8-letter words containing y, e, r
- valkyrie — any of the beautiful maidens attendant upon Odin who bring the souls of slain warriors chosen by Odin or Tyr to Valhalla and there wait upon them.
- varitype — to operate a Varityper.
- varletry — varlets collectively.
- vasarely — Victor. 1908–97, French painter, born in Hungary; a leading exponent of op art
- vauntery — bravado; boasting
- veracity — habitual observance of truth in speech or statement; truthfulness: He was not noted for his veracity.
- verbally — of or relating to words: verbal ability.
- verdancy — green with vegetation; covered with growing plants or grass: a verdant oasis.
- vergency — an inclination or tendency; the act of verging or approaching
- vespiary — a nest of social wasps.
- vestiary — of or relating to garments or vestments.
- vexatory — vexing, inconvenient, or irritating
- 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.
- virilely — in a virile manner
- voyageur — (in Canada) a person who is an expert woodsman, boatman, and guide in remote regions, especially one employed by fur companies to transport supplies to and from their distant stations.
- walkyrie — Valkyrie.
- wardenry — the office, jurisdiction, or district of a warden.
- waterboy — Alternative spelling of water boy.
- waterily — In a watery manner.
- waterway — a river, canal, or other body of water serving as a route or way of travel or transport.
- waverley — a city in New South Wales, SE Australia, near Sydney.
- waxberry — the wax myrtle or the bayberry.
- wayfarer — a traveler, especially on foot.
- waywiser — a device formerly used for measuring distance travelled by road
- weaponry — weapons or weaponlike instruments collectively.
- wearying — Causing tiredness; tiring.
- westbury — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- westerly — moving, directed, or situated toward the west: the westerly end of the field.
- whiggery — the principles or practices of Whigs.
- whiskery — whiskers, a beard.
- whispery — like a whisper: a soft, whispery voice.
- wild rye — any grass of the genus Elymus, somewhat resembling rye.
- winterly — of, relating to, or occurring in winter; hibernal.
- witchery — witchcraft; magic.
- wonderly — (obsolete) Wonderfully, in a wonderful manner.
- writerly — characteristic or typical of an author, especially a professional one.
- yabbered — Simple past tense and past participle of yabber.
- yachters — Plural form of yachter.
- yahrzeit — the anniversary of the death of a parent, sibling, child, or spouse, observed by lighting a memorial lamp or candle the night before and reciting the Kaddish at the evening service of the day before and at the morning and afternoon services of the day itself.
- yammered — to whine or complain.
- yammerer — One who complains or whines peevishly or whimperingly.
- yardages — Plural form of yardage.
- yarmelke — Alternative spelling of yarmulke.
- yarmulke — a skullcap worn, especially during prayer and religious study, by Jewish males, especially those adhering to Orthodox or Conservative tradition.
- yarovize — to vernalize.
- yattered — Simple past tense and past participle of yatter.
- yawmeter — an instrument that measures the yaw of an aircraft.
- ycarried — Past participle of carry.