8-letter words containing y, e, a, r
- chancery — In Britain, the Chancery or Chancery Division is the Lord Chancellor's court, which is a division of the High Court of Justice.
- channery — an accumulation of thin, flat, coarse fragments of sandstone, limestone, or schist with diameters up to 6 inches (15 cm): used in Scotland and Ireland for gravel.
- chapelry — the district legally assigned to and served by an Anglican chapel
- charlyne — a female given name, form of Caroline.
- charnley — Sir John. 1911–82, British surgeon noted for his invention of an artificial hip joint and his development of hip-replacement surgery
- chattery — to talk rapidly in a foolish or purposeless way; jabber.
- cheatery — the act of cheating or deceiving
- cheddary — resembling or pertaining to cheddar cheese
- cinerary — holding or intended for ashes, especially the ashes of cremated bodies: a cinerary urn.
- clattery — (informal) Tending to cause a clatter; noisy and possibly cumbersome.
- claymore — a large two-edged broadsword used formerly by Scottish Highlanders
- clayware — pottery
- clearway — a stretch of road on which motorists may stop only in an emergency
- coarsely — composed of relatively large parts or particles: The beach had rough, coarse sand.
- cometary — a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
- copyread — to subedit
- cranefly — A cranefly is a harmless flying insect with long legs.
- cravenly — In a craven manner.
- crayoned — Simple past tense and past participle of crayon.
- creakily — creaking or apt to creak: a creaky stairway.
- creamery — A creamery is a place where milk and cream are made into butter and cheese.
- creamily — In a creamy manner.
- creatify — To edit, rewrite, and/or revise standard text using creative writing tools and techniques.
- cyanuret — cyanide
- cyberwar — The use of computers to disrupt the activities of an enemy country, especially the deliberate attacking of communication systems.
- cyclecar — a light, open-air automobile with three or four wheels
- cyrenaic — (in the ancient world) of or relating to the city of Cyrene or the territory of Cyrenaica
- cytaster — aster.
- cytherea — Aphrodite
- dairymen — Plural form of dairyman.
- dancerly — characteristic of or moving like a dancer; having the skills or physique of a dancer.
- dapperly — neat; trim; smart: He looked very dapper in his new suit.
- darbyite — a member of the Plymouth Brethren.
- dare say — to think likely; suppose
- dasyures — Plural form of dasyure.
- daventry — a town in central England, in Northamptonshire: light industries, site of an important international radio transmitter. Pop: 21 731 (2001)
- day care — Day care is care that is provided during the day for people who cannot look after themselves, such as small children, old people, or people who are ill. Day care is provided by paid workers.
- day-care — of, relating to, or providing day care: day-care center; day-care program.
- daybreak — Daybreak is the time in the morning when light first appears.
- daydream — A daydream is a series of pleasant thoughts, usually about things that you would like to happen.
- daytaler — a worker who is appointed and paid on a daily basis
- deaconry — the office or status of a deacon
- decenary — of or relating to a tithing
- deeryard — a place where deer congregate to spend the winter
- defrayal — payment of some or all charges or expenses.
- defrayed — to bear or pay all or part of (the costs, expenses, etc.): The grant helped defray the expenses of the trip.
- delayers — Plural form of delayer.
- dermally — In a dermal way; of or to the skin.
- diablery — Sorcery.
- dialyser — a machine that performs dialysis, esp one that removes impurities from the blood of patients with malfunctioning kidneys; kidney machine