8-letter words containing y, e, n, a
- geomancy — divination by geographic features or by figures or lines.
- grayness — of a color between white and black; having a neutral hue.
- greenway — any scenic trail or route set aside for travel or recreational activities.
- gunlayer — a person who aims a ship's gun
- guyanese — an independent republic on the NE coast of South America: a former British protectorate; gained independence 1966; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 82,978 sq. mi. (214,913 sq. km). Capital: Georgetown.
- gynaeco- — relating to women; female
- gynobase — an elevation of the receptacle of a flower, bearing the gynoecium.
- gynoecia — Plural form of gynoecium.
- gypseian — relating to gypsies
- ha'penny — halfpenny.
- hackneys — Plural form of hackney.
- halcyone — a third-magnitude star in the constellation Taurus: brightest star in the Pleiades.
- handedly — (nonstandard) Easily; with ease.
- handymen — Plural form of handyman.
- haringey — a borough of Greater London, England.
- hauynite — a relatively rare feldspathoid mineral related to sodalite: sometimes confused with lapis lazuli.
- heavenly — of or in the heavens: the heavenly bodies.
- heavy on — using large quantities of
- hengyang — a city in E central Hunan province, in E China.
- humanely — characterized by tenderness, compassion, and sympathy for people and animals, especially for the suffering or distressed: humane treatment of prisoners.
- huxleyan — of, relating to, or characteristic or suggestive of Aldous Huxley or his writings.
- hyalogen — any of several insoluble substances found in many animal structures such as cartilage which yield sugars on hydrolysis structures
- hymeneal — of or relating to marriage.
- hymenean — A hymn, song or poem in honour of a wedding; a hymeneal.
- hymenial — relating to the layer of certain fungi which bears spores, composed of asci or basidia
- hyoidean — Also, hyoidal, hyoidean. noting or pertaining to a U -shaped bone at the root of the tongue in humans, or a corresponding bone or collection of bones in animals.
- hypogean — Existing or growing underground.
- hypopnea — abnormally shallow and slow breathing.
- innately — existing in one from birth; inborn; native: innate musical talent.
- insanely — not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- interlay — to lay between; interpose.
- jackelyn — a female given name.
- jerrycan — A large, flat -sided metal container for storing or transporting liquids, typically gasoline or water.
- jerseyan — a British island in the English Channel: the largest of the Channel Islands. 44 sq. mi. (116 sq. km). Capital: St. Helier.
- jessamyn — a female given name, form of Jasmine.
- keneally — Thomas (Michael). born 1935, Australian writer. His novels include the Booker prizewinner Schindler's Ark (1982); other works are The Playmaker (1987), The Great Shame (1998), and The Woman and Her Hero (2007)
- kenyatta — Jomo [joh-moh] /ˈdʒoʊ moʊ/ (Show IPA), 1893?–1978, Kenyan political leader: president 1964–78.
- keychain — A chain or ring to which a key may be attached.
- knackery — rendering works.
- kootenay — a river flowing from SW Canada through NW Montana and N Idaho, swinging back into Canada to the Columbia River. 400 miles (645 km) long.
- kweiyang — Guiyang.
- kyanized — Simple past tense and past participle of kyanize.
- lambency — the quality of being lambent.
- lancegay — a lance used in medieval times
- lane-way — a lane
- laneways — Plural form of laneway.
- langsyne — long since; long ago.
- larynges — Anatomy. a muscular and cartilaginous structure lined with mucous membrane at the upper part of the trachea in humans, in which the vocal cords are located.
- latently — present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential: latent ability.
- lay open — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.