8-letter words containing l, o, n, y
- gluttony — excessive eating and drinking.
- glycogen — a white, tasteless polysaccharide, (C 6 H 10 O 5) n , molecularly similar to starch, constituting the principal carbohydrate storage material in animals and occurring chiefly in the liver, in muscle, and in fungi and yeasts.
- glyconic — (of a line of verse) consisting of three trochees and one dactyl
- goldenly — In a golden manner.
- halcyone — a third-magnitude star in the constellation Taurus: brightest star in the Pleiades.
- halcyons — Plural form of halcyon.
- hologyny — the inheritance of genetic traits through females only
- holonymy — (countable, semantics) A semantic relation that exists between a term denoting a whole (the holonym) and a term denoting a part that pertains to the whole (the meronym).
- holy man — priest, spiritual leader
- holy one — God. Isa. 10:20.
- holyness — Alternative spelling of holiness.
- honestly — in an honest manner.
- honeyful — full of honey
- hopingly — in a hopeful manner
- horn fly — a small bloodsucking fly, Haematobia irritans, that is a pest, especially of cattle.
- hyalogen — any of several insoluble substances found in many animal structures such as cartilage which yield sugars on hydrolysis structures
- jocundly — In a jocund manner.
- 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.
- klondyke — Alt form klondike.
- klystron — An electron tube that generates or amplifies microwaves by velocity modulation.
- knottily — In a knotty way.
- knowsley — a unitary authority of NW England, in Merseyside. Pop: 150 200 (2003 est). Area: 97 sq km (38 sq miles)
- kolinsky — an Asian mink, Mustela sibirica, having buff or tawny fur.
- lanosity — lanate.
- laryngo- — indicating the larynx
- lay down — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- lay into — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- lay open — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- laywoman — a woman who is not a member of the clergy.
- laywomen — a woman who is not a member of the clergy.
- liaoyang — Pinyin, Wade-Giles. a city in central Liaoning province, in NE China.
- liaoyuan — a city in SE Jilin province, in NE China.
- linotype — to typeset on a Linotype machine.
- lobbying — an entrance hall, corridor, or vestibule, as in a public building, often serving as an anteroom; foyer.
- lonelily — affected with, characterized by, or causing a depressing feeling of being alone; lonesome.
- long-day — requiring a long photoperiod in order to flower.
- longways — longwise.
- losingly — in a losing manner
- lovingly — feeling or showing love; warmly affectionate; fond: loving glances.
- lycaonia — an ancient country in S Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- lycopene — a red crystalline substance, C 40 H 56 , that is the main pigment of certain fruits, as the tomato and paprika, and is a precursor to carotene in plant biosynthesis.
- lynbrook — a village on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- lynnwood — a city in NW Washington.
- lyonnais — a former province in E France.
- lysogens — Plural form of lysogen.
- lysogeny — the state of being lysogenic.
- manyfold — by many times; by multiples: The state's highway expenses have increased manyfold in the past decade.
- matronly — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a matron; maturely dignified; stately.
- menology — a calendar of the months.