8-letter words containing s, o, y, a
- dyschroa — an alteration of colour on the skin
- dyslogia — inability to express ideas because of faulty reasoning or speech, due to a mental disorder.
- dysosmia — an impairment of the sense of smell.
- dyspnoea — Alternative spelling of dyspnea.
- dystocia — Difficult birth, typically caused by a large or awkwardly positioned fetus, by smallness of the maternal pelvis, or by failure of the uterus and cervix to contract and expand normally.
- dystonia — abnormal tone of any tissue.
- dystopia — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- easy fox — An early system on the JOHNNIAC computer.
- famously — having a widespread reputation, usually of a favorable nature; renowned; celebrated: a famous writer. Synonyms: famed, notable, illustrious. Antonyms: unknown, obscure.
- fashiony — of or relating to fashion; fashionable; trendy
- flaysome — (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Terrifying; frightful.
- flyboats — Plural form of flyboat.
- folkways — The traditional behavior or way of life of a particular community or group of people.
- foodways — the customs and traditions relating to food and its preparation
- footways — Plural form of footway.
- forestay — a stay leading aft and upward from the stem or knightheads of a vessel to the head of the fore lower mast; the lowermost stay of a foremast.
- gealousy — Obsolete form of jealousy.
- glossary — a list of terms in a special subject, field, or area of usage, with accompanying definitions.
- gynobase — an elevation of the receptacle of a flower, bearing the gynoecium.
- gyrostat — a modified gyroscope, consisting of a rotating wheel pivoted within a rigid case.
- halcyons — Plural form of halcyon.
- harmosty — the office of a harmost
- hassocky — Having or characterised by hassocks, or clumps of vegetation.
- hautboys — Plural form of hautboy.
- haycocks — Plural form of haycock.
- hayforks — Plural form of hayfork.
- haylofts — Plural form of hayloft.
- hoarsely — having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky: the hoarse voice of the auctioneer.
- hoistway — a shaft for a hoist or a lift
- holidays — Plural form of holiday.
- homestay — housing accommodations in a home with a family in residence, as for a student or traveler: Foreign-exchange students can choose between a homestay or campus dormitory.
- horseway — a bridleway
- hyposmia — A reduced ability to smell and to detect odours.
- 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.
- kopiykas — Plural form of kopiyka.
- lanosity — lanate.
- layovers — Plural form of layover.
- longways — longwise.
- loyalest — Superlative form of loyal.
- 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.
- mansonry — mansions or dwelling places collectively
- masonary — Misspelling of masonry.
- mayoress — a woman who is the chief executive official of a city, village, or town.
- maypoles — Plural form of maypole.