8-letter words containing y, a, h, r
- hydremia — the state of having an excess of water in the blood.
- hydrilla — a submerged aquatic plant, Hydrilla verticillata, native to the Old World, that has become a pest weed in U.S. lakes and waterways.
- hydrolat — An aromatic hydrosol, especially one made by steam distillation of a plant extract.
- hydropac — an urgent warning of navigational dangers in the Pacific Ocean, issued by the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office.
- hydrozoa — (biology) a large group of marine animals, of the class Hydrozoa, whose life cycles contain a sexual and asexual stage.
- hyracoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the mammalian order Hyracoidea, which contains the hyraxes
- hyrcania — an ancient province of the Persian empire, SE of the Caspian Sea.
- hysteria — an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear, often characterized by irrationality, laughter, weeping, etc.
- jagghery — Alternative spelling of jaggery.
- lathyrus — a genus of leguminous climbing plants that includes the sweet pea
- leathery — like leather in appearance or texture; tough and flexible.
- lethargy — the quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic, or indifferent and lazy; apathetic or sluggish inactivity.
- marybeth — a female given name.
- mccarthy — Cormac [kawr-mak,, ‐muh k] /ˈkɔr mæk,, ‐mək/ (Show IPA), born 1933, U.S. novelist.
- minarchy — (countable) Government with the least necessary power over its citizens.
- monarchy — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
- myograph — an instrument for recording the contractions and relaxations of muscles.
- myriadth — constituting a very small part of a thing
- navarchy — experience of or skill in nautical matters
- nomarchy — one of the provinces into which modern Greece is divided.
- nonhairy — Not hairy.
- nonhardy — characterized by fragility or incapable of surviving under difficult conditions
- octarchy — a government by eight persons.
- pamphrey — a cabbage
- patchery — the act of hurriedly patching something together
- petchary — a grey kingbird, Tyrannus dominicensis
- pharmacy — Also called pharmaceutics. the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines.
- phrygana — another name for garigue, used esp in Greece
- phrygian — of or relating to Phrygia, its people, or their language.
- phylarch — the chief of a tribe in Ancient Greece, and in Athens, the head of a clan in battle, or generally, the chief of a tribe
- phyllary — one of the bracts forming the involucre or the head or inflorescence of a composite plant.
- pith ray — medullary ray.
- polyarch — (of a woody tissue) having multiple points of origin
- pyorrhea — Pathology. a discharge of pus.
- rayleigh — John William Strutt [struht] /strʌt/ (Show IPA), 3rd Baron, 1842–1919, English physicist: Nobel prize 1904.
- rezaiyeh — a city in NW Iran.
- rhapsody — Music. an instrumental composition irregular in form and suggestive of improvisation.
- rhubarby — similar to or tasting like rhubarb
- rothesay — a town in the Strathclyde region, on Bute island, in SW Scotland: resort; ruins of 11th-century castle.
- schryari — a musical woodwind instrument of the 16th and 17th centuries having a double reed concealed in a cylinder and producing a shrill tone.
- scratchy — causing or liable to cause a slight grating noise: a scratchy record.
- shattery — (of rock or soil) liable to shatter or crumble
- shipyard — a yard or enclosure in which ships are built or repaired.
- showyard — a yard where cattle and machinery are displayed
- strachey — (Giles) Lytton [jahylz lit-n] /dʒaɪlz ˈlɪt n/ (Show IPA), 1880–1932, English biographer and literary critic.
- synarchy — joint rule
- syngraph — a document signed by all parties
- the yard — Scotland Yard
- thearchy — the rule or government of God or of a god.
- thrawnly — in a thrawn, contrary or perverse manner