8-letter words containing l, e, y, s
- morosely — gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
- myelitis — inflammation of the substance of the spinal cord.
- myelomas — Plural form of myeloma.
- neostyle — a manifolding device similar to the cyclostyle.
- newslady — A newswoman.
- nonstyle — a style that cannot be identified as such
- obtusely — not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.
- olykoeks — doughnut.
- otiosely — In an otiose manner.
- paralyse — to affect with paralysis.
- payables — debts to be paid
- phylesis — evolutionary events that modify an organism or group of organisms without leading to the formation of a new species
- playless — having no play
- pleurisy — inflammation of the pleura, with or without a liquid effusion in the pleural cavity, characterized by a dry cough and pain in the affected side.
- polyseme — a word with multiple meanings
- polysemy — a condition in which a single word, phrase, or concept has more than one meaning or connotation.
- polysome — a complex of ribosomes strung along a single strand of messenger RNA that translates the genetic information coded in the messenger RNA during protein synthesis.
- priestly — of or relating to a priest; sacerdotal: priestly vestments.
- prostyle — (of a classical temple) having a portico on the front with the columns in front of the antae.
- przemysl — a city in SE Poland: occupied by the Russians 1915.
- psaltery — an ancient musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
- pyelitis — inflammation of the pelvis or outlet of the kidney.
- pyrolyse — to subject (a substance) to pyrolysis.
- queasily — inclined to or feeling nausea, as the stomach, a person, etc.; nauseous; nauseated.
- resupply — provide with sth
- reynolds — a male given name, form of Reginald.
- ruysdael — Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˌyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1628?–82, Dutch painter.
- sacredly — devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- saddlery — saddles, harnesses, and other equipment for horses.
- saleyard — an area with pens for holding animals before auction
- saliency — salience.
- samplery — the making of samplers
- savagely — fierce, ferocious, or cruel; untamed: savage beasts.
- sayville — a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.
- scarcely — barely; hardly; not quite: The light is so dim we can scarcely see.
- schleppy — slovenly, dowdy, or run-down; frumpy: a schleppy hotel; a schleppy old bathrobe.
- schuyler — Philip John, 1733–1804, American statesman and general in the Revolutionary War.
- scullery — a small room or section of a pantry in which food is cleaned, trimmed, and cut into cooking portions before being sent to the kitchen.
- sea lily — a stalked, sessile crinoid.
- secondly — in the second place; second.
- secretly — done, made, or conducted without the knowledge of others: secret negotiations.
- securely — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- sedately — calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement: a sedate party; a sedate horse.
- sedulity — sedulous quality, application, or activity; diligence.
- seldomly — rarely; seldom.
- 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.
- sepalody — the changing of other flower parts, such as petals, into sepals
- serenely — calm, peaceful, or tranquil; unruffled: a serene landscape; serene old age.
- serially — anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.