8-letter words containing s, a, y, i
- gypseian — relating to gypsies
- hayrides — Plural form of hayride.
- highways — Plural form of highway.
- hoistway — a shaft for a hoist or a lift
- holidays — Plural form of holiday.
- hydatids — Plural form of hydatid.
- hyposmia — A reduced ability to smell and to detect odours.
- hysteria — an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear, often characterized by irrationality, laughter, weeping, etc.
- in stays — in irons (see phrase under iron)
- insanely — not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- insanity — the condition of being insane; a derangement of the mind. Synonyms: dementia, lunacy, madness, craziness, mania, aberration.
- instancy — quality of being instant; urgency; pressing nature.
- 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.
- jadishly — In a jadish manner.
- jaybirds — Plural form of jaybird.
- kamyshin — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Volgograd, on the Volga River.
- karstify — to become or cause to become karstic
- katydids — Plural form of katydid.
- kielbasy — a smoked sausage of coarsely chopped beef and pork, flavored with garlic and spices.
- kissably — in a kissable way
- kopiykas — Plural form of kopiyka.
- ladyfish — a game fish, Elops saurus, of warm seas, closely related to but smaller than the tarpon.
- ladyship — (often initial capital letter) the form used in speaking of or to a woman having the title of Lady (usually preceded by her or your).
- lanosity — lanate.
- lavishly — expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- loyalism — a person who is loyal; a supporter of the sovereign or of the existing government, especially in time of revolt.
- loyalist — a person who is loyal; a supporter of the sovereign or of the existing government, especially in time of revolt.
- lyonnais — a former province in E France.
- lysithea — a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- mainstay — Nautical. the stay that secures the mainmast forward.
- malaysia — a constitutional monarchy in SE Asia: a federation, comprising the former British territories of Malaya, Sabah, and Sarawak: member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 126,310 sq. mi. (327,143 sq. km). Capital: Kuala Lumpur.
- mayflies — Plural form of mayfly.
- mesially — Toward the central plane of a body with bilateral symmetry.
- midyears — Plural form of midyear.
- misandry — hatred of males.
- misapply — to make a wrong application or use of.
- misarray — disarray
- misassay — to assay attempt wrongly or unsuccessfully
- miscarry — to have a miscarriage of a fetus.
- mismarry — (ambitransitive) To get married to an unsuitable person.
- misogamy — hatred of marriage.
- myalgias — pain in the muscles; muscular rheumatism.
- mystical — mystic; of or relating to supernatural agencies, affairs, occurrences, etc.: a strange, mystical experience.
- mytacism — Excessive or incorrect use of the letter M.
- nannyish — Like a nanny; tending to coddle.
- nasality — of or relating to the nose: the nasal cavity.
- nyatitis — Plural form of nyatiti.