8-letter words containing g, y, n, e
- tangency — the state of being tangent.
- 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.
- ungently — in an ungentle manner
- ungreedy — excessively or inordinately desirous of wealth, profit, etc.; avaricious: the greedy owners of the company.
- urgently — compelling or requiring immediate action or attention; imperative; pressing: an urgent matter.
- venology — phlebology.
- vergency — an inclination or tendency; the act of verging or approaching
- vinegary — of the nature of or resembling vinegar; sour; acid: a vinegary taste.
- wearying — Causing tiredness; tiring.
- wingedly — in a winged manner, as if furnished with wings
- 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.
- yeanling — the young of a sheep or goat; a lamb or kid.
- yearling — an animal in its second year.
- yearlong — lasting for a year.
- yearning — deep longing, especially when accompanied by tenderness or sadness: a widower's yearning for his wife.
- yelpings — Plural form of yelping.
- yielding — inclined to give in; submissive; compliant: a timid, yielding man.
- yodeling — Present participle of yodel.
- youngers — Plural form of younger.
- youngest — being in the first or early stage of life or growth; youthful; not old: a young woman.
- zygaenid — of or relating to the burnet moth genus, Zygaena
- zygotene — the second stage of prophase in meiosis, during which strands of homologous chromosomes line up and become pairs.
- zymogens — Plural form of zymogen.