8-letter words containing g, o, n, y
- guaynabo — a city in N Puerto Rico, SE of Bayamón.
- gynaeco- — relating to women; female
- gynecoid — of or like a woman.
- gynobase — an elevation of the receptacle of a flower, bearing the gynoecium.
- gynoecia — Plural form of gynoecium.
- gyration — the act of gyrating; circular or spiral motion; revolution; rotation; whirling.
- 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.
- hegemony — leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others, as in a confederation.
- hogmanay — the eve of New Year's Day.
- hogtying — to tie (an animal) with all four feet together.
- hologyny — the inheritance of genetic traits through females only
- homogeny — correspondence in form or structure, owing to a common origin.
- homogony — state of being homogonous.
- honeying — Present participle of honey.
- hopingly — in a hopeful manner
- hyalogen — any of several insoluble substances found in many animal structures such as cartilage which yield sugars on hydrolysis structures
- 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.
- hypogean — Existing or growing underground.
- hypogene — formed beneath the earth's surface, as granite (opposed to epigene).
- hypogyny — situated on the receptacle beneath the pistil and free of the ovary, as stamens, petals, or sepals.
- ignominy — disgrace; dishonor; public contempt.
- jokingly — something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
- jollying — Present participle of jolly.
- laryngo- — indicating the larynx
- liaoyang — Pinyin, Wade-Giles. a city in central Liaoning province, in NE China.
- lobbying — an entrance hall, corridor, or vestibule, as in a public building, often serving as an anteroom; foyer.
- long-day — requiring a long photoperiod in order to flower.
- longways — longwise.
- losingly — in a losing manner
- lovingly — feeling or showing love; warmly affectionate; fond: loving glances.
- lysogens — Plural form of lysogen.
- lysogeny — the state of being lysogenic.
- mahogany — any of several tropical American trees of the genus Swietenia, especially S. mahagoni and S. macrophylla, yielding hard, reddish-brown wood used for making furniture.
- menology — a calendar of the months.
- merogony — the development of an embryo from egg fragments lacking the egg nucleus but having an introduced male nucleus.
- misogyne — (rare) A misogynist.
- misogyny — hatred, dislike, or mistrust of women, or prejudice against women.
- moneybag — a bag for money.
- monogamy — marriage with only one person at a time. Compare bigamy, polygamy.
- monogeny — the hypothetical descent of the human race from a single pair of individuals.
- monogyny — the practice or condition of having only one wife at a time.
- monology — the act or habit of soliloquizing.
- mopingly — in a moping or dejected manner
- mornynge — Obsolete spelling of morning.
- moseying — Present participle of mosey.
- movingly — capable of or having movement: a moving object.
- myogenic — originating in muscle, as an impulse or sensation.
- nasology — the scientific study of noses.
- negatory — marked by negation; denying; negative.
- nomogeny — a law or belief that life originated from a natural process instead of a miraculous process