8-letter words containing n, y, o, r
- onwardly — moving forward; advancing
- orangery — a warm place, as a greenhouse, in which orange trees are cultivated in cool climates.
- ordinary — of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person.
- oriskany — a village in central New York, near Utica: battle 1777.
- ornately — elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so: They bought an ornate Louis XIV sofa.
- overmany — an excess of people
- oxymoron — a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly.”.
- paronymy — a play on words
- patronly — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- patronym — patronymic (defs 3, 4).
- pigeonry — a loft for keeping pigeons in; dovecote; pigeon house
- podgorny — Nikolai Viktorovich [nyi-kuh-lahy vyeek-tuh-ruh-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ ˈvyik tə rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–83, Russian government official: president of the Soviet Union 1965–77.
- propenyl — containing the propenyl group.
- propylon — propylaeum.
- pyranoid — relating to the structure of a pyranose
- pyranose — any monosaccharide having a pyran ring structure.
- pyrenoid — a spherical protein structure found within chloroplasts of certain algae and hornworts.
- pyronine — a xanthine dye used for detecting the presence of RNA.
- pyroxene — any of a very common group of minerals of many varieties, silicates of magnesium, iron, calcium, and other elements, occurring as important constituents of many kinds of rocks, especially basic igneous rocks.
- randomly — proceeding, made, or occurring without definite aim, reason, or pattern: the random selection of numbers.
- re-enjoy — to experience with joy; take pleasure in: He enjoys Chinese food.
- reconvey — to convey again.
- renotify — to notify again
- rent boy — A rent boy is a boy or young man who has sex with men for money.
- retronym — a term coined in modification of an original term that was used alone (as acoustic guitar instead of guitar ) to distinguish it from a term referring to a later development (as electric guitar ). Other examples of retronyms are snail mail and analog watch .
- reynolds — a male given name, form of Reginald.
- ribbonry — ribbons or ribbon work
- rohypnol — Rohypnol is a powerful drug that makes a person semi-conscious.
- rovingly — in a roving manner
- ryojunko — former Japanese name of Lüshun.
- saffrony — saffron-coloured
- sanatory — favorable for health; curative; healing.
- sardonyx — a chalcedony that is used for cameos and has sard and chalcedony of another color, usually white, arranged in straight parallel bands.
- sayonara — a Japanese farewell
- scroungy — given to or characterized by scrounging.
- serotiny — the quality or condition of being serotine
- signiory — seigniory.
- skyborne — airborne.
- skyrmion — a particle consisting of a magnetic field surrounding a group of atoms
- slovenry — slovenliness
- snobbery — snobbish character, conduct, trait, or act.
- snottery — snot or filth
- sonority — the condition or quality of being resonant or sonorous.
- spray-on — applied by means of an aerosol spray
- strongly — with great strength or force: wind blowing strongly from the west.
- synchro- — indicating synchronization
- syndrome — Pathology, Psychiatry. a group of symptoms that together are characteristic of a specific disorder, disease, or the like.
- threnody — a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; funeral song.
- thyroxin — Biochemistry. the thyroid gland hormone that regulates the metabolic rate of the body.
- tyrolean — of, relating to, or characteristic of the Tyrol or its inhabitants.