8-letter words containing y, a, t, e
- deathday — the day or the anniversary of the day of a person's death.
- dentally — in relation to the teeth
- detailly — In detail.
- diacetyl — a chemical compound with formula C4H6O2, occurring naturally as a by-product of fermentation, and commonly added to margarine and other foods because of its buttery taste
- diastyle — having columns about three diameters apart
- dielytra — a member of a genus of flowering herbaceous plants including bleeding heart
- dynamite — A high explosive consisting of nitroglycerine mixed with an absorbent material and typically molded into sticks.
- earthily — In an earthy manner.
- easterly — moving, directed, or situated toward the east: an easterly course.
- eat away — gnaw at, erode
- egyptian — person from Egypt
- elatedly — In an elated manner.
- enthalpy — A thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the total heat content of a system. It is equal to the internal energy of the system plus the product of pressure and volume.
- entreaty — An earnest or humble request.
- entryway — A way in to somewhere or something; an entrance.
- epinasty — (botany) the downward curvature of leaves etc due to differential growth rates.
- equality — The state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities.
- errantly — In an errant manner.
- errantry — The state of roving in search of chivalrous adventure.
- erythema — Superficial reddening of the skin, usually in patches, as a result of injury or irritation causing dilatation of the blood capillaries.
- essayist — A person who writes essays, especially as a literary genre.
- ethanoyl — of, consisting of, or containing the monovalent group CH3CO-
- ethylate — (organic chemistry) To react with an ethyl compound so as to introduce one or more ethyl groups into a compound.
- eucalypt — Any tree of the genus Eucalyptus.
- eurybath — an aquatic organism that can live at different depths
- euthymia — (psychology) A normal, non-depressed, reasonably positive mood; serenity.
- evitably — In an evitable way; avoidably.
- exabytes — Plural form of exabyte.
- eyepatch — A patch worn to protect an injured eye.
- eyestalk — A movable stalk that bears an eye near its tip, especially in crabs, shrimps, and related crustaceans, and in some mollusks.
- eyewater — a lotion for the eyes
- fatherly — of, like, or befitting a father.
- fayalite — the iron end member of the olivine group, Fe 2 SiO 4 .
- feathery — clothed or covered with feathers; feathered.
- femality — Femaleness.
- fentanyl — a synthetic, short-acting narcotic analgesic and sedative, C 22 H 28 N 2 O, used pharmacologically in anesthesia and neuroleptanalgesia, and also as an illicit drug: Medics quickly administered fentanyl to the injured soldiers. Drug dealers are lacing heroin with fentanyl.
- feracity — (obsolete) The state of being feracious, or fruitful.
- festally — In a festal/festive manner.
- fete day — a festival day.
- flaherty — Robert Joseph, 1884–1951, U.S. pioneer in the production of documentary motion pictures.
- flattery — the act of flattering.
- 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.
- gadgetry — mechanical or electronic contrivances; gadgets: the gadgetry of the well-equipped modern kitchen.
- gannetry — a gannet breeding-ground
- gateways — Plural form of gateway.
- geolatry — the worship of the earth
- get away — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- getaways — Plural form of getaway.
- gigabyte — a measure of storage capacity equal to 2 30 (1024) bytes.
- hatchery — a place for hatching eggs of hens, fish, etc., especially a large, commercial or government site where the young are hatched, cared for, and sold or distributed.