8-letter words containing s, i, l, y
- dysmelia — a congenital abnormality characterized by missing, shortened, or excessive development of extremities.
- dysmelic — having or relating to dysmelia
- elfishly — In an elfish manner; mischievously.
- emulsify — Make into or become an emulsion.
- epilepsy — A neurological disorder marked by sudden recurrent episodes of sensory disturbance, loss of consciousness, or convulsions, associated with abnormal electrical activity in the brain.
- epistyle — architrave (sense 1)
- eyelifts — Plural form of eyelift.
- feasibly — capable of being done, effected, or accomplished: a feasible plan.
- feistily — full of animation, energy, or courage; spirited; spunky; plucky: The champion is faced with a feisty challenger.
- fiscally — of or relating to the public treasury or revenues: fiscal policies.
- flashily — sparkling or brilliant, especially in a superficial way or for the moment: a flashy performance.
- fleshily — with respect to flesh; in a fleshy manner
- flimsily — In a flimsy manner.
- flossily — In a flossy way.
- fly-fish — to fish with artificial flies as bait.
- flywhisk — a device for brushing away flies, often made of horsehair.
- folksily — in a folksy manner
- friskily — In a frisky manner.
- frostily — characterized by or producing frost; freezing; very cold: frosty weather.
- garishly — crudely or tastelessly colorful, showy, or elaborate, as clothes or decoration.
- glassify — to become glass or glass-like
- glassily — In a glassy manner.
- glossily — In a glossy manner.
- glyphics — Plural form of glyphic.
- glyptics — the act or process of producing glyptic ornaments.
- grassily — in a grassy manner
- greasily — In a greasy manner.
- greylist — to hold (someone) in suspicion, without actually excluding him or her from a particular activity
- gulosity — gluttony or greediness.
- gymslips — Plural form of gymslip.
- holidays — Plural form of holiday.
- hylicism — the philosophy that the only thing that can be proven to exist is matter and that everything, including consciousness, is as a result of interaction with material things. Also called materialism
- hylicist — a philosopher specializing in matter
- idyllist — a writer of idylls.
- illusory — causing illusion; deceptive; misleading.
- ilyushin — Sergei Vladimirovich (sɛrˈɡɛi vladiˈmiːrovɪtʃ). 1894–1977, Soviet aircraft designer. He designed the dive bomber Il-2 Stormovik and the jet airliner Il-62
- impishly — In an impish manner; mischievously.
- in style — a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character: the baroque style; The style of the house was too austere for their liking.
- insanely — not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- isobutyl — (organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent hydrocarbon radical derived from isobutanol.
- jadishly — In a jadish manner.
- kielbasy — a smoked sausage of coarsely chopped beef and pork, flavored with garlic and spices.
- killjoys — Plural form of killjoy.
- kingsley — Charles, 1819–75, English clergyman, novelist, and poet.
- kissably — in a kissable way
- kolinsky — an Asian mink, Mustela sibirica, having buff or tawny fur.
- kyllosis — club foot
- 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.