8-letter words containing t, o, r, y
- curatory — the office of a curator
- cyrtosis — Pathology. any abnormal curvature of the spine or of the extremities.
- deletory — something that deletes or erases
- destroys — Put an end to the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it.
- dilatory — tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
- docherty — Pete. born 1979, English rock musician and songwriter; member of The Libertines (1997–2004) and Babyshambles (from 2005)
- doctorly — having the qualities or characteristics of a doctor
- donatary — the recipient of a donation
- donatory — a donee of the king, especially one given the right by the king to property obtained by escheat or forfeit.
- droughty — dry.
- drymouth — a condition of insufficient saliva, known medically as xerostomia
- drypoint — a technique of engraving, especially on copper, in which a sharp-pointed needle is used for producing furrows having a burr that is often retained in order to produce a print characterized by soft, velvety black lines.
- drystone — (of a stone wall) built without using mortar.
- dynatron — an electron tube, usually a tetrode, that produces an oscillating current at certain frequencies
- elytroid — like an elytron
- emictory — relating to emiction, the passing of urine
- enormity — The great or extreme scale, seriousness, or extent of something perceived as bad or morally wrong.
- erythro- — red
- erythron — red blood cells and their related tissues
- eutrophy — (medicine) healthy nutrition.
- faggotry — (pejorative, slang) The quality of being a faggot (homosexual).
- feretory — a container for the relics of a saint; reliquary.
- ferocity — a ferocious quality or state; savage fierceness.
- filatory — a machine for spinning thread
- 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.
- forestry — the science of planting and taking care of trees and forests.
- forsythe — A descendent of Algol 60, intended to be as uniform and general as possible, while retaining the basic character of its progenitor. Forsythe features higher-order procedures and intersection types.
- fortuity — the state or quality of being fortuitous; fortuitous character.
- fortyish — approaching or around the age of 40 years.
- fourthly — in the fourth place; fourth.
- frostily — characterized by or producing frost; freezing; very cold: frosty weather.
- frothery — an insubstantial thing; a triviality
- frothily — In a frothy way.
- fumatory — of or relating to smoke, especially tobacco smoke, or to a place for smoking.
- fumitory — any plant of the genus Fumaria, especially a delicate herb, F. officinalis, having finely dissected, grayish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers.
- gayomart — the first Aryan and the sixth creation of Ahura Mazda.
- geolatry — the worship of the earth
- geometry — the branch of mathematics that deals with the deduction of the properties, measurement, and relationships of points, lines, angles, and figures in space from their defining conditions by means of certain assumed properties of space.
- gyration — the act of gyrating; circular or spiral motion; revolution; rotation; whirling.
- gyratory — moving in a circle or spiral; gyrating.
- gyrolite — calcium silicate hydroxide in a hydrated form
- gyrostat — a modified gyroscope, consisting of a rotating wheel pivoted within a rigid case.
- harlotry — prostitution.
- harmosty — the office of a harmost
- hayworth — Rita (Margarita Carmen Cansino) 1918–87, U.S. dancer and actress.
- hectorly — in the manner of a hector
- herstory — history (used especially in feminist literature and in women's studies as an alternative form to distinguish or emphasize the particular experience of women).
- holiatry — holism (def 2).
- hostelry — an inn or hotel.
- hydrator — something that hydrates.