8-letter words containing y, e, a
- assembly — An assembly is a large group of people who meet regularly to make decisions or laws for a particular region or country.
- astutely — of keen penetration or discernment; sagacious: an astute analysis.
- asyndeta — Plural form of asyndeton.
- asynergy — defective coordination between parts, as muscles or limbs, that normally act in unison.
- asystole — the absence of heartbeat; cardiac arrest
- atemoyas — Plural form of atemoya.
- atmolyse — to separate gases, which have differing degrees of diffusibility, by filtering
- attently — attentive; intent.
- attorney — In the United States, an attorney or attorney at law is a lawyer.
- atty gen — Attorney General
- autodyne — denoting or relating to an electrical circuit in which the same elements and valves are used as oscillator and detector
- autolyse — to undergo or cause to undergo autolysis
- autolyze — to affect with or undergo autolysis
- autotype — a photographic process for producing prints in black and white, using a carbon pigment
- auxocyte — any cell undergoing meiosis, esp an oocyte or spermatocyte
- 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.
- avowedly — acknowledged; declared: an avowed enemy.
- awayness — the state of not being in a specific place
- 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
- baby tee — a form-fitting, short T-shirt worn by girls or women.
- babylike — Resembling a baby, or something associated with a baby.
- babywear — Babywear is a clothing product category for babies and infants up to 2 years old.
- badgerly — resembling a badger
- balayage — a technique for highlighting hair in which bleach or dye is painted onto sections of the hair with a brush
- ballyboe — (Ireland, historical) A townland in Ulster.
- baloneys — Plural form of baloney.
- bankerly — relating to or resembling a banker
- barberry — any spiny berberidaceous shrub of the widely distributed genus Berberis, esp B. vulgaris, having clusters of yellow flowers and orange or red berries: widely cultivated as hedge plants
- bareilly — a city in N India, in N central Uttar Pradesh. Pop: 699 839 (2001)
- barnsley — an industrial town in N England, in Barnsley unitary authority, South Yorkshire. Pop: 71 599 (2001)
- barrenly — Unfruitfully; unproductively.
- barretry — barratry
- barytone — having the last syllable unaccented
- base pay — the basic rate of pay for a particular job exclusive of overtime pay, bonuses, etc.
- basketry — Basketry is baskets made by weaving together thin strips of materials such as wood.
- bay area — region in W Calif., generally consisting of the counties surrounding San Francisco Bay
- bay leaf — A bay leaf is a leaf of an evergreen tree that can be dried and used as a herb in cooking.
- bay tree — laurel (def 1).
- bayadere — a dancing girl, esp one serving in a Hindu temple
- bayberry — any of several North American aromatic shrubs or small trees of the genus Myrica, that bear grey waxy berries: family Myricaceae
- bayesian — (of a theory) presupposing known a priori probabilities which may be subjectively assessed and which can be revised in the light of experience in accordance with Bayes' theorem. A hypothesis is thus confirmed by an experimental observation which is likely given the hypothesis and unlikely without it
- bayonets — Plural form of bayonet.
- bayreuth — a city in E Germany, in NE Bavaria: home and burial place of Richard Wagner; annual festivals of his music. Pop: 74 818 (2003 est)
- baysmelt — topsmelt.
- beachboy — a male lifeguard on a beach
- bearably — In a bearable manner.
- beastily — in the manner of a beast