8-letter words containing y, e, r
- meyerhof — Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1884–1951, German physiologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1922.
- mid-year — the middle of the year.
- midyears — Plural form of midyear.
- misentry — an incorrect or mistaken entry
- modernly — of or relating to present and recent time; not ancient or remote: modern city life.
- monetary — of or relating to the coinage or currency of a country.
- monstery — Resembling a monster.
- monterey — a city in W California, on Monterey Bay: the capital of California until 1847.
- mornynge — Obsolete spelling of morning.
- morosely — gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
- motherly — pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a mother; maternal: motherly solicitude.
- mulberry — the edible, berrylike collective fruit of any tree of the genus Morus.
- mulierty — the state of being of legitimate birth.
- mulroney — (Martin) Brian, born 1939, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1984–93.
- musketry — Military. the technique of bringing fire from a group of rifle and automatic weapons to bear on specified targets.
- myrmeco- — ant
- 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.
- ne'erday — New Year's Day
- necropsy — the examination of a body after death; autopsy.
- negatory — marked by negation; denying; negative.
- neocracy — Government by the new or inexperienced.
- neurally — of or relating to a nerve or the nervous system.
- new year — New Year's Day.
- new york — Also called New York State. a state in the NE United States. 49,576 sq. mi. (128,400 sq. km). Capital: Albany. Abbreviation: NY (for use with zip code), N.Y.
- niemeyer — Oscar, 1907–2012, Brazilian architect.
- no entry — no way in
- noncyber — Not cyber; noncomputer.
- nonentry — the failure of a tenant's heir to renew investiture after the tenant's death
- nonpayer — One who is not a payer, who does not pay.
- noometry — a term used by the satirical novelist Thomas Love Peacock to mean 'measurement of the mind'
- not very — hardly, only a little
- novenary — A group of nine.
- numeracy — to represent numbers by symbols.
- numerary — of or relating to a number or numbers.
- nyetwork — notwork
- o. henry — Cole, 1893–1964, U.S. composer.
- odometry — an instrument for measuring distance traveled, as by an automobile.
- off year — a year without a major, especially presidential, election.
- off-year — An off-year is a year when no major political elections are held.
- orangery — a warm place, as a greenhouse, in which orange trees are cultivated in cool climates.
- ore-body — a well-defined mass of ore-bearing rock.
- ornately — elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so: They bought an ornate Louis XIV sofa.
- orthoepy — the study of correct pronunciation.
- out-year — the fiscal year after a year covered by a budget; any year beyond the budget year for which projections of spending are made.
- outweary — to exhaust completely
- overbusy — Excessively busy.
- overbuys — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbuy.
- overcloy — to weary with excess
- overdyed — Simple past tense and past participle of overdye.
- overdyer — someone who overdyes