8-letter words containing y, a
- augustly — inspiring reverence or admiration; of supreme dignity or grandeur; majestic: an august performance of a religious drama.
- aurality — the quality, condition, or degree of being aural
- autarchy — unlimited rule; autocracy
- autobody — Alternative form of auto body.
- autodyne — denoting or relating to an electrical circuit in which the same elements and valves are used as oscillator and detector
- autogamy — self-fertilization in flowering plants
- autogyro — autogiro
- autology — the study of oneself
- autolyse — to undergo or cause to undergo autolysis
- autolyze — to affect with or undergo autolysis
- autonomy — Autonomy is the ability to make your own decisions about what to do rather than being influenced by someone else or told what to do.
- autonyms — Plural form of autonym.
- autonymy — The use of a symbol as a name for itself.
- autotomy — the casting off by an animal of a part of its body, to facilitate escape when attacked
- autotype — a photographic process for producing prints in black and white, using a carbon pigment
- autotypy — (dated, photography) An early photographic process that produced autotypes using a carbon pigment.
- auxocyte — any cell undergoing meiosis, esp an oocyte or spermatocyte
- auxology — (biology) The study of growth.
- aversely — having a strong feeling of opposition, antipathy, repugnance, etc.; opposed: He is not averse to having a drink now and then.
- aversity — The state or condition of being averse.
- avowably — in an avowable manner; not secret or hidden
- avowedly — acknowledged; declared: an avowed enemy.
- away win — a game won at an opponent's ground
- awayness — the state of not being in a specific place
- axiality — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or forming an axis: an axial relationship.
- axillary — of, relating to, or near the armpit
- axiology — the theory of values, moral or aesthetic
- ayacucho — a city in SE Peru: nearby is the site of the battle (1824) that won independence for Peru. Pop: 150 000 (2005 est)
- aycliffe — a town in Co Durham: founded as a new town in 1947. Pop (including Newton Aycliffe): 25 655 (2001)
- ayrshire — a historical county of SW Scotland, formerly part of Strathclyde region (1975–96), now divided into the council areas of North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, and East Ayrshire
- ayurveda — an ancient medical treatise on the art of healing and prolonging life, sometimes regarded as a fifth Veda
- babbitry — the attitude and behavior of a Babbitt.
- babi yar — a ravine near Kiev, U.S.S.R.: site of German massacre of Jews in World War II.
- babruysk — a city in SE Belarus, in Europe, SE of Minsk.
- baby boy — a male baby
- baby oil — oil for babies' skin
- baby tee — a form-fitting, short T-shirt worn by girls or women.
- baby-gro — an all-in-one babysuit made of stretchy material
- baby-sit — to act or work as a baby-sitter
- babycino — a drink of frothy milk with a chocolate topping, designed as an alternative to coffee for young children
- babydoll — a short sleeveless nightgown or dress with a loose skirt
- babyfood — food for babies, often puréed
- babygirl — (slang, mostly, AAVE) Friendly or intimate term of address for a woman.
- babyhood — Your babyhood is the period of your life when you were a baby.
- babykins — Fond term of address for a baby, child, or lover.
- babylike — Resembling a baby, or something associated with a baby.
- babysits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of babysit.
- babywear — Babywear is a clothing product category for babies and infants up to 2 years old.
- back bay — a small bay or inlet of a lake
- back pay — Back pay is money which an employer owes an employee for work that he or she did in the past.