8-letter words containing g, y
- gyp-room — a pantry, especially one attached to a student's quarters.
- gypseian — relating to gypsies
- gypseous — of or relating to gypsum.
- gypsying — Present participle of gypsy.
- gypsyism — the behaviour of or connected with gypsies
- gyrating — Present participle of gyrate.
- gyration — the act of gyrating; circular or spiral motion; revolution; rotation; whirling.
- gyratory — moving in a circle or spiral; gyrating.
- 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.
- gyroidal — having a spiral arrangement.
- gyrolite — calcium silicate hydroxide in a hydrated form
- gyrostat — a modified gyroscope, consisting of a rotating wheel pivoted within a rigid case.
- hagberry — Prunus padus, a species of cherry native to northern Europe and northern Asia, the bird cherry.
- haringey — a borough of Greater London, England.
- harrying — to harass, annoy, or prove a nuisance to by or as if by repeated attacks; worry: He was harried by constant doubts.
- hegemony — leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others, as in a confederation.
- hegumeny — the office of a hegumen
- hengyang — a city in E central Hunan province, in E China.
- hexalogy — A set of six works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as six individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- hierurgy — a holy act or rite of worship.
- high day — a holy or festal day.
- high-key — (of a photograph) having chiefly light tones, usually with little tonal contrast (distinguished from low-key).
- highboys — Plural form of highboy.
- highways — Plural form of highway.
- hinnying — Present participle of hinny.
- hodology — The study of pathways.
- hogmanay — the eve of New Year's Day.
- hogmolly — hog sucker.
- hogtying — to tie (an animal) with all four feet together.
- hologamy — a type of reproduction in which the gametes are like ordinary cells in form and size, as is found in some algae and protozoa
- hologyny — the inheritance of genetic traits through females only
- homogamy — the state of being homogamous.
- homogeny — correspondence in form or structure, owing to a common origin.
- homogony — state of being homogonous.
- homology — the state of being homologous; homologous relation or correspondence.
- honeying — Present participle of honey.
- hopingly — in a hopeful manner
- horology — the art or science of making timepieces or of measuring time.
- hungerly — marked by a hungry look.
- hungrily — having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger.
- hurrying — to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed by up): Hurry, or we'll be late. Hurry up, it's starting to rain.
- hyalogen — any of several insoluble substances found in many animal structures such as cartilage which yield sugars on hydrolysis structures
- hydrogel — a gel whose liquid constituent is water.
- 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.
- hygenist — Alternative spelling of hygienist.
- hygienes — Also, hygienics. the science that deals with the preservation of health.
- hygienic — conducive to good health; healthful; sanitary.
- hypalgia — reduced sensitivity to pain
- hypergol — any hypergolic agent.
- hypogamy — Act or practice of seeking a spouse of lower socioeconomic status, or caste status than oneself.