8-letter words containing y, e, a
- alpinely — In an alpine way, loftily.
- alterity — the quality of being different
- alyattes — king of Lydia c617–560 b.c.
- amazedly — in an amazed manner
- amblyope — A person afflicted with amblyopia.
- amenably — ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable; submissive; tractable: an amenable servant.
- amesbury — a town in NE Massachusetts.
- amethyst — Amethysts are clear purple stones, sometimes used to make jewellery.
- amusedly — in a way that shows one is amused
- amyelous — congenital absence of the spinal cord.
- amygdale — a vesicle in a volcanic rock, formed from a bubble of escaping gas, that has become filled with light-coloured minerals, such as quartz and calcite
- amygdule — a small gas pocket, usually found in volcanic rock, partly or completely filled with a mineral, esp. a zeolite, calcite, or quartz
- amylases — Plural form of amylase.
- amylogen — the water-soluble part of the starch granule
- analepsy — (medicine) analepsis.
- analysed — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- analyser — An analyser is a piece of equipment which is used to analyse the substances that are present in something such as a gas.
- analyses — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- analytes — Plural form of analyte.
- analyzed — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- analyzer — An analyzer is a piece of equipment used to analyze the substances that are present in something such as a gas.
- analyzes — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- ancestry — Your ancestry is the fact that you are descended from certain people.
- andreyev — ˌLeonid Nikolaˈyevich (ˌlɛɔˈnidˌ nikɔlɑˈjeɪvɪtʃ ) ; leˌ^ōnēdˈ nēˌk^ōläyāˈvich) 1871-1919; Russ. playwright, novelist, & short-story writer
- aneurysm — a sac formed by abnormal dilation of the weakened wall of a blood vessel
- anglesey — an island and county of N Wales, formerly part of Gwynedd (1974–96), separated from the mainland by the Menai Strait. Administrative centre: Llangefni. Pop: 59 500 (2003 est). Area: 720 sq km (278 sq miles)
- ankylose — (of bones in a joint, etc) to fuse or stiffen by ankylosis
- annensky — Innokenty Fyodorovich [ee-nuh-kyen-ti fyaw-duh-ruh-vyich] /i nʌˈkyɛn tɪ ˈfyɔ də rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1856–1909, Russian poet.
- anodynes — Plural form of anodyne.
- antetype — an earlier form; prototype
- antiquey — having the appearance of an antique
- antitype — a person or thing that is foreshadowed or represented by a type or symbol, esp a character or event in the New Testament prefigured in the Old Testament
- any more — If something does not happen or is not true any more or any longer, it has stopped happening or is no longer true.
- anyplace — Anyplace means the same as anywhere.
- anywhere — You use anywhere in statements with negative meaning to indicate that a place does not exist.
- apophyge — the outward curve at each end of the shaft of a column, adjoining the base or capital
- apophyse — Apophysis.
- apoplexy — Apoplexy is a stroke.
- apyrases — Plural form of apyrase.
- apyretic — without fever
- apyrexia — absence of fever
- ardently — having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent: an ardent vow; ardent love.
- areaways — Plural form of areaway.
- areology — the study of the planet Mars
- argutely — in an argute manner
- arms-eye — the armhole opening in a garment.
- artotype — collotype.
- aryanize — (in Nazi ideology) to purge (politics and society) of all non-Aryan elements or people; make characteristically Aryan
- asperity — If you say something with asperity, you say it impatiently and severely.
- assayers — to examine or analyze: to assay a situation; to assay an event.