8-letter words containing y, e, n, a
- tangency — the state of being tangent.
- tenacity — the quality of being tenacious, or of holding fast; persistence: the amazing tenacity of rumors.
- tenantry — tenants collectively; the body of tenants on an estate.
- the many — the majority of mankind, esp the common people
- the navy — the branch of a country's armed services comprising such ships, their crews, and all their supporting services and equipment
- tyramine — an amine, C 8 H 11 NO, abundant in ripe cheese as a breakdown product of tyrosine by removal of the carboxyl group (COOH).
- tyrolean — of, relating to, or characteristic of the Tyrol or its inhabitants.
- underlay — to lie under or beneath; be situated under.
- underpay — to pay less than is deserved or usual.
- undersay — to state in the form of an answer
- underway — occurring while under way: the underway activities on a cruise ship.
- uneasily — not easy in body or mind; uncomfortable; restless; disturbed; perturbed.
- unplayed — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- unsafely — secure from liability to harm, injury, danger, or risk: a safe place.
- unsafety — unsafe state or condition; exposure to danger or risk; insecurity.
- unstayed — unhindered
- unsteady — not steady or firm; unstable; shaky: an unsteady hand.
- unswayed — swaybacked.
- unwarely — unwarily or incautiously; carelessly
- unwatery — not watery
- unyeaned — (of a sheep or goat) not having given birth
- urbanely — having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities: an urbane manner.
- van eyck — Jan (jɑn). died 1441, Flemish painter; founder of the Flemish school of painting. His most famous work is the altarpiece The Adoration of the Lamb, in Ghent, in which he may have been assisted by his brother Hubert (ˈhyːbərt), died ?1426
- vauntery — bravado; boasting
- venality — the condition or quality of being venal; openness to bribery or corruption.
- verdancy — green with vegetation; covered with growing plants or grass: a verdant oasis.
- vicenary — of, relating to, or consisting of twenty.
- vinegary — of the nature of or resembling vinegar; sour; acid: a vinegary taste.
- vineyard — a plantation of grapevines, especially one producing grapes for winemaking.
- vinylate — to subject to vinylation.
- wardenry — the office, jurisdiction, or district of a warden.
- weaponry — weapons or weaponlike instruments collectively.
- wearying — Causing tiredness; tiring.
- wesleyan — of or relating to John Wesley, founder of Methodism.
- xenogamy — pollination of the stigma of a flower by pollen from a flower on another plant.
- xenophya — parts of a shell or skeleton formed by foreign bodies
- yankeefy — to cause to acquire Yankee traits or characteristics: She was afraid that a year in a Connecticut college had Yankeefied her speech.
- yawnsome — dull and boring; tiresome
- yeanling — the young of a sheep or goat; a lamb or kid.
- year end — the end of the financial year
- year-end — year's end; the end of a calendar year.
- yearling — an animal in its second year.
- yearlong — lasting for a year.
- yearneth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of yearn.
- yearnful — Filled with yearning; desirous; mournful; distressing.
- yearning — deep longing, especially when accompanied by tenderness or sadness: a widower's yearning for his wife.
- yeomanly — of the condition or rank of a yeoman.
- yeomanry — yeomen collectively.
- yersinia — A Gram-negative bacterium, of the genus Yersinia, that is an etiological agent of several diseases in animals and humans, notably Yersinia pestis, which causes bubonic plague.
- you mean — You use 'you mean' in a question to check that you have understood what someone has said.