8-letter words containing l, g, y
- bullying — the intimidation of weaker people
- bullyrag — to bully, esp by means of cruel practical jokes
- burghley — William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. 1520–98, English statesman: chief adviser to Elizabeth I; secretary of state (1558–72) and Lord High Treasurer (1572–98)
- burglary — If someone commits a burglary, they enter a building by force and steal things. Burglary is the act of doing this.
- cacology — a bad choice of words; faulty speech
- calbayog — a city in the Philippines, on NW Samar.
- caringly — In a caring manner.
- cetology — the branch of zoology concerned with the study of whales (cetaceans)
- chaology — the study of chaos theory
- codology — the art or practice of bluffing or deception
- cogently — convincing or believable by virtue of forcible, clear, or incisive presentation; telling.
- cooingly — In a cooing way.
- cool guy — man: likeable
- copygirl — a girl employed by a newspaper or broadcast news office to carry copy and run errands
- craggily — full of crags.
- cryingly — exceptionally or markedly
- cryology — the study of snow and ice.
- cytology — the study of plant and animal cells, including their structure, function, and formation
- dallying — Present participle of dally.
- daringly — In a daring manner; boldly; courageously; fearlessly; impudently.
- day girl — a girl who attends a boarding school daily, but returns home each evening
- daylight — Daylight is the natural light that there is during the day, before it gets dark.
- decalogy — A set of ten works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as ten individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- dekalogy — a series of ten related works
- delaying — to put off to a later time; defer; postpone: The pilot delayed the flight until the weather cleared.
- delegacy — an elected standing committee at some British universities
- demology — the study of human populations, activities, and behaviour
- diaglyph — any instance of artwork carved into the surface of a hard substance (predominantly stone or metal), such that the design is set back from the surface; an intaglio
- diglycol — diethylene glycol.
- dillybag — (Australia) Alternative form of dilly bag.
- doggedly — persistent in effort; stubbornly tenacious: a dogged worker.
- dollying — Present participle of dolly.
- dosology — Posology; the study of dosages of drugs.
- dotingly — In a doting manner.
- doxology — a hymn or form of words containing an ascription of praise to God.
- dung fly — any of various muscid flies of the subfamily Cordilurinae, such as the predatory yellow dung fly (Scatophaga stercoraria), that frequents cowpats to feed and lay its eggs
- dyslogia — inability to express ideas because of faulty reasoning or speech, due to a mental disorder.
- e galaxy — a type of galaxy having the shape of a spheroid or ellipsoid, rather than a disk.
- ecycling — the process of recycling electronic equipment or components
- egg yolk — yellow part of an egg
- elegancy — Alternative form of elegance.
- eligibly — In an eligible manner.
- erringly — In an erring manner; with mistakes or sins.
- ethology — The science of animal behavior.
- etiology — The cause, set of causes, or manner of causation of a disease or condition.
- eyeglass — A single lens for correcting or assisting defective eyesight, especially a monocle.
- fall guy — an easy victim.
- fetology — a field of medicine involving the study, diagnosis, and treatment of the fetus.
- flag day — June 14, the anniversary of the day (June 14, 1777) when Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes as the national flag of the United States.
- fly high — having a great or considerable extent or reach upward or vertically; lofty; tall: a high wall.