8-letter words containing t, o, n, e, y
- neotypes — Plural form of neotype.
- no entry — no way in
- nocently — in a nocent manner; harmfully
- nonempty — (of a set, group, collection, etc.) containing at least one element.
- nonentry — the failure of a tenant's heir to renew investiture after the tenant's death
- nonstyle — a style that cannot be identified as such
- noometry — a term used by the satirical novelist Thomas Love Peacock to mean 'measurement of the mind'
- not very — hardly, only a little
- nyetwork — notwork
- ontogeny — the development or developmental history of an individual organism.
- onychite — a type of marble stone
- ornately — elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so: They bought an ornate Louis XIV sofa.
- polytene — denoting a type of giant-size chromosome consisting of many replicated genes in parallel, found esp in Drosophila larvae
- polyteny — the condition of being polytene
- potently — powerful; mighty: a potent fighting force.
- poyntell — a pavement of tile mosaic forming an abstract design.
- renotify — to notify again
- rent boy — A rent boy is a boy or young man who has sex with men for money.
- retronym — a term coined in modification of an original term that was used alone (as acoustic guitar instead of guitar ) to distinguish it from a term referring to a later development (as electric guitar ). Other examples of retronyms are snail mail and analog watch .
- serotiny — the quality or condition of being serotine
- snottery — snot or filth
- 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.
- syndeton — a syndetic construction
- telegony — a former belief that a sire can influence the characteristics of the progeny of the female parent and subsequent mates.
- tennyson — Alfred, Lord (1st Baron) 1809–92, English poet: poet laureate 1850–92.
- tenotomy — the cutting of a tendon.
- textonym — (in text messaging) one of two or more words that can be generated by pressing the same combination of numbers on the keypad of a mobile phone
- the only — being single or very few in number
- theogony — the origin of the gods.
- theonomy — the state of an individual or society that regards its own nature and norms as being in accord with the divine nature.
- threnody — a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; funeral song.
- twentymo — a book size of about 3 × 5 inches (8 × 12 cm), determined by printing on sheets folded to form 20 leaves or 40 pages.
- twopenny — of the amount or value of twopence.
- tyrolean — of, relating to, or characteristic of the Tyrol or its inhabitants.
- tyrosine — a crystalline amino acid, HOC 6 H 4 CH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, abundant in ripe cheese, that acts as a precursor of norepinephrine and dopamine. Symbol: Y. Abbreviation: Tyr;
- venosity — the state or quality of being venous.
- wontedly — Usually, customarily, or habitually.
- xylonite — a type of plastic or celluloid that resembles amber, coral, or tortoise shell and is used in jewellery, combs, or other objects
- youngest — being in the first or early stage of life or growth; youthful; not old: a young woman.
- zygotene — the second stage of prophase in meiosis, during which strands of homologous chromosomes line up and become pairs.