8-letter words containing n, a, y
- yearling — an animal in its second year.
- yearlong — lasting for a year.
- yearneth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of yearn.
- yearnful — Filled with yearning; desirous; mournful; distressing.
- yearning — deep longing, especially when accompanied by tenderness or sadness: a widower's yearning for his wife.
- yeomanly — of the condition or rank of a yeoman.
- yeomanry — yeomen collectively.
- yersinia — A Gram-negative bacterium, of the genus Yersinia, that is an etiological agent of several diseases in animals and humans, notably Yersinia pestis, which causes bubonic plague.
- yin-yang — (in Chinese philosophy and religion) two principles, one negative, dark, and feminine (yin) and one positive, bright, and masculine (yang) whose interaction influences the destinies of creatures and things.
- yinchuan — an administrative division in N China. 25,640 sq. mi. (66,400 sq. km). Capital: Yinchuan.
- yokozuna — A grand champion sumo wrestler.
- yottaton — A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many septillion tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy.
- you mean — You use 'you mean' in a question to check that you have understood what someone has said.
- yuan tan — an annual Chinese festival marking the Chinese New Year. It can last over three days and includes the exchange of gifts, firework displays, and dancing
- yungchia — Older Spelling. Yongjia.
- zamyatin — Yevgenii Ivanovich (jɪvˈɡjenij ɪˈvanəvitʃ). 1884–1937, Russian novelist and writer, in Paris from 1931, whose works include satirical studies of provincial life in Russia and England, where he worked during World War I, and the dystopian novel We (1924)
- zoomancy — foreseeing the future through observing the actions of animals
- zygaenid — of or relating to the burnet moth genus, Zygaena