8-letter words containing l, g, y
- hopingly — in a hopeful manner
- horology — the art or science of making timepieces or of measuring time.
- hungerly — marked by a hungry look.
- hungrily — having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger.
- hyalogen — any of several insoluble substances found in many animal structures such as cartilage which yield sugars on hydrolysis structures
- hydrogel — a gel whose liquid constituent is water.
- hypalgia — reduced sensitivity to pain
- hypergol — any hypergolic agent.
- hypogeal — underground; subterranean.
- idealogy — Misspelling of ideology.
- ideology — the body of doctrine, myth, belief, etc., that guides an individual, social movement, institution, class, or large group.
- implying — to indicate or suggest without being explicitly stated: His words implied a lack of faith.
- indignly — in an indign manner
- inlaying — Present participle of inlay.
- jaggedly — having ragged notches, points, or teeth; zigzag: the jagged edge of a saw; a jagged wound.
- jellying — a food preparation of a soft, elastic consistency due to the presence of gelatin, pectin, etc., especially fruit juice boiled down with sugar and used as a sweet spread for bread and toast, as a filling for cakes or doughnuts, etc.
- jokingly — something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
- jollying — Present participle of jolly.
- jugglery — the art or practice of a juggler, especially sleight of hand.
- kaliyuga — the fourth and present age of the world, full of conflict and sin.
- keighley — a town in N England, in Bradford unitary authority, West Yorkshire, on the River Aire: textile industry. Pop: 49 453 (2001)
- kidology — the art or practice of bluffing or deception
- kilogray — one thousand grays
- kingsley — Charles, 1819–75, English clergyman, novelist, and poet.
- knightly — characteristic of a knight; noble, courageous, and generous: knightly deeds.
- ladybugs — Plural form of ladybug.
- lallygag — to spend time idly; loaf.
- lancegay — a lance used in medieval times
- lang lay — a wire rope in which the lays of the strands and of their component wires are the same.
- langsyne — long since; long ago.
- larynges — Anatomy. a muscular and cartilaginous structure lined with mucous membrane at the upper part of the trachea in humans, in which the vocal cords are located.
- laryngo- — indicating the larynx
- layerage — layering
- layering — a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface: a layer of soot on the window sill; two layers of paint.
- lazy guy — a rope or light tackle for keeping a boom from swinging.
- legality — the state or quality of being in conformity with the law; lawfulness.
- legatary — a legatee
- legendry — legends collectively.
- legerity — physical or mental quickness; nimbleness; agility.
- lengthly — Misspelled form of lengthy.
- lethargy — the quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic, or indifferent and lazy; apathetic or sluggish inactivity.
- levogyre — an anticlockwise spiral
- liaoyang — Pinyin, Wade-Giles. a city in central Liaoning province, in NE China.
- lingayat — a member of the Lingayata cult.
- livingly — in a lively, vivid manner
- lobbygow — an errand boy, as formerly in the Chinatown section of a city.
- lobbying — an entrance hall, corridor, or vestibule, as in a public building, often serving as an anteroom; foyer.
- logology — (obsolete) Scientific study of words.
- logotype — Also called logo. a single piece of type bearing two or more uncombined letters, a syllable, or a word.
- lollygag — lallygag.