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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).
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