8-letter words containing l, a, n, y
- benadryl — an antihistamine drug used in sleeping tablets; diphenhydramine. Formula: C17H21NO
- billycan — Also called billy club. a police officer's club or baton.
- blankety — a euphemism for any taboo word
- blantyre — a city in S Malawi: includes the former town of Limbe.
- blatancy — a blatant quality or thing
- blazonry — the art or process of describing heraldic arms in proper form
- bonytail — a fish, Gila elegans, found in the Colorado River, having flaring fins and a thin caudal peduncle.
- brazenly — shameless or impudent: brazen presumption.
- byrlakin — a mild oath
- calendry — a place where calendering is carried out
- calycine — relating to, belonging to, or resembling a calyx
- candidly — frank; outspoken; open and sincere: a candid critic.
- carbonyl — of, consisting of, or containing the divalent group =CO
- caringly — In a caring manner.
- carnally — pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual: carnal pleasures.
- chancily — In a chancy manner.
- charlyne — a female given name, form of Caroline.
- charnley — Sir John. 1911–82, British surgeon noted for his invention of an artificial hip joint and his development of hip-replacement surgery
- cinnamyl — a univalent radical of cinnamic compounds
- clamancy — urgency
- claybank — a dull brownish-orange colour
- clayborn — a male given name.
- claypans — Plural form of claypan.
- clinally — Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- clonally — (chiefly, botany) By means of asexual reproduction. (from 20th c.).
- colonsay — an island in W Scotland, in the Inner Hebrides. Area: about 41 sq km (16 sq miles)
- condylar — Anatomy. the smooth surface area at the end of a bone, forming part of a joint.
- conveyal — the act or means of conveying
- cranefly — A cranefly is a harmless flying insect with long legs.
- crankily — In a cranky manner.
- cravenly — In a craven manner.
- culinary — Culinary means concerned with cooking.
- cyclamen — A cyclamen is a plant with white, pink, or red flowers.
- cyclonal — of or like a cyclone.
- daintily — of delicate beauty; exquisite: a dainty lace handkerchief.
- dallying — Present participle of dally.
- damnably — in a detestable manner
- dancerly — characteristic of or moving like a dancer; having the skills or physique of a dancer.
- daringly — In a daring manner; boldly; courageously; fearlessly; impudently.
- delannoy — Marcel [mar-sel] /marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1898–1962, French composer.
- delaunay — Robert (rɔbɛr). 1885–1941, French painter, whose abstract use of colour characterized Orphism, an attempt to introduce more colour into austere forms of Cubism
- delaying — to put off to a later time; defer; postpone: The pilot delayed the flight until the weather cleared.
- deniably — In a deniable manner.
- dentally — in relation to the teeth
- dollyman — a technician who moves or pushes the camera dolly during or between shots.
- donleavy — J(ames) P(atrick) born 1926, U.S. novelist.
- downplay — to treat or speak of (something) so as to reduce emphasis on its importance, value, strength, etc.: The press has downplayed the president's role in the negotiations.
- dry land — terra firma, earth
- dunleary — a port in E Republic of Ireland, on Dublin Bay. Pop: 24 447 (2002)
- dyspneal — Alt form dyspnoeal.