8-letter words containing n, a, y
- naysayer — a person who habitually expresses negative or pessimistic views: Despite a general feeling that things were going well, a few naysayers tried to cast gloom.
- ne'erday — New Year's Day
- negatory — marked by negation; denying; negative.
- neocracy — Government by the new or inexperienced.
- net play — play made from a position close to the net
- netnanny — (networking) A small program for children to block access to certain sites.
- neurally — of or relating to a nerve or the nervous system.
- new year — New Year's Day.
- newslady — A newswoman.
- neyagawa — a city in S Honshu, Japan: a suburb of Osaka.
- no savvy — I don't (he doesn't, etc) understand
- noctuary — a journal of what happens in the night
- nodality — pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- nomarchy — one of the provinces into which modern Greece is divided.
- nondairy — being a substitute for milk or milk products; containing no dairy ingredients: nondairy whipped topping for the pie.
- nondiary — Not of or relating to a diary.
- nonfatty — not fatty, not characterized by or composed of fat
- nonhairy — Not hairy.
- nonhappy — (philosophy) Not happy.
- nonhardy — characterized by fragility or incapable of surviving under difficult conditions
- nonleafy — not leafy, having no leaves
- nonloyal — not loyal, lacking loyalty
- nonparty — a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.: a cocktail party.
- nonpayer — One who is not a payer, who does not pay.
- nonroyal — not royal
- normalcy — the quality or condition of being normal, as the general economic, political, and social conditions of a nation; normality: After months of living in a state of tension, all yearned for a return to normalcy.
- normally — in a normal or regular way: The wound is healing normally.
- normandy — a region in N France along the English Channel: invaded and settled by Scandinavians in the 10th century, becoming a duchy in a.d. 911; later a province, the capital of which was Rouen; Allied invasion in World War II began here June 6, 1944.
- nosegays — a small bunch of flowers; bouquet; posy.
- nostalgy — nostalgia.
- nottaway — a river in SW Quebec, Canada, flowing NW to James Bay. 140 miles (225 km) long.
- nottoway — a river in S Virginia, flowing SE to the Blackwater River at the North Carolina border. 170 miles (274 km) long.
- novenary — A group of nine.
- nowadays — at the present day; in these times: Few people do their laundry by hand nowadays.
- nugacity — triviality; insignificance.
- nugatory — of no real value; trifling; worthless.
- numeracy — to represent numbers by symbols.
- numerary — of or relating to a number or numbers.
- nyatitis — Plural form of nyatiti.
- nycturia — a condition in which one often wakes up during the night to urinate.
- nymphaea — a room or area having a fountain, statues, flowers, etc.
- nymphean — Of or pertaining to a nymph or nymphs.
- nystatin — a light-yellow antibiotic powder, C 4 6 H 7 7 NO 1 9 , produced by the microorganism Streptomyces noursei and used as an antifungal for infections due to various susceptible fungi, especially those of the genus Candida that primarily infect the skin, mucous membranes, gastrointestinal tract, and vagina.
- octonary — pertaining to the number 8.
- odyssean — (italics) an epic poem attributed to Homer, describing Odysseus's adventures in his ten-year attempt to return home to Ithaca after the Trojan War.
- olympian — pertaining to Mount Olympus or dwelling thereon, as the gods of classical Greece.
- one-many — (of a relation) having the property that an element may be assigned to several elements but that given an element, only one may be assigned to it.
- onolatry — Worship of the ass or donkey.
- onwardly — moving forward; advancing
- open day — An open day is a day on which members of the public are encouraged to visit a particular school, university, or other institution to see what it is like.