8-letter words containing n, a, y
- urbanely — having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities: an urbane manner.
- urbanity — the quality of being urbane; refined courtesy or politeness; suavity: He was the last word in urbanity.
- vacantly — having no contents; empty; void: a vacant niche.
- vagrancy — the state or condition of being a vagrant: an arrest for vagrancy.
- valiancy — valiant nature or quality; valor; bravery; courage.
- van duyn — Mona, 1921–2004, U.S. poet: U.S. poet laureate 1992.
- van dyck — Sir Anthony, 1599–1641, Flemish painter.
- van eyck — Jan (jɑn). died 1441, Flemish painter; founder of the Flemish school of painting. His most famous work is the altarpiece The Adoration of the Lamb, in Ghent, in which he may have been assisted by his brother Hubert (ˈhyːbərt), died ?1426
- vanitory — a combined dressing table and lavatory basin.
- varnishy — glossy; like varnish
- vauntery — bravado; boasting
- venality — the condition or quality of being venal; openness to bribery or corruption.
- verdancy — green with vegetation; covered with growing plants or grass: a verdant oasis.
- vibrancy — moving to and fro rapidly; vibrating.
- vicenary — of, relating to, or consisting of twenty.
- villainy — the actions or conduct of a villain; outrageous wickedness.
- vinegary — of the nature of or resembling vinegar; sour; acid: a vinegary taste.
- vineyard — a plantation of grapevines, especially one producing grapes for winemaking.
- vinylate — to subject to vinylation.
- voyaging — a course of travel or passage, especially a long journey by water to a distant place.
- wagonway — A crude road for wagons.
- wantaway — a footballer who wants a transfer to another club
- wantonly — done, shown, used, etc., maliciously or unjustifiably: a wanton attack; wanton cruelty.
- wanwordy — without merit
- wardenry — the office, jurisdiction, or district of a warden.
- warranty — an act or an instance of warranting; assurance; authorization; warrant.
- waygoing — the act of leaving; departure; leavetaking.
- waypoint — a place or point between major points on a route.
- weaponry — weapons or weaponlike instruments collectively.
- wearying — Causing tiredness; tiring.
- wesleyan — of or relating to John Wesley, founder of Methodism.
- whinyard — a sword
- xenogamy — pollination of the stigma of a flower by pollen from a flower on another plant.
- xenophya — parts of a shell or skeleton formed by foreign bodies
- yachting — a vessel used for private cruising, racing, or other noncommercial purposes.
- yakimono — (in Japan) grilled, fried, or broiled food, esp meat
- yang tao — Chinese gooseberry.
- yangquan — a city in E Shanxi province, in NE China.
- yangshao — of or designating a Neolithic culture of N China c5000–3000 b.c., characterized by dwellings with sunken floors, domestication of the pig, and a fine handmade pottery painted mainly in geometric designs of spirals and circles.
- yangzhou — a city in central Jiangsu province, in E China.
- yankeefy — to cause to acquire Yankee traits or characteristics: She was afraid that a year in a Connecticut college had Yankeefied her speech.
- yanomama — Yanomamo.
- yanomamo — a member of an indigenous people of southern Venezuela and neighboring Brazil who live in scattered villages in the rain forests and conduct warfare against one another continually.
- yardland — virgate2 .
- yarraman — horse.
- yataghan — a Turkish saber having a doubly curved blade, concave toward the hilt, and a hilt with a prominent pommel and no guard.
- yawnsome — dull and boring; tiresome
- yeanling — the young of a sheep or goat; a lamb or kid.
- year end — the end of the financial year
- year-end — year's end; the end of a calendar year.