8-letter words containing h, y
- lavishly — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- layshaft — an auxiliary shaft in a gearbox, running parallel to the main shaft, to and from which drive is transferred to enable varying ratios to be obtained
- leathery — like leather in appearance or texture; tough and flexible.
- lechayim — a toast used in drinking to a person's health or well-being.
- lecythis — any very tall tree of the genus Lecythis
- lecythus — (in ancient Greece) a vase with a narrow neck
- lekythos — an oil jar having an ellipsoidal body, narrow neck, flanged mouth, curved handle extending from below the lip to the shoulder, and a narrow base terminating in a foot: used chiefly for ointments.
- lekythus — lekythos.
- lengthly — Misspelled form of lengthy.
- lethally — of, relating to, or causing death; deadly; fatal: a lethal weapon; a lethal dose.
- lethargy — the quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic, or indifferent and lazy; apathetic or sluggish inactivity.
- litherly — crafty, cunning, or mischievous
- loch tay — a lake in central Scotland, in Stirling council area. Length: 23 km (14 miles)
- louchely — in an oblique or shifty manner
- luanshya — a town in central Zambia.
- lychgate — A roofed gateway to a churchyard, formerly used during burials for sheltering a coffin until the clergyman’s arrival.
- lymphoid — of, relating to, or resembling lymph.
- lymphoma — a tumor arising from any of the cellular elements of lymph nodes.
- lynchers — to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority.
- lynching — to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority.
- lynchpin — a pin inserted through the end of an axletree to keep the wheel on.
- lysithea — a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- maconchy — Dame Elizabeth, married name Elizabeth LeFanu. 1907–94, British composer of Irish parentage; noted esp for her chamber music, which includes 13 string quartets and Romanza (1980) for viola and ensemble
- mahamaya — the mother of the Buddha.
- mahayana — the later of the two great schools of Buddhism, chiefly in China, Tibet, and Japan, characterized by eclecticism and a general belief in a common search for salvation, sometimes thought to be attainable through faith alone.
- mahogany — any of several tropical American trees of the genus Swietenia, especially S. mahagoni and S. macrophylla, yielding hard, reddish-brown wood used for making furniture.
- make hay — to mow grass, alfalfa, etc., and spread it out to dry
- marybeth — a female given name.
- mccarthy — Cormac [kawr-mak,, ‐muh k] /ˈkɔr mæk,, ‐mək/ (Show IPA), born 1933, U.S. novelist.
- methoxyl — containing the methoxy group.
- methylal — a colorless, flammable, volatile liquid, C 3 H 8 O 2 , having a chloroformlike odor, used chiefly as a solvent, in perfumery, and in organic synthesis.
- methylic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the methyl group.
- methysis — drunkenness
- meyerhof — Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1884–1951, German physiologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1922.
- mightily — in a mighty manner; powerfully or vigorously.
- minarchy — (countable) Government with the least necessary power over its citizens.
- modishly — In a modish manner.
- monarchy — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
- monomyth — (mythology) a cyclical journey or quest undertaken by a mythical hero.
- motherly — pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a mother; maternal: motherly solicitude.
- mouthily — in a mouthy or bombastic manner
- mulishly — In a mulish manner.
- myograph — an instrument for recording the contractions and relaxations of muscles.
- myopathy — any abnormality or disease of muscle tissue.
- myophily — pollination of plants by flies
- myriadth — constituting a very small part of a thing
- mythical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.
- nannyish — Like a nanny; tending to coddle.
- naphthyl — containing the naphthyl group.
- naughtly — (obsolete) naughtily; wrongly.