8-letter words containing y, e, a, r
- meagrely — In a meagre way; poorly; inadequately.
- merryman — a jester or zany
- mersalyl — a salt of sodium, C13H16HgNNaO6, which was formerly used as a diuretic
- mid-year — the middle of the year.
- midyears — Plural form of midyear.
- monetary — of or relating to the coinage or currency of a country.
- naysayer — a person who habitually expresses negative or pessimistic views: Despite a general feeling that things were going well, a few naysayers tried to cast gloom.
- ne'erday — New Year's Day
- negatory — marked by negation; denying; negative.
- neocracy — Government by the new or inexperienced.
- neurally — of or relating to a nerve or the nervous system.
- new year — New Year's Day.
- nonpayer — One who is not a payer, who does not pay.
- novenary — A group of nine.
- numeracy — to represent numbers by symbols.
- numerary — of or relating to a number or numbers.
- off year — a year without a major, especially presidential, election.
- off-year — An off-year is a year when no major political elections are held.
- orangery — a warm place, as a greenhouse, in which orange trees are cultivated in cool climates.
- ornately — elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so: They bought an ornate Louis XIV sofa.
- out-year — the fiscal year after a year covered by a budget; any year beyond the budget year for which projections of spending are made.
- outweary — to exhaust completely
- overeasy — too easy
- overmany — an excess of people
- overplay — to exaggerate or overemphasize (one's role in a play, an emotion, an effect, etc.): The young actor overplayed Hamlet shamelessly. The director of the movie had overplayed the pathos.
- overstay — to stay beyond the time, limit, or duration of; outstay: to overstay one's welcome.
- oversway — to overrule
- overwary — excessively wary
- overyear — to keep for a following year
- pale dry — light in color and not sweet
- pale-dry — light-colored and medium-sweet: pale-dry ginger ale.
- pamphrey — a cabbage
- panderly — in the manner of a pander
- panegyry — a panegyric
- paperboy — a youth or man who sells newspapers on the street or delivers them to homes; newsboy.
- papyrine — paper-like; papyral
- paralyse — to affect with paralysis.
- paralyze — to affect with paralysis.
- paratype — a specimen other than a type specimen that is used for the original description of a taxonomic group and specifically stated to be the one on which the original description of the taxon was based.
- parlayed — to bet or gamble (an original amount and its winnings) on a subsequent race, contest, etc.
- passerby — a person passing by.
- patchery — the act of hurriedly patching something together
- paygrade — a level on a pay scale
- peaberry — a single seed coffee berry; a round coffee bean
- pearleye — any of several deep-sea fishes of the family Scopelarchidae, having large, hooked teeth on the tongue, telescopic eyes, and an iridescent patch on each eye tube.
- pedantry — the character, qualities, practices, etc., of a pedant, especially undue display of learning.
- pernancy — a taking or receiving, as of the rents or profits of an estate.
- petchary — a grey kingbird, Tyrannus dominicensis
- playgoer — a person who attends the theater often or habitually.
- playwear — playclothes.