8-letter words containing o, y, a
- hoorayed — Simple past tense and past participle of hooray.
- horseway — a bridleway
- huancayo — a city in central Peru, on the Mantaro River.
- hyalogen — any of several insoluble substances found in many animal structures such as cartilage which yield sugars on hydrolysis structures
- hydatoid — watery; resembling water; transparent
- hydrator — something that hydrates.
- hydrolat — An aromatic hydrosol, especially one made by steam distillation of a plant extract.
- hydropac — an urgent warning of navigational dangers in the Pacific Ocean, issued by the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office.
- hydrozoa — (biology) a large group of marine animals, of the class Hydrozoa, whose life cycles contain a sexual and asexual stage.
- hylobate — Any of the genus Hylobates of gibbons.
- hyoidean — Also, hyoidal, hyoidean. noting or pertaining to a U -shaped bone at the root of the tongue in humans, or a corresponding bone or collection of bones in animals.
- hypoacid — relating to a lower than normal level of acidity
- hypogamy — Act or practice of seeking a spouse of lower socioeconomic status, or caste status than oneself.
- hypogeal — underground; subterranean.
- hypogean — Existing or growing underground.
- hyponoia — a slow mental function or imagination
- hypopnea — abnormally shallow and slow breathing.
- hyposmia — A reduced ability to smell and to detect odours.
- hyracoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the mammalian order Hyracoidea, which contains the hyraxes
- idealogy — Misspelling of ideology.
- idolatry — the religious worship of idols.
- isocracy — a government in which all individuals have equal political power.
- isocyano — containing an isocyano group.
- isostacy — Geology. the equilibrium of the earth's crust, a condition in which the forces tending to elevate balance those tending to depress.
- isostasy — Geology. the equilibrium of the earth's crust, a condition in which the forces tending to elevate balance those tending to depress.
- jealousy — jealous resentment against a rival, a person enjoying success or advantage, etc., or against another's success or advantage itself.
- jeopardy — hazard or risk of or exposure to loss, harm, death, or injury: For a moment his life was in jeopardy.
- john hay — John Milton, 1838–1905, U.S. statesman and author.
- jovially — endowed with or characterized by a hearty, joyous humor or a spirit of good-fellowship: a wonderfully jovial host.
- juratory — pertaining to, constituting, or expressed in an oath.
- kablooey — (colloquial) alternative spelling of kablooie.
- kantikoy — a ceremonial dance of some Native American tribes, often involving sacrifices
- karyotin — chromatin
- keyboard — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- kilogray — one thousand grays
- kootenay — a river flowing from SW Canada through NW Montana and N Idaho, swinging back into Canada to the Columbia River. 400 miles (645 km) long.
- kopiykas — Plural form of kopiyka.
- koriyama — a city on E central Honshu, in Japan.
- kymogram — the graphic record produced by a diagnostic kymograph.
- ladyhood — The quality or state of being a lady or ladylike.
- ladylove — a beloved woman; sweetheart or mistress.
- lanosity — lanate.
- laryngo- — indicating the larynx
- lavatory — a room fitted with equipment for washing the hands and face and usually with flush toilet facilities.
- lay down — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- lay into — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- lay open — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- lay over — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- layabout — a lazy or idle person; loafer.
- layovers — Plural form of layover.