8-letter words containing l, e, y, s
- cyclopes — Plural form of cyclops.
- cypselae — Plural form of cypsela.
- dayflies — Plural form of dayfly.
- dayshell — a thistle
- delayers — Plural form of delayer.
- delusory — tending to delude; misleading; deceptive: a delusive reply.
- demissly — in a demiss manner
- dialysed — to subject to dialysis; separate or procure by dialysis.
- dialyser — a machine that performs dialysis, esp one that removes impurities from the blood of patients with malfunctioning kidneys; kidney machine
- dialyses — Physical Chemistry. the separation of crystalloids from colloids in a solution by diffusion through a membrane.
- dialyzes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dialyze.
- diastyle — having columns about three diameters apart
- diversly — (archaic) In a divers way; severally, variously.
- dressily — in a dressy manner
- dropsley — a dish of very small dumplings made from a batter of butter, egg, flour, and seasoning dropped in small pieces into broth.
- drysdale — Sir George Russell. 1912–81, Australian painter, esp of landscapes
- 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.
- dysmelia — a congenital abnormality characterized by missing, shortened, or excessive development of extremities.
- dysmelic — having or relating to dysmelia
- dyspneal — Alt form dyspnoeal.
- easterly — moving, directed, or situated toward the east: an easterly course.
- elfishly — In an elfish manner; mischievously.
- employes — Plural form of employe.
- emulsify — Make into or become an emulsion.
- endplays — Plural form of endplay.
- epilepsy — A neurological disorder marked by sudden recurrent episodes of sensory disturbance, loss of consciousness, or convulsions, associated with abnormal electrical activity in the brain.
- epistyle — architrave (sense 1)
- eyeballs — Plural form of eyeball.
- eyebolts — Plural form of eyebolt.
- eyeglass — A single lens for correcting or assisting defective eyesight, especially a monocle.
- eyeholes — Plural form of eyehole.
- eyelifts — Plural form of eyelift.
- eyestalk — A movable stalk that bears an eye near its tip, especially in crabs, shrimps, and related crustaceans, and in some mollusks.
- farnesyl — (biochemistry) The univalent radical derived from farnesol.
- feasibly — capable of being done, effected, or accomplished: a feasible plan.
- feistily — full of animation, energy, or courage; spirited; spunky; plucky: The champion is faced with a feisty challenger.
- festally — In a festal/festive manner.
- flaysome — (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Terrifying; frightful.
- fleshily — with respect to flesh; in a fleshy manner
- flunkeys — Plural form of flunkey (alternative spelling of flunkies).
- flustery — flustered or inclined to become flustered
- flyovers — Plural form of flyover.
- flysheet — A tract or circular of two or four pages.
- flyspeck — a speck or tiny stain from the excrement of a fly.
- gayelles — Plural form of gayelle.
- gealousy — Obsolete form of jealousy.
- gospelly — Resembling gospel music.
- greasily — In a greasy manner.
- greylist — to hold (someone) in suspicion, without actually excluding him or her from a particular activity