8-letter words containing h, r, y
- pyrrhous — (of a person's complexion) ruddy or reddish
- rayleigh — John William Strutt [struht] /strʌt/ (Show IPA), 3rd Baron, 1842–1919, English physicist: Nobel prize 1904.
- rezaiyeh — a city in NW Iran.
- rhapsody — Music. an instrumental composition irregular in form and suggestive of improvisation.
- rheology — the study of the deformation and flow of matter.
- rheopexy — the property exhibited by certain slow-gelling, thixotropic sols of gelling more rapidly when the containing vessel is shaken gently.
- rhubarby — similar to or tasting like rhubarb
- rhyolite — a fine-grained igneous rock rich in silica: the volcanic equivalent of granite.
- rhythmic — cadenced; rhythmical.
- rohypnol — Rohypnol is a powerful drug that makes a person semi-conscious.
- rothesay — a town in the Strathclyde region, on Bute island, in SW Scotland: resort; ruins of 11th-century castle.
- rowdyish — like or characteristic of a rowdy.
- rubbishy — full of rubbish: a rubbishy cellar.
- schryari — a musical woodwind instrument of the 16th and 17th centuries having a double reed concealed in a cylinder and producing a shrill tone.
- schuyler — Philip John, 1733–1804, American statesman and general in the Revolutionary War.
- scratchy — causing or liable to cause a slight grating noise: a scratchy record.
- screechy — like or suggesting screeching.
- scrunchy — an elastic band covered with gathered fabric, used to fasten the hair, as in a ponytail.
- shattery — (of rock or soil) liable to shatter or crumble
- sheltery — providing shelter
- shimmery — shimmering; shining softly.
- shinnery — a dense growth of small trees, especially scrub oaks.
- shipyard — a yard or enclosure in which ships are built or repaired.
- showyard — a yard where cattle and machinery are displayed
- shrewdly — astute or sharp in practical matters: a shrewd politician.
- shuddery — trembling or quivering with fear, dread, cold, etc.
- sighyper — Special Interest Group on Hypertext and Multimedia of the SGML Users' Group.
- slithery — to slide down or along a surface, especially unsteadily, from side to side, or with some friction or noise: The box slithered down the chute.
- smithery — the work, craft, or workshop of a smith.
- smothery — stifling; close: a smothery atmosphere.
- sorryish — rather sorry
- strachey — (Giles) Lytton [jahylz lit-n] /dʒaɪlz ˈlɪt n/ (Show IPA), 1880–1932, English biographer and literary critic.
- stretchy — having a tendency to stretch, especially excessively or unduly.
- sulphury — of the nature of, characteristic of or resembling sulphur
- synarchy — joint rule
- synchro- — indicating synchronization
- syngraph — a document signed by all parties
- the lyre — the constellation Lyra
- the yard — Scotland Yard
- thearchy — the rule or government of God or of a god.
- thievery — the act or practice of thieving; theft.
- thrawnly — in a thrawn, contrary or perverse manner
- threnody — a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; funeral song.
- thuggery — a cruel or vicious ruffian, robber, or murderer.
- thundery — thunderous.
- thursday — the fifth day of the week, following Wednesday. Abbreviation: Th., Thur., Thurs.
- thwartly — sideways or crosswise
- thyatira — ancient name of Akhisar.
- thyrosis — any condition resulting from abnormal functioning of the thyroid gland.
- thyroxin — Biochemistry. the thyroid gland hormone that regulates the metabolic rate of the body.