8-letter words containing o, y, a
- moratory — authorizing delay of payment: a moratory law.
- mordancy — the quality of being mordant; sharpness.
- mortally — subject to death; having a transitory life: all mortal creatures.
- mortuary — funeral home.
- motorway — an expressway.
- moveably — in a movable manner
- moyamoya — (medicine) A disease in which certain arteries in the brain are constricted.
- mulloway — a large Australian saltwater fish, Sciaena antarctica. regarded as a culinary delicacy.
- mutatory — subject to change; variable
- myatonia — deficient muscle tone.
- mycetoma — a chronic tumorous infection caused by any of various soil-dwelling fungi, usually affecting the foot.
- mycostat — a substance or preparation that prevents or inhibits the growth of molds.
- myelomas — Plural form of myeloma.
- myoblast — any of the cells derived from the mesoderm in the vertebrate embryo that develop into muscle tissue.
- myograph — an instrument for recording the contractions and relaxations of muscles.
- myokymia — twitching of individual segments of a muscle.
- myomancy — a form of divination by observing mice
- myopathy — any abnormality or disease of muscle tissue.
- myospasm — A sudden, involuntary spasmodic contraction of a muscle.
- myotonia — tonic muscle spasm or muscular rigidity.
- myriapod — any arthropod of the group Myriapoda, having an elongated segmented body with numerous paired, jointed legs, formerly classified as a class comprising the centipedes and millipedes.
- myxomata — Plural form of myxoma.
- nancyboy — (slang, derogatory) An effeminate or homosexual man.
- 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.
- natatory — pertaining to, adapted for, or characterized by swimming: natatorial birds.
- negatory — marked by negation; denying; negative.
- neocracy — Government by the new or inexperienced.
- no savvy — I don't (he doesn't, etc) understand
- noctuary — a journal of what happens in the night
- nodality — pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- nomarchy — one of the provinces into which modern Greece is divided.
- 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.
- nonfatty — not fatty, not characterized by or composed of fat
- nonhairy — Not hairy.
- nonhappy — (philosophy) Not happy.
- nonhardy — characterized by fragility or incapable of surviving under difficult conditions
- nonleafy — not leafy, having no leaves
- nonloyal — not loyal, lacking loyalty
- 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
- 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.
- nosegays — a small bunch of flowers; bouquet; posy.
- nostalgy — nostalgia.
- nottaway — a river in SW Quebec, Canada, flowing NW to James Bay. 140 miles (225 km) long.
- nottoway — a river in S Virginia, flowing SE to the Blackwater River at the North Carolina border. 170 miles (274 km) long.