8-letter words containing o, y, a
- cowardry — Lb uncommon Cowardice.
- cramoisy — of a crimson colour
- crayoned — Simple past tense and past participle of crayon.
- croakily — In a croaky manner.
- crossway — a junction
- cryobank — a facility for storing living tissue, such as sperm, embryos, cells, etc, at a low temperature
- cryonaut — a person whose dead body has been preserved by the technique of cryonics.
- cryostat — an apparatus for maintaining a constant low temperature or a vessel in which a substance is stored at a low temperature
- curatory — the office of a curator
- cyaneous — deep blue; cerulean.
- cyanogen — an extremely poisonous colourless flammable gas with an almond-like odour: has been used in chemical warfare. Formula: (CN)2
- cyanosed — (pathology) Afflicted with cyanosis.
- cyanosis — a bluish-purple discoloration of skin and mucous membranes usually resulting from a deficiency of oxygen in the blood
- cyanotic — blueness or lividness of the skin, as from imperfectly oxygenated blood.
- cyclonal — of or like a cyclone.
- cyclopia — a congenital defect characterized by fusion of the orbits into a single cavity containing one eye.
- cymation — cymatium.
- cymbalom — cimbalom
- dactylo- — finger or toe
- dalmahoy — a bushy wig
- dan buoy — a small buoy used as a marker at sea
- day mode — phase
- day room — A day room is a room in a hospital where patients can sit and relax during the day.
- daybooks — Plural form of daybook.
- deaconry — the office or status of a deacon
- decalogy — A set of ten works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as ten individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- dekalogy — a series of ten related works
- delannoy — Marcel [mar-sel] /marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1898–1962, French composer.
- demagogy — You can refer to a method of political rule as demagogy if you disapprove of it because you think it involves appealing to people's emotions rather than using reasonable arguments.
- diadochy — the replacement of one element in a crystal by another
- diaphony — a style of two-part polyphonic singing; organum or a freer form resembling it
- dilatory — tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
- dionysia — The orgiastic Ancient Greek festivals seasonally held in honor of Dionysus, which evolved into Greek comedy and tragedy.
- disloyal — false to one's obligations or allegiances; not loyal; faithless; treacherous.
- docimasy — the close examination of a person or substance in order to determine nature, quality and characteristics, formerly used to describe the evaluation of aspirants for public office or citizenship in Ancient Greece, now used of assaying metallic ores
- dockyard — a waterside area containing docks, workshops, warehouses, etc., for building, outfitting, and repairing ships, for storing naval supplies, etc.
- dog days — hot summer period
- dohnanyi — Ernst von [ernst fuh n] /ɛrnst fən/ (Show IPA), or Ernő [er-nœ] /ˈɛr nœ/ (Show IPA), 1877–1960, Hungarian pianist and composer in the U.S.
- dollyman — a technician who moves or pushes the camera dolly during or between shots.
- domesday — doomsday.
- donatary — the recipient of a donation
- donatory — a donee of the king, especially one given the right by the king to property obtained by escheat or forfeit.
- donleavy — J(ames) P(atrick) born 1926, U.S. novelist.
- doolally — Temporarily deranged or feebleminded.
- doomsday — the day of the Last Judgment, at the end of the world.
- doorways — Plural form of doorway.
- dooryard — a yard in front of the door of a house.
- dormancy — the state of being dormant.
- dorsally — of, relating to, or situated at the back, or dorsum.
- dounreay — the site in N Scotland of a nuclear power station, which contained the world's first fast-breeder reactor (1962–77). A prototype fast-breeder operated from 1974 until 1994: a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant has also operated at the site