8-letter words containing g, y
- 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.
- cetology — the branch of zoology concerned with the study of whales (cetaceans)
- chaology — the study of chaos theory
- chemurgy — the branch of chemistry concerned with the industrial use of organic raw materials, esp materials of agricultural origin
- coagency — a joint agency
- coccyges — Plural form of coccyx.
- codology — the art or practice of bluffing or deception
- cogently — convincing or believable by virtue of forcible, clear, or incisive presentation; telling.
- congiary — (in ancient Rome) a gift from the emperor to the people or soldiers
- cooingly — In a cooing way.
- cool guy — man: likeable
- copygirl — a girl employed by a newspaper or broadcast news office to carry copy and run errands
- cottagey — of or resembling a cottage
- coveying — Present participle of covey.
- craggily — full of crags.
- cryingly — exceptionally or markedly
- cryogens — Plural form of cryogen.
- cryology — the study of snow and ice.
- currying — to rub and clean (a horse) with a currycomb.
- cyanogen — an extremely poisonous colourless flammable gas with an almond-like odour: has been used in chemical warfare. Formula: (CN)2
- cybering — Present participle of cyber.
- cygnus a — a strong radio source in the constellation Cygnus associated with a distant peculiar galaxy.
- cymogene — a mixture of volatile flammable hydrocarbons, mainly butane, obtained in the distillation of petroleum
- cytogeny — (biology) cell production or development; cytogenesis.
- cytology — the study of plant and animal cells, including their structure, function, and formation
- 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
- decoying — Present participle of decoy.
- decrying — Present participle of decry.
- deifying — Present participle of deify.
- dekalogy — a series of ten related works
- 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.
- demology — the study of human populations, activities, and behaviour