8-letter words containing r, a, y, s, i
- shipyard — a yard or enclosure in which ships are built or repaired.
- siserary — a scolding
- smarmily — excessively or unctuously flattering, ingratiating, servile, etc.: the emcee with the smarmy welcome.
- snailery — a place where snails are bred
- snarkily — in an irritable or snarky manner
- solidary — characterized by or involving community of responsibilities and interests.
- solitary — alone; without companions; unattended: a solitary passer-by.
- spagyric — pertaining to or resembling alchemy; alchemic.
- sparkily — in a sparky manner
- sparsity — thinly scattered or distributed: a sparse population.
- stairway — a passageway from one level, as of a building, to another by a series of stairs; staircase.
- stingray — any of the rays, especially of the family Dasyatidae, having a long, flexible tail armed near the base with a strong, serrated bony spine with which they can inflict painful wounds.
- straitly — Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- stratify — to form or place in strata or layers.
- straying — to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, especially without a fixed course or purpose; ramble: to stray from the main road.
- sybarite — (usually lowercase) a person devoted to luxury and pleasure.
- tanistry — the system among various Celtic tribes of choosing a tanist.
- varnishy — glossy; like varnish
- vespiary — a nest of social wasps.
- vestiary — of or relating to garments or vestments.
- waywiser — a device formerly used for measuring distance travelled by road
- yearlies — Plural form of yearly.
- yersinia — A Gram-negative bacterium, of the genus Yersinia, that is an etiological agent of several diseases in animals and humans, notably Yersinia pestis, which causes bubonic plague.
- ygdrasil — the great ash tree whose roots and branches hold together the universe