8-letter words containing h, y, a
- schryari — a musical woodwind instrument of the 16th and 17th centuries having a double reed concealed in a cylinder and producing a shrill tone.
- scratchy — causing or liable to cause a slight grating noise: a scratchy record.
- scyphate — being in the shape of a cup; cup-shaped.
- scythian — pertaining to Scythia, its people, or their language.
- sequoyah — 1770?–1843, Cherokee Indian scholar: inventor of a syllabary for writing Cherokee.
- shabbily — impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn: shabby clothes.
- shaoyang — a city in central Hunan province, in E China.
- shattery — (of rock or soil) liable to shatter or crumble
- shauchly — (of a person) unsteady or awkward on the feet
- shenyang — Pinyin, Wade-Giles. a province in NE China. 58,301 sq. mi. (151,000 sq. km). Capital: Shenyang.
- shipyard — a yard or enclosure in which ships are built or repaired.
- show day — (in Australia) a public holiday in a state on the date of its annual agricultural and industrial show
- showyard — a yard where cattle and machinery are displayed
- soothsay — to foretell events; predict.
- spinachy — characteristic of spinach
- stealthy — done, characterized, or acting by stealth; furtive: stealthy footsteps.
- stomachy — paunchy; having a prominent stomach.
- strachey — (Giles) Lytton [jahylz lit-n] /dʒaɪlz ˈlɪt n/ (Show IPA), 1880–1932, English biographer and literary critic.
- symbmath — (mathematics, tool) A small symbolic mathematics package for MS-DOS which can learn new facts.
- sympathy — harmony of or agreement in feeling, as between persons or on the part of one person with respect to another.
- synanthy — an abnormal fusion of two or more flowers
- synaphea — a continuity of rhythm throughout a poem
- synarchy — joint rule
- synechia — any adhesion of parts of the body, as of the iris to the cornea.
- syngraph — a document signed by all parties
- synthase — an enzyme that catalyses a process of synthesis
- ta'ziyah — a passion play commemorating the martyrdom of Hussein, grandson of Muhammad and son of Ali and Fatima, on the tenth of Muharram, a.d. 680.
- tally-ho — the cry of a participant at a hunt to encourage the hounds when the quarry is sighted
- thankyou — If you refer to something as a thankyou for what someone has done for you, you mean that it is intended as a way of thanking them.
- that way — (used with adjectives and adverbs of quantity or extent) to the extent or degree indicated: that much; The fish was that big.
- thataway — in or toward the direction pointed out: The outlaws went thataway when they rode out of town.
- the many — the majority of mankind, esp the common people
- the navy — the branch of a country's armed services comprising such ships, their crews, and all their supporting services and equipment
- the yard — Scotland Yard
- the yeas — the votes in favour of something
- thearchy — the rule or government of God or of a god.
- thessaly — a region in E Greece: a former division of ancient Greece. 5208 sq. mi. (14,490 sq. km).
- thisaway — this way; in this direction.
- thrawnly — in a thrawn, contrary or perverse manner
- thursday — the fifth day of the week, following Wednesday. Abbreviation: Th., Thur., Thurs.
- thwartly — sideways or crosswise
- thyatira — ancient name of Akhisar.
- toyohara — former name of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.
- trachyte — a fine-grained volcanic rock consisting essentially of alkali feldspar and one or more subordinate minerals, as hornblende or mica: the extrusive equivalent of syenite.
- triarchy — government by three persons.
- uncatchy — not catchy or memorable
- unchancy — unlucky.
- unflashy — not flashy
- varnishy — glossy; like varnish
- vychegda — a river in N European Russia, flowing W to the Northern Dvina River. 702 miles (1130 km) long.