8-letter words containing l, e, n, y
- nocently — in a nocent manner; harmfully
- nonleafy — not leafy, having no leaves
- nonstyle — a style that cannot be identified as such
- oenology — the science of viniculture.
- ornately — elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so: They bought an ornate Louis XIV sofa.
- panderly — in the manner of a pander
- patently — the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
- penality — of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- penology — the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
- phenylic — relating to, consisting of or originating from phenyl
- plenarty — the state of an endowed church office when occupied
- polyenic — relating to a polyene
- polygene — one of a group of nonallelic genes that together control a quantitative characteristic in an organism.
- polypine — relating to polyps
- polypnea — rapid breathing; panting.
- polytene — denoting a type of giant-size chromosome consisting of many replicated genes in parallel, found esp in Drosophila larvae
- polyteny — the condition of being polytene
- polyxena — a daughter of King Priam of Troy, who was sacrificed on the command of Achilles' ghost
- potently — powerful; mighty: a potent fighting force.
- poyntell — a pavement of tile mosaic forming an abstract design.
- princely — greatly liberal; lavish; magnificent: a princely entertainment.
- propenyl — containing the propenyl group.
- recently — of late occurrence, appearance, or origin; lately happening, done, made, etc.: recent events; a recent trip.
- relaying — re-lay.
- reynolds — a male given name, form of Reginald.
- saliency — salience.
- secondly — in the second place; second.
- senility — the state of being senile, especially the weakness or mental infirmity of old age.
- sensibly — having, using, or showing good sense or sound judgment: a sensible young woman.
- serenely — calm, peaceful, or tranquil; unruffled: a serene landscape; serene old age.
- silently — making no sound; quiet; still: a silent motor.
- slovenly — untidy or unclean in appearance or habits.
- slovenry — slovenliness
- snailery — a place where snails are bred
- snakefly — any neuropterous insect of the family Raphidiidae, of western North America, having an elongated prothorax resembling a neck.
- sneakily — like or suggestive of a sneak; furtive; deceitful.
- solemnly — grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood: solemn remarks.
- solvency — solvent condition; ability to pay all just debts.
- spyplane — a military aeroplane used to spy on an enemy
- stonefly — any of numerous dull-colored primitive aquatic insects of the order Plecoptera, having a distinctive flattened body shape: a major food source for game fish, especially bass and trout, which makes them popular as models for fishing flies.
- suddenly — happening, coming, made, or done quickly, without warning, or unexpectedly: a sudden attack.
- sullenly — showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve.
- supinely — lying on the back, face or front upward.
- sylvaner — a white grape grown in the Alsace region of France and in Switzerland, Germany, and Austria.
- sylviine — (of a bird) belonging to the subfamily Sylviinae
- syncline — a synclinal fold.
- synfuels — synthetic fuel.
- telegony — a former belief that a sire can influence the characteristics of the progeny of the female parent and subsequent mates.
- tenderly — soft or delicate in substance; not hard or tough: a tender steak.
- tent fly — fly1 (def 22).