8-letter words containing n, o, y, l
- modernly — of or relating to present and recent time; not ancient or remote: modern city life.
- moltenly — in a molten or liquefied manner
- momently — with every moment; from moment to moment.
- monology — the act or habit of soliloquizing.
- monopoly — exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices. Compare duopoly, oligopoly.
- mopingly — in a moping or dejected manner
- movingly — capable of or having movement: a moving object.
- mulroney — (Martin) Brian, born 1939, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1984–93.
- mylonite — Geology. a rock that has been crushed and sheared to such an extent that its original texture has been destroyed.
- narrowly — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- nasology — the scientific study of noses.
- neostyle — a manifolding device similar to the cyclostyle.
- nitrosyl — nitroso.
- nitroxyl — the chemical compound HNO
- nobility — the noble class or the body of nobles in a country.
- nocently — in a nocent manner; harmfully
- nodality — pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- nomology — the science of law or laws.
- nonleafy — not leafy, having no leaves
- nonloyal — not loyal, lacking loyalty
- nonlyric — (of poetry) not in a lyric style
- nonroyal — not royal
- nonstyle — a style that cannot be identified as such
- 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.
- nosology — the systematic classification of diseases.
- nostalgy — nostalgia.
- not only — not being restricted to
- oblongly — In an oblong orientation.
- oenology — the science of viniculture.
- olympian — pertaining to Mount Olympus or dwelling thereon, as the gods of classical Greece.
- olynthus — an ancient city in NE Greece, on the Chalcidice Peninsula.
- oncology — the branch of medical science dealing with tumors, including the origin, development, diagnosis, and treatment of malignant neoplasms.
- only too — without others or anything further; alone; solely; exclusively: This information is for your eyes only.
- onolatry — Worship of the ass or donkey.
- ontology — the branch of metaphysics that studies the nature of existence or being as such.
- onwardly — moving forward; advancing
- ornately — elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so: They bought an ornate Louis XIV sofa.
- outlying — lying at a distance from the center or the main body; remote; out-of-the-way: outlying military posts.
- palimony — a form of alimony awarded to one of the partners in a romantic relationship after the breakup of that relationship following a long period of living together.
- patronly — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- penology — the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
- playdown — a play-off.
- polyaxon — a nerve cell with multiple branches
- polyenic — relating to a polyene
- polygene — one of a group of nonallelic genes that together control a quantitative characteristic in an organism.
- polygyny — the practice or condition of having more than one wife at one time.
- polyonym — a word with the same meaning as another word; synonym
- polyphon — a large clockwork or hand-operated music box
- polypine — relating to polyps