8-letter words containing n, y, o, r
- meronyms — Plural form of meronym.
- meronymy — (semantics) The relationship of being a constituent part or member of something; a system of meronyms.
- minatory — menacing; threatening.
- minority — the smaller part or number; a number, part, or amount forming less than half of the whole.
- modernly — of or relating to present and recent time; not ancient or remote: modern city life.
- monandry — the practice or condition of having one husband at a time.
- monarchy — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
- monetary — of or relating to the coinage or currency of a country.
- monitory — serving to admonish or warn; admonitory.
- monstery — Resembling a monster.
- monterey — a city in W California, on Monterey Bay: the capital of California until 1847.
- mordancy — the quality of being mordant; sharpness.
- mornynge — Obsolete spelling of morning.
- moronity — Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment: I wonder why they elected that narrow-minded moron to Congress.
- mulroney — (Martin) Brian, born 1939, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1984–93.
- myrmidon — Classical Mythology. one of the warlike people of ancient Thessaly who accompanied Achilles to the Trojan War.
- narrowly — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- natatory — pertaining to, adapted for, or characterized by swimming: natatorial birds.
- necropsy — the examination of a body after death; autopsy.
- negatory — marked by negation; denying; negative.
- neocracy — Government by the new or inexperienced.
- new york — Also called New York State. a state in the NE United States. 49,576 sq. mi. (128,400 sq. km). Capital: Albany. Abbreviation: NY (for use with zip code), N.Y.
- nitrosyl — nitroso.
- nitroxyl — the chemical compound HNO
- no entry — no way in
- noctuary — a journal of what happens in the night
- nomarchy — one of the provinces into which modern Greece is divided.
- noncyber — Not cyber; noncomputer.
- nondairy — being a substitute for milk or milk products; containing no dairy ingredients: nondairy whipped topping for the pie.
- nondiary — Not of or relating to a diary.
- nonentry — the failure of a tenant's heir to renew investiture after the tenant's death
- nonhairy — Not hairy.
- nonhardy — characterized by fragility or incapable of surviving under difficult conditions
- nonlyric — (of poetry) not in a lyric style
- nonparty — a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.: a cocktail party.
- nonpayer — One who is not a payer, who does not pay.
- nonroyal — not royal
- nonstory — a story of little interest, substance, or importance
- noometry — a term used by the satirical novelist Thomas Love Peacock to mean 'measurement of the mind'
- 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.
- normandy — a region in N France along the English Channel: invaded and settled by Scandinavians in the 10th century, becoming a duchy in a.d. 911; later a province, the capital of which was Rouen; Allied invasion in World War II began here June 6, 1944.
- not very — hardly, only a little
- novenary — A group of nine.
- nugatory — of no real value; trifling; worthless.
- nyetwork — notwork
- o. henry — Cole, 1893–1964, U.S. composer.
- octonary — pertaining to the number 8.
- omnivory — the state of being omnivorous
- onolatry — Worship of the ass or donkey.