryllis family whose strongly, pungent bulb is used in cookery and medicine.
- gateways — Plural form of gateway.