8-letter words containing i, d, y
- dysgonic — growing poorly on artificial media, as certain bacteria (opposed to eugonic).
- dyslalia — an inability to speak due to a defect of the organs of speech.
- dyslexia — any of various reading disorders associated with impairment of the ability to interpret spatial relationships or to integrate auditory and visual information.
- dyslexic — a person subject to or having dyslexia.
- dyslogia — inability to express ideas because of faulty reasoning or speech, due to a mental disorder.
- dysmelia — a congenital abnormality characterized by missing, shortened, or excessive development of extremities.
- dysmelic — having or relating to dysmelia
- dysosmia — an impairment of the sense of smell.
- dyspneic — difficult or labored breathing.
- dystaxia — (pathology, rare) ataxia.
- dystaxic — relating to or affected by dystaxia
- dystocia — Difficult birth, typically caused by a large or awkwardly positioned fetus, by smallness of the maternal pelvis, or by failure of the uterus and cervix to contract and expand normally.
- dystonia — abnormal tone of any tissue.
- dystonic — abnormal tone of any tissue.
- dystopia — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- dystopic — Dystopian.
- dytiscid — any carnivorous aquatic beetle of the family Dytiscidae, having large flattened back legs used for swimming
- edifying — to instruct or benefit, especially morally or spiritually; uplift: religious paintings that edify the viewer.
- elytroid — like an elytron
- embryoid — Of, pertaining to, or resembling an embryo.
- endymion — a handsome youth who was visited every night by the moon goddess Selene, who loved him
- euploidy — (genetics) The condition of having a chromosome number that is an exact multiple of the haploid number for the species.
- eurydice — a dryad married to Orpheus, who sought her in Hades after she died. She could have left Hades with him had he not broken his pact and looked back at her
- fairydom — The realm or sphere of fairies.
- fervidly — heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm, etc.: a fervid orator.
- fetidity — the state or quality of being fetid
- fidayeen — Plural form of fidayee.
- fidelity — strict observance of promises, duties, etc.: a servant's fidelity.
- floridly — reddish; ruddy; rosy: a florid complexion.
- fluidify — (transitive) to make fluid.
- fluidity — the quality or state of being fluid.
- friendly — characteristic of or befitting a friend; showing friendship: a friendly greeting.
- frigidly — In a frigid manner; coldly.
- gelidity — The state or quality of being gelid.
- gempylid — any of several fishes of the family Gempylidae, comprising the snake mackerels.
- geomyoid — relating to burrowing rodents of the genus Geomys
- giddying — Present participle of giddy.
- giftedly — In a gifted manner.
- gliddery — slippery
- greedily — excessively or inordinately desirous of wealth, profit, etc.; avaricious: the greedy owners of the company.
- grindery — a workshop for grinding edge tools.
- guideway — a structure, usually made of concrete, that is used to support and guide trains or individual vehicles that ride over it.
- gwyniads — Plural form of gwyniad.
- gynecoid — of or like a woman.
- gyroidal — having a spiral arrangement.
- haploidy — (genetics) The state of being haploid.
- hayfield — a field where grass, alfalfa, etc., are grown for making into hay.
- hayrides — Plural form of hayride.
- heredity — the transmission of genetic characters from parents to offspring: it is dependent upon the segregation and recombination of genes during meiosis and fertilization and results in the genesis of a new individual similar to others of its kind but exhibiting certain variations resulting from the particular mix of genes and their interactions with the environment.
- hiddenly — concealed; obscure; covert: hidden meaning; hidden hostility.