8-letter words containing l, y, e
- interlay — to lay between; interpose.
- intirely — Obsolete spelling of entirely.
- irefully — In an ireful manner; angrily; wrathfully.
- jackelyn — a female given name.
- jaggedly — having ragged notches, points, or teeth; zigzag: the jagged edge of a saw; a jagged wound.
- jealousy — jealous resentment against a rival, a person enjoying success or advantage, etc., or against another's success or advantage itself.
- jejunely — In a jejune manner.
- 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.
- jewelery — Misspelling of jewellery (UK).
- jocosely — given to or characterized by joking; jesting; humorous; playful: a jocose and amusing manner.
- jugglery — the art or practice of a juggler, especially sleight of hand.
- juryless — Without a jury.
- kablooey — (colloquial) alternative spelling of kablooie.
- kaleyard — a kitchen garden.
- katalyze — catalyze.
- keighley — a town in N England, in Bradford unitary authority, West Yorkshire, on the River Aire: textile industry. Pop: 49 453 (2001)
- keneally — Thomas (Michael). born 1935, Australian writer. His novels include the Booker prizewinner Schindler's Ark (1982); other works are The Playmaker (1987), The Great Shame (1998), and The Woman and Her Hero (2007)
- kennelly — Arthur Edwin. 1861–1939, US electrical engineer: independently of Heaviside, he predicted the existence of an ionized layer in the upper atmosphere, known as the Kennelly-Heaviside layer or E region
- kernelly — with or like a kernel or kernels
- key club — a private nightclub admitting only members and their guests, the members often being given door keys to the club.
- key lime — a yellow lime with a bitter rather than sour taste.
- keyclick — (computing) The sound produced by a keypress.
- keyholes — Plural form of keyhole.
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- kielbasy — a smoked sausage of coarsely chopped beef and pork, flavored with garlic and spices.
- kilkenny — a county in Leinster, in the SE Republic of Ireland. 796 sq. mi. (2060 sq. km).
- kilobyte — 1024 (2 10) bytes.
- kimberly — a city in E Cape of Good Hope province, in the central Republic of South Africa: diamond mines.
- kingsley — Charles, 1819–75, English clergyman, novelist, and poet.
- kiyoodle — a worthless dog; mongrel.
- klondyke — Alt form klondike.
- knowsley — a unitary authority of NW England, in Merseyside. Pop: 150 200 (2003 est). Area: 97 sq km (38 sq miles)
- koldewey — Robert [rob-ert;; German roh-bert] /ˈrɒb ərt;; German ˈroʊ bɛrt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1925, German archaeologist.
- kyrielle — a verse form of French origin characterized by repeated lines or words
- ladyfied — Simple past tense and past participle of ladyfy.
- ladylike — like a lady.
- ladylove — a beloved woman; sweetheart or mistress.
- lamasery — a monastery of lamas.
- lambency — the quality of being lambent.
- lampreys — Plural form of lamprey.
- lancegay — a lance used in medieval times
- lane-way — a lane
- laneways — Plural form of laneway.
- 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.
- latchkey — a key for releasing a latch or springlock, especially on an outer door.
- latently — present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential: latent ability.
- latterly — of late; lately: He has been latterly finding much to keep himself busy.
- lawyered — Simple past tense and past participle of lawyer.
- lawyerly — a person whose profession is to represent clients in a court of law or to advise or act for clients in other legal matters.