8-letter words containing l, e, n, y
- cranefly — A cranefly is a harmless flying insect with long legs.
- cravenly — In a craven manner.
- cyclamen — A cyclamen is a plant with white, pink, or red flowers.
- cyclones — Plural form of cyclone.
- cylinder — A cylinder is an object with flat circular ends and long straight sides.
- cynewulf — ?8th century ad, Anglo-Saxon poet; author of Juliana, The Ascension, Elene, and The Fates of the Apostles
- dancerly — characteristic of or moving like a dancer; having the skills or physique of a dancer.
- decently — conforming to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc., as in behavior or speech.
- 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
- deprenyl — a drug used to treat senile dementia, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and depression, by acting as a monoamine oxidase inhibitor
- diphenyl — biphenyl.
- divinely — of or relating to a god, especially the Supreme Being.
- donleavy — J(ames) P(atrick) born 1926, U.S. novelist.
- donnelly — Declan. born 1975, British television presenter, who appears with Antony McPartlin as Ant and Dec
- dunleary — a port in E Republic of Ireland, on Dublin Bay. Pop: 24 447 (2002)
- dye-line — a contact print of a line drawing, giving brown lines on an off-white background.
- dyspneal — Alt form dyspnoeal.
- early on — in or during the first part of a period of time, a course of action, a series of events, etc.: early in the year.
- ecycling — the process of recycling electronic equipment or components
- el minya — a city in central Egypt, on the Nile. Pop: 225 000 (2005 est)
- elegancy — Alternative form of elegance.
- eleventy — (humorous) The number 110, 11 \u00d7 10.
- endplays — Plural form of endplay.
- enthalpy — A thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the total heat content of a system. It is equal to the internal energy of the system plus the product of pressure and volume.
- entierly — Archaic form of entirely.
- entirely — Completely (often used for emphasis).
- enviably — In an enviable manner or to an enviable degree.
- epyllion — (literary) a
- errantly — In an errant manner.
- erringly — In an erring manner; with mistakes or sins.
- ethanoyl — of, consisting of, or containing the monovalent group CH3CO-
- ethylene — A flammable hydrocarbon gas of the alkene series, occurring in natural gas, coal gas, and crude oil and given off by ripening fruit. It is used in chemical synthesis, especially in the manufacture of polyethylene.
- eyeblink — An act of blinking one's eyelids one time.
- eyeliner — A cosmetic applied as a line around the eyes to make them appear larger or more noticeable.
- farnesyl — (biochemistry) The univalent radical derived from farnesol.
- felinely — In a feline manner; .
- felinity — belonging or pertaining to the cat family, Felidae.
- fentanyl — a synthetic, short-acting narcotic analgesic and sedative, C 22 H 28 N 2 O, used pharmacologically in anesthesia and neuroleptanalgesia, and also as an illicit drug: Medics quickly administered fentanyl to the injured soldiers. Drug dealers are lacing heroin with fentanyl.
- fernally — a seedless plant that is not a true fern
- finchley — a residential district of N London, part of the Greater London borough of Barnet from 1965
- finitely — having bounds or limits; not infinite; measurable.
- flannery — Tim, full name Timothy Fridtjof Flannery. born 1956, Australian zoologist, palaeontologist and environmentalist. His books include The Weather Makers (2006)
- fluently — spoken or written with ease: fluent French.
- flunkeys — Plural form of flunkey (alternative spelling of flunkies).
- fly line — a line for use in fly-fishing.
- frenzily — in a frenzied or frantic manner