8-letter words containing s, y, n
- skinnery — a place where skins are prepared, as for the market.
- skyborne — airborne.
- skyrmion — a particle consisting of a magnetic field surrounding a group of atoms
- slovenly — untidy or unclean in appearance or habits.
- slovenry — slovenliness
- smyrnean — of or relating to Smyrna, Turkey.
- snailery — a place where snails are bred
- snakefly — any neuropterous insect of the family Raphidiidae, of western North America, having an elongated prothorax resembling a neck.
- snarkily — in an irritable or snarky manner
- sneakily — like or suggestive of a sneak; furtive; deceitful.
- sneaksby — an insignificant or cowardly person
- snickery — of, pertaining to, or resembling a snicker
- snippety — sharp or curt, especially in a supercilious or haughty way; impertinent.
- snobbery — snobbish character, conduct, trait, or act.
- snobbily — in a snobby manner
- snoopily — in a prying or snooping manner
- snootily — snobbish.
- snottery — snot or filth
- snottily — Vulgar. of or relating to snot.
- snow day — a day on which public schools or other institutions are closed due to heavy snow.
- snuggery — a snug place or position.
- solemnly — grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood: solemn remarks.
- solvency — solvent condition; ability to pay all just debts.
- sonobuoy — a buoy that emits a radio signal on receiving an underwater signal from a vessel.
- sonority — the condition or quality of being resonant or sonorous.
- spin-dry — to remove moisture from (laundry) by centrifugal force, as in an automatic washing machine.
- spinachy — characteristic of spinach
- spinnery — a spinning mill.
- splaying — to spread out, expand, or extend.
- spoonily — in a spoony manner
- sprauncy — smart or showy in appearance
- spray-on — applied by means of an aerosol spray
- spryness — active; nimble; agile; energetic; brisk.
- spunyarn — small stuff made from rope yarns twisted together
- spy ring — a group of spies operating covertly together
- spyplane — a military aeroplane used to spy on an enemy
- sry gene — a sex-determining gene on the Y chromosome in mammals that determines maleness and is essential for development of the testes.
- stand by — a staunch supporter or adherent; one who can be relied upon.
- stand-by — a staunch supporter or adherent; one who can be relied upon.
- stannary — a tin-mining region or district.
- steinway — Henry Engelhard [eng-guh l-hahrd,, -hahrt] /ˈɛŋ gəlˌhɑrd,, -ˌhɑrt/ (Show IPA), (Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg) 1797–1871, U.S. piano manufacturer, born in Germany.
- sternway — Nautical. the movement of a vessel backward, or stern foremost.
- stingily — reluctant to give or spend; not generous; niggardly; penurious: He's a stingy old miser.
- 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.
- stolypin — Petr Arkadievich. 1863–1911, Russian conservative statesman: prime minister (1906–11). He instituted agrarian reforms but was ruthless in suppressing rebellion: assassinated
- stonefly — any of numerous dull-colored primitive aquatic insects of the order Plecoptera, having a distinctive flattened body shape: a major food source for game fish, especially bass and trout, which makes them popular as models for fishing flies.
- 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.
- strongly — with great strength or force: wind blowing strongly from the west.
- studenty — denoting or exhibiting the characteristics believed typical of an undergraduate student
- studying — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.