8-letter words containing o, r, i, y
- fortuity — the state or quality of being fortuitous; fortuitous character.
- fortyish — approaching or around the age of 40 years.
- frostily — characterized by or producing frost; freezing; very cold: frosty weather.
- frothily — In a frothy way.
- frowzily — in a frowzy or unkempt manner
- fumitory — any plant of the genus Fumaria, especially a delicate herb, F. officinalis, having finely dissected, grayish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers.
- glorying — Present participle of glory.
- gossipry — Spiritual relationship or affinity; gossiprede; special intimacy.
- groggily — staggering, as from exhaustion or blows: a boxer groggy from his opponent's hard left jab.
- gyration — the act of gyrating; circular or spiral motion; revolution; rotation; whirling.
- gyroidal — having a spiral arrangement.
- gyrolite — calcium silicate hydroxide in a hydrated form
- hickorys — a city in W North Carolina.
- holiatry — holism (def 2).
- horribly — causing or tending to cause horror; shockingly dreadful: a horrible sight.
- horridly — such as to cause horror; shockingly dreadful; abominable.
- hydroids — Plural form of hydroid.
- hydronic — of or relating to a heating system for a building in which the medium for carrying heat throughout the structure is circulating water, especially when the circulation is aided by a pump.
- hydropic — dropsical.
- hydroski — a hydrofoil attached to a seaplane to aid in takeoffs and landings.
- hyperion — Classical Mythology. a Titan, the father of Helios, Selene, and Eos.
- hyracoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the mammalian order Hyracoidea, which contains the hyraxes
- hystoric — Nonstandard spelling of historic.
- idolatry — the religious worship of idols.
- illusory — causing illusion; deceptive; misleading.
- incisory — adapted for cutting, as the incisor teeth.
- iodyrite — a mineral, AgI, that is a naturally occurring form of silver iodide, is yellowish or greenish in colour, is found in parts of Central and South America, and is hexagonal in shape
- irrisory — Expressing irrision; mocking.
- isocracy — a government in which all individuals have equal political power.
- isocryme — a line on a map connecting points that have the same temperature during the coldest period of a year
- isometry — equality of measure.
- isospory — the condition of having spores of only one kind
- isotropy — Physics. of equal physical properties along all axes. Compare anisotropic (def 1).
- joy ride — a pleasure ride in an automobile, especially when the vehicle is driven recklessly or used without the owner's permission.
- joyrider — A person who goes on a joyride.
- joyrides — Plural form of joyride.
- karyotin — chromatin
- kilogray — one thousand grays
- koriyama — a city on E central Honshu, in Japan.
- libatory — relating to libation
- lyriform — shaped like a lyre.
- majority — the greater part or number; the number larger than half the total (opposed to minority): the majority of the population.
- midstory — the layer of vegetation in a forest that consists of those trees whose height is in between the heights of the smallest and tallest trees
- minatory — menacing; threatening.
- minority — the smaller part or number; a number, part, or amount forming less than half of the whole.
- molarity — the number of moles of solute per liter of solution.
- monitory — serving to admonish or warn; admonitory.
- morality — conformity to the rules of right conduct; moral or virtuous conduct.
- morbidly — suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.: a morbid interest in death.
- mormyrid — any of numerous African freshwater fishes of the family Mormyridae, many species of which have an elongated snout and are capable of producing an electric discharge.