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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
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