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8-letter words containing n, o, s, y

  • acronyms — a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words and pronounced as a separate word, as Wac from Women's Army Corps, OPEC from Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or loran from long-range navigation.
  • ankylose — (of bones in a joint, etc) to fuse or stiffen by ankylosis
  • anodynes — Plural form of anodyne.
  • antonyms — a word opposite in meaning to another. Fast is an antonym of slow. Compare synonym (def 1).
  • anybodys — a person of some importance: If you're anybody, you'll receive an invitation.
  • autonyms — Plural form of autonym.
  • baloneys — Plural form of baloney.
  • bayonets — Plural form of bayonet.
  • bowyangs — a pair of strings or straps secured round each trouser leg below the knee, worn esp by sheep-shearers and other labourers
  • byronism — of or relating to Lord Byron.
  • carryons — Plural form of carryon.
  • chymosin — (enzyme) The proteolytic enzyme rennin.
  • cockneys — Plural form of cockney.
  • colonsay — an island in W Scotland, in the Inner Hebrides. Area: about 41 sq km (16 sq miles)
  • condyles — Plural form of condyle.
  • cousinly — like or befitting a cousin.
  • cousinry — a collection of cousins
  • cronyism — If you accuse someone in authority of cronyism, you mean that they use their power or authority to get jobs for their friends.
  • cryogens — Plural form of cryogen.
  • cryonics — the practice of freezing a human corpse in the hope of restoring it to life in the future
  • cushiony — soft and comfortable like a cushion.
  • cyaneous — deep blue; cerulean.
  • cyanosed — (pathology) Afflicted with cyanosis.
  • cyanosis — a bluish-purple discoloration of skin and mucous membranes usually resulting from a deficiency of oxygen in the blood
  • cyclones — Plural form of cyclone.
  • cynosure — a person or thing that attracts notice, esp because of its brilliance or beauty
  • cytosine — a white crystalline pyrimidine occurring in nucleic acids; 6-amino-2-hydroxy pyrimidine. Formula: C4H5N3O
  • dionysia — The orgiastic Ancient Greek festivals seasonally held in honor of Dionysus, which evolved into Greek comedy and tragedy.
  • dionysus — the god of fertility, wine, and drama; Bacchus.
  • doyennes — Plural form of doyenne.
  • drystone — (of a stone wall) built without using mortar.
  • duopsony — the market condition that exists when there are only two buyers.
  • dysgonic — growing poorly on artificial media, as certain bacteria (opposed to eugonic).
  • dyspnoea — Alternative spelling of dyspnea.
  • dystonia — abnormal tone of any tissue.
  • dystonic — abnormal tone of any tissue.
  • ecdysone — an insect hormone that stimulates metamorphosis.
  • enhydros — a piece of chalcedony that contains water
  • eponymes — Plural form of eponyme.
  • eryngoes — Plural form of eryngo.
  • euonymus — A shrub or small tree that is widely cultivated for its autumn colors and bright fruit.
  • eyestone — A small, lenticular, calcareous body, especially an operculum of a small shell of the family Tubinidae, used to remove a foreign substance from the eye.
  • fashiony — of or relating to fashion; fashionable; trendy
  • geognosy — Archaic. a science dealing with the constituent parts of the earth, its envelope of air and water, its crust, and the condition of its interior.
  • gryphons — Plural form of gryphon.
  • gynobase — an elevation of the receptacle of a flower, bearing the gynoecium.
  • halcyons — Plural form of halcyon.
  • henryson — Robert. ?1430–?1506, Scottish poet. His works include Testament of Cresseid (1593), a sequel to Chaucer's Troilus and Cressida, the 13 Moral Fables of Esope the Phrygian, and the pastoral dialogue Robene and Makyne
  • holyness — Alternative spelling of holiness.
  • homonyms — Phonetics. a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as heir and air; a homophone (def 1).

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