8-letter words containing y, e, n, a
- delannoy — Marcel [mar-sel] /marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1898–1962, French composer.
- delaunay — Robert (rɔbɛr). 1885–1941, French painter, whose abstract use of colour characterized Orphism, an attempt to introduce more colour into austere forms of Cubism
- delaying — to put off to a later time; defer; postpone: The pilot delayed the flight until the weather cleared.
- denazify — to free or declare (people, institutions, etc) freed from Nazi influence or ideology
- deniably — In a deniable manner.
- dentally — in relation to the teeth
- deviancy — deviant quality or state.
- donleavy — J(ames) P(atrick) born 1926, U.S. novelist.
- dounreay — the site in N Scotland of a nuclear power station, which contained the world's first fast-breeder reactor (1962–77). A prototype fast-breeder operated from 1974 until 1994: a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant has also operated at the site
- dunleary — a port in E Republic of Ireland, on Dublin Bay. Pop: 24 447 (2002)
- dynamise — Alternative spelling of dynamize.
- dynamite — A high explosive consisting of nitroglycerine mixed with an absorbent material and typically molded into sticks.
- dynamize — Give power or energy to; make dynamic.
- dyspneal — Alt form dyspnoeal.
- dyspnoea — Alternative spelling of dyspnea.
- early on — in or during the first part of a period of time, a course of action, a series of events, etc.: early in the year.
- egyptian — person from Egypt
- el minya — a city in central Egypt, on the Nile. Pop: 225 000 (2005 est)
- elegancy — Alternative form of elegance.
- empyrean — Belonging to or deriving from heaven.
- endarchy — a central government
- endogamy — The custom of marrying only within the limits of a local community, clan, or tribe.
- endplays — Plural form of endplay.
- enthalpy — A thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the total heat content of a system. It is equal to the internal energy of the system plus the product of pressure and volume.
- entreaty — An earnest or humble request.
- entryway — A way in to somewhere or something; an entrance.
- enviably — In an enviable manner or to an enviable degree.
- ependyma — (anatomy) A thin epithelial membrane lining the ventricular system of the brain and the spinal cord.
- epinasty — (botany) the downward curvature of leaves etc due to differential growth rates.
- epiphany — The manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi (Matthew 2:1–12).
- errantly — In an errant manner.
- errantry — The state of roving in search of chivalrous adventure.
- essaying — Present participle of essay.
- ethanoyl — of, consisting of, or containing the monovalent group CH3CO-
- everyman — In fiction, drama, or allegory, the archetypical ordinary individual, frequently the protagonist in a parable of some sort.
- farnesyl — (biochemistry) The univalent radical derived from farnesol.
- fedayeen — a member of an Arab commando group operating especially against Israel.
- feminacy — feminine nature.
- fentanyl — a synthetic, short-acting narcotic analgesic and sedative, C 22 H 28 N 2 O, used pharmacologically in anesthesia and neuroleptanalgesia, and also as an illicit drug: Medics quickly administered fentanyl to the injured soldiers. Drug dealers are lacing heroin with fentanyl.
- fernally — a seedless plant that is not a true fern
- ferryman — a person who owns or operates a ferry.
- fidayeen — Plural form of fidayee.
- flannery — Tim, full name Timothy Fridtjof Flannery. born 1956, Australian zoologist, palaeontologist and environmentalist. His books include The Weather Makers (2006)
- funerary — of or relating to a funeral or burial: a funerary urn.
- gamyness — the quality of being gamy
- gannetry — a gannet breeding-ground
- ganymeda — Hebe.
- ganymede — Also, Ganymedes [gan-uh-mee-deez] /ˌgæn əˈmi diz/ (Show IPA). Classical Mythology. a Trojan youth who was abducted by Zeus and taken to Olympus, where he was made the cupbearer of the gods and became immortal.
- garganey — a small Old World duck, Anas querquedula.
- genially — characterized by genius.