8-letter words containing s, y, n
- eponymes — Plural form of eponyme.
- eryngoes — Plural form of eryngo.
- essaying — Present participle of essay.
- euonymus — A shrub or small tree that is widely cultivated for its autumn colors and bright fruit.
- eyedness — The quality of having a dominant eye - one eye that is used more than the other.
- eyeshine — the reflection of light from an animal's eye at night
- eyestone — A small, lenticular, calcareous body, especially an operculum of a small shell of the family Tubinidae, used to remove a foreign substance from the eye.
- farnesyl — (biochemistry) The univalent radical derived from farnesol.
- fashiony — of or relating to fashion; fashionable; trendy
- finsbury — former metropolitan borough of EC London, now part of Islington
- flunkeys — Plural form of flunkey (alternative spelling of flunkies).
- gainsays — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gainsay.
- gamyness — the quality of being gamy
- gangways — Plural form of gangway.
- gaywings — fringed polygala.
- geognosy — Archaic. a science dealing with the constituent parts of the earth, its envelope of air and water, its crust, and the condition of its interior.
- gipsying — Present participle of gipsy.
- grayness — of a color between white and black; having a neutral hue.
- greyness — The state or quality of being grey.
- gryphons — Plural form of gryphon.
- guernsey — Isle of, one of the Channel Islands, in the English Channel. With adjacent islands, about 24½ sq. mi. (63 sq. km).
- guyanese — an independent republic on the NE coast of South America: a former British protectorate; gained independence 1966; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 82,978 sq. mi. (214,913 sq. km). Capital: Georgetown.
- gwyniads — Plural form of gwyniad.
- gymnasia — a plural of gymnasium2 .
- gymnasts — Plural form of gymnast.
- gynobase — an elevation of the receptacle of a flower, bearing the gynoecium.
- gypseian — relating to gypsies
- gypsying — Present participle of gypsy.
- hackneys — Plural form of hackney.
- halcyons — Plural form of halcyon.
- henryson — Robert. ?1430–?1506, Scottish poet. His works include Testament of Cresseid (1593), a sequel to Chaucer's Troilus and Cressida, the 13 Moral Fables of Esope the Phrygian, and the pastoral dialogue Robene and Makyne
- holyness — Alternative spelling of holiness.
- homonyms — Phonetics. a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as heir and air; a homophone (def 1).
- honestly — in an honest manner.
- huysmans — Joris Karl [zhoh-rees kahrl] /ʒoʊˈris kɑrl/ (Show IPA), (Charles Marie Georges Huysmans) 1848–1907, French novelist.
- hydrants — Plural form of hydrant.
- hygenist — Alternative spelling of hygienist.
- hygienes — Also, hygienics. the science that deals with the preservation of health.
- hymnists — Plural form of hymnist.
- hymnless — having no hymn
- hyoscine — scopolamine.
- hyperons — Plural form of hyperon.
- hypnoses — the ancient Greek god of sleep.
- hypnosis — an artificially induced trance state resembling sleep, characterized by heightened susceptibility to suggestion.
- hyponyms — Plural form of hyponym.
- ilyushin — Sergei Vladimirovich (sɛrˈɡɛi vladiˈmiːrovɪtʃ). 1894–1977, Soviet aircraft designer. He designed the dive bomber Il-2 Stormovik and the jet airliner Il-62
- in stays — in irons (see phrase under iron)
- 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.
- incisory — adapted for cutting, as the incisor teeth.
- industry — the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product: the automobile industry; the steel industry.