8-letter words containing y, e, r, s
- sighyper — Special Interest Group on Hypertext and Multimedia of the SGML Users' Group.
- silverly — with a silvery appearance or sound.
- siserary — a scolding
- sisterly — of, like, or befitting a sister: sisterly affection.
- skinnery — a place where skins are prepared, as for the market.
- skittery — skittish.
- skyborne — airborne.
- skydiver — freefalling parachutist
- skywrite — to engage in skywriting.
- slabbery — slobbery.
- slattery — slovenly
- sliddery — slippery
- slippery — tending or liable to cause slipping or sliding, as ice, oil, a wet surface, etc.: a slippery road.
- slithery — to slide down or along a surface, especially unsteadily, from side to side, or with some friction or noise: The box slithered down the chute.
- slobbery — characterized by slobbering.
- slovenry — slovenliness
- slumbery — slumberous.
- sluttery — the state of being a slut
- smeltery — smelter (def 3).
- smithery — the work, craft, or workshop of a smith.
- smothery — stifling; close: a smothery atmosphere.
- smuggery — the condition or an instance of being smug; smugness
- smyrnean — of or relating to Smyrna, Turkey.
- snailery — a place where snails are bred
- snickery — of, pertaining to, or resembling a snicker
- snobbery — snobbish character, conduct, trait, or act.
- snottery — snot or filth
- snuggery — a snug place or position.
- sobriety — the state or quality of being sober.
- soldiery — soldiers collectively.
- somberly — gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted: a somber passageway.
- souterly — relating to a souter
- sparsely — thinly scattered or distributed: a sparse population.
- spermary — an organ in which spermatozoa are generated; testis.
- spinnery — a spinning mill.
- spivvery — the characteristic behaviour of a spiv
- spoofery — good-humored mockery or teasing.
- spookery — matters relating to spies and espionage
- spryness — active; nimble; agile; energetic; brisk.
- sputtery — tending to sputter
- squarely — in a square shape, form, or manner.
- squirely — belonging or relating to, or appropriate to, a squire or squires
- sry gene — a sex-determining gene on the Y chromosome in mammals that determines maleness and is essential for development of the testes.
- staggery — tending to stagger
- star key — a push button on a telephone or other electronic device that is marked with an asterisk, often in the lower left-hand area.
- stemmery — a factory or other place where tobacco leaves are stripped.
- sternway — Nautical. the movement of a vessel backward, or stern foremost.
- storeyed — having stories or floors (often used in combination): a two-storied house.
- strachey — (Giles) Lytton [jahylz lit-n] /dʒaɪlz ˈlɪt n/ (Show IPA), 1880–1932, English biographer and literary critic.
- strategy — Also, strategics. the science or art of combining and employing the means of war in planning and directing large military movements and operations.