8-letter words containing g, o, n, y
- nomology — the science of law or laws.
- nosegays — a small bunch of flowers; bouquet; posy.
- nosology — the systematic classification of diseases.
- nostalgy — nostalgia.
- nugatory — of no real value; trifling; worthless.
- oblongly — In an oblong orientation.
- oenology — the science of viniculture.
- oncology — the branch of medical science dealing with tumors, including the origin, development, diagnosis, and treatment of malignant neoplasms.
- ontogeny — the development or developmental history of an individual organism.
- ontology — the branch of metaphysics that studies the nature of existence or being as such.
- orangery — a warm place, as a greenhouse, in which orange trees are cultivated in cool climates.
- outlying — lying at a distance from the center or the main body; remote; out-of-the-way: outlying military posts.
- outvying — to strive in competition or rivalry with another; contend for superiority: Swimmers from many nations were vying for the title.
- penology — the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
- pigeonry — a loft for keeping pigeons in; dovecote; pigeon house
- podgorny — Nikolai Viktorovich [nyi-kuh-lahy vyeek-tuh-ruh-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ ˈvyik tə rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–83, Russian government official: president of the Soviet Union 1965–77.
- polygene — one of a group of nonallelic genes that together control a quantitative characteristic in an organism.
- polygyny — the practice or condition of having more than one wife at one time.
- posingly — in a posing manner
- pyogenic — producing or generating pus.
- pyonings — the work of military sappers, such as the digging of trenches
- rovingly — in a roving manner
- scroungy — given to or characterized by scrounging.
- shaoyang — a city in central Hunan province, in E China.
- signiory — seigniory.
- sinology — the study of the language, literature, history, customs, etc., of China.
- strongly — with great strength or force: wind blowing strongly from the west.
- telegony — a former belief that a sire can influence the characteristics of the progeny of the female parent and subsequent mates.
- theogony — the origin of the gods.
- toadying — an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- unyoking — to free from or as if from a yoke.
- venology — phlebology.
- vinology — the scientific study of wines and winemaking
- voyaging — a course of travel or passage, especially a long journey by water to a distant place.
- wagonway — A crude road for wagons.
- waygoing — the act of leaving; departure; leavetaking.
- wooingly — In a wooing manner; enticingly; with persuasiveness.
- worrying — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
- xenogamy — pollination of the stigma of a flower by pollen from a flower on another plant.
- xenogeny — heterogenesis (def 1).
- xenology — (chiefly in science fiction) the scientific study of alien biology, cultures, etc.
- yang tao — Chinese gooseberry.
- yangshao — of or designating a Neolithic culture of N China c5000–3000 b.c., characterized by dwellings with sunken floors, domestication of the pig, and a fine handmade pottery painted mainly in geometric designs of spirals and circles.
- yangzhou — a city in central Jiangsu province, in E China.
- yearlong — lasting for a year.
- yodeling — Present participle of yodel.
- yoldring — a yellowhammer.
- yongning — former name of Nanning.
- young'un — a young one; child.
- youngers — Plural form of younger.