8-letter words containing n, t, y
- blankety — a euphemism for any taboo word
- blantyre — a city in S Malawi: includes the former town of Limbe.
- blatancy — a blatant quality or thing
- bonytail — a fish, Gila elegans, found in the Colorado River, having flaring fins and a thin caudal peduncle.
- bothyman — a person who lives in a bothy
- bovinity — the state of being bovine
- brittany — a region of NW France, the peninsula between the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay: settled by Celtic refugees from Wales and Cornwall during the Anglo-Saxon invasions; disputed between England and France until 1364
- buttyman — a male homosexual
- butylene — any of four alkenes, including isobutylene, having the same formula, C4H8, but differing in properties and structure
- buy into — If you buy into a company or an organization, you buy part of it, often in order to gain some control of it.
- by turns — You can use by turns to indicate that someone has two particular emotions or qualities, one after the other.
- caninity — the quality or state of being canine
- cantigny — a village in N France, S of Amiens: first major battle of U.S. forces in World War I, May 1918.
- cartoony — cartoonish
- catenary — the curve assumed by a heavy uniform flexible cord hanging freely from two points. When symmetrical about the y-axis and intersecting it at y = a, the equation is y = a cosh x/a
- centaury — any Eurasian plant of the genus Centaurium, esp C. erythraea, having purplish-pink flowers and formerly believed to have medicinal properties: family Gentianaceae
- centiday — One one-hundredth (1/100) of one day; that is, 14 minutes and 24 seconds.
- chanteys — Plural form of chantey.
- chutneys — Plural form of chutney.
- cloyment — satiety
- cogently — convincing or believable by virtue of forcible, clear, or incisive presentation; telling.
- conceity — full of conceit
- conicity — the state of being conical
- contrary — Ideas, attitudes, or reactions that are contrary to each other are completely different from each other.
- cornetcy — the commission or rank of a cornet
- corybant — a wild attendant of the goddess Cybele
- counthry — Irish eye dialect spelling of country.
- countrey — Archaic spelling of country.
- courtney — a feminine and masculine name
- coventry — a city in central England, in Coventry unitary authority, West Midlands: devastated in World War II; modern cathedral (1954–62); industrial centre, esp for motor vehicles; two universities (1965, 1992). Pop: 303 475 (2001)
- cryonaut — a person whose dead body has been preserved by the technique of cryonics.
- cryotron — a miniature switch working at the temperature of liquid helium and depending for its action on the production and destruction of superconducting properties in the conductor
- cryptand — (chemistry) any of a class of polycyclic compounds related to the crown ethers, having three chains attached at two nitrogen atoms.
- curranty — full of currants
- cyanates — Plural form of cyanate.
- cyanotic — blueness or lividness of the skin, as from imperfectly oxygenated blood.
- cyanuret — cyanide
- cymation — cymatium.
- cynodont — a carnivorous mammal-like reptile of the late Permian and Triassic periods, whose specialized teeth were well developed
- cysteine — a sulphur-containing amino acid, present in proteins, that oxidizes on exposure to air to form cystine. Formula: HSCH2CH(NH2)COOH
- cytidine — a nucleoside formed by the condensation of cytosine and ribose
- cytisine — a toxic alkaloid found in several species of plants, similar in molecular structure to nicotine
- cytogeny — (biology) cell production or development; cytogenesis.
- cytokine — any of various proteins, secreted by cells, that carry signals to neighbouring cells. Cytokines include interferon
- cytosine — a white crystalline pyrimidine occurring in nucleic acids; 6-amino-2-hydroxy pyrimidine. Formula: C4H5N3O
- cytozoon — a parasite, especially a protozoon, living within a cell.
- daintily — of delicate beauty; exquisite: a dainty lace handkerchief.
- dancetty — having a zigzag pattern
- daventry — a town in central England, in Northamptonshire: light industries, site of an important international radio transmitter. Pop: 21 731 (2001)
- decently — conforming to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc., as in behavior or speech.