8-letter words containing y, e, r, s
- jerseyed — Dressed in a jersey.
- journeys — Plural form of journey.
- joyrides — Plural form of joyride.
- juryless — Without a jury.
- kayakers — Plural form of kayaker.
- kerensky — ˌAlekˈsanˌdr Feodoˈrovich (ˌɑljɛkˈsɑnˌdəʀ fjɔdɔˈrɔvɪtʃ) ; äˌlyeksänˈdər fy^ōˌd^ōr^ōˈvich) 1881-1970; Russ. revolutionary leader: prime minister of Russia (July-Nov., 1917), overthrown by the Bolshevik Revolution: in the U.S. after 1940
- keycards — Plural form of keycard.
- keywords — a word that serves as a key, as to the meaning of another word, a sentence, passage, or the like.
- kromesky — a croquette consisting of a piece of bacon wrapped round minced meat or fish
- lamasery — a monastery of lamas.
- lampreys — Plural form of lamprey.
- 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.
- layovers — Plural form of layover.
- libertys — a town in W Missouri.
- lynchers — to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority.
- lyricise — to write lyrics.
- lysander — died 395 b.c, Spartan naval commander and statesman.
- lysergic — Used in designation of lysergic acid, lysergic acid diethylamide.
- masterly — like or befitting a master, as in skill or art; worthy of a master; very skillful: a masterly presentation of the budget.
- mayoress — a woman who is the chief executive official of a city, village, or town.
- meronyms — Plural form of meronym.
- mersalyl — a salt of sodium, C13H16HgNNaO6, which was formerly used as a diuretic
- merycism — a condition in which undigested food is regurgitated
- midyears — Plural form of midyear.
- misentry — an incorrect or mistaken entry
- monstery — Resembling a monster.
- morosely — gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
- musketry — Military. the technique of bringing fire from a group of rifle and automatic weapons to bear on specified targets.
- naysayer — a person who habitually expresses negative or pessimistic views: Despite a general feeling that things were going well, a few naysayers tried to cast gloom.
- necropsy — the examination of a body after death; autopsy.
- overbusy — Excessively busy.
- overbuys — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbuy.
- overeasy — too easy
- overstay — to stay beyond the time, limit, or duration of; outstay: to overstay one's welcome.
- oversway — to overrule
- oystered — veneered with matched flitches having a figure of concentric rings.
- oysterer — a person who fishes for oysters
- paralyse — to affect with paralysis.
- passerby — a person passing by.
- perseity — (in medieval philosophy) the quality of those things having substance independently of any real object.
- perspiry — sweaty
- physeter — a member of the Physeter genus of creatures that includes the sperm whale
- pleurisy — inflammation of the pleura, with or without a liquid effusion in the pleural cavity, characterized by a dry cough and pain in the affected side.
- prestudy — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.
- priestly — of or relating to a priest; sacerdotal: priestly vestments.
- prophesy — to foretell or predict.
- prostyle — (of a classical temple) having a portico on the front with the columns in front of the antae.
- przemysl — a city in SE Poland: occupied by the Russians 1915.
- psaltery — an ancient musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
- pseudery — pretentious talk