8-letter words containing y, e, r
- breviary — a book of psalms, hymns, prayers, etc, to be recited daily by clerics in major orders and certain members of religious orders as part of the divine office
- brindley — James. 1716–72, British canal builder, who constructed (1759–61) the Bridgewater Canal, the first in England
- brinkley — David, 1920–2003, U.S. broadcast journalist.
- broguery — the use of a brogue or accent
- broidery — a piece of embroidery
- burberry — a light good-quality raincoat, esp of gabardine
- burghley — William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. 1520–98, English statesman: chief adviser to Elizabeth I; secretary of state (1558–72) and Lord High Treasurer (1572–98)
- burgoyne — John. 1722–92, British general in the War of American Independence who was forced to surrender at Saratoga (1777)
- butchery — You can refer to the cruel killing of a lot of people as butchery when you want to express your horror and disgust at this.
- butyrate — any salt or ester of butyric acid, containing the monovalent group C3H7COO- or ion C3H7COO–
- by heart — If you know something such as a poem by heart, you have learned it so well that you can remember it without having to read it.
- by water — by ship or boat
- by-liner — a writer whose work is accompanied by a by-line
- bypasser — a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
- byre-man — a man who raises or tends cows.
- bystreet — an obscure or secondary street
- cajolery — persuasion by flattery or promises; wheedling; coaxing.
- calendry — a place where calendering is carried out
- calypter — a bastard wing or alula
- cape ray — a promontory in SW Newfoundland, Canada
- car keys — a key or keys used to lock, unlock, and operate an automobile
- card key — a small plastic card with magnetic coding that is read electronically when inserted into a scanner and used in place of a key to open locks, hotel doors, etc.
- card-key — a small plastic card with magnetic coding that is read electronically when inserted into a scanner and used in place of a key to open locks, hotel doors, etc.
- category — If people or things are divided into categories, they are divided into groups in such a way that the members of each group are similar to each other in some way.
- catenary — the curve assumed by a heavy uniform flexible cord hanging freely from two points. When symmetrical about the y-axis and intersecting it at y = a, the equation is y = a cosh x/a
- celerity — rapidity; swiftness; speed
- cemetary — Misspelling of cemetery.
- cemetery — A cemetery is a place where dead people's bodies or their ashes are buried.
- centaury — any Eurasian plant of the genus Centaurium, esp C. erythraea, having purplish-pink flowers and formerly believed to have medicinal properties: family Gentianaceae
- ceremony — A ceremony is a formal event such as a wedding.
- cerotype — a process for preparing a printing plate by engraving a wax-coated copper plate and then using this as a mould for an electrotype
- chaffery — the act of bargaining
- chambery — a city in SE France, in the Alps: skiing centre; former capital of the duchy of Savoy. Pop: 59 188 (2006)
- chancery — In Britain, the Chancery or Chancery Division is the Lord Chancellor's court, which is a division of the High Court of Justice.
- channery — an accumulation of thin, flat, coarse fragments of sandstone, limestone, or schist with diameters up to 6 inches (15 cm): used in Scotland and Ireland for gravel.
- chapelry — the district legally assigned to and served by an Anglican chapel
- charlyne — a female given name, form of Caroline.
- charnley — Sir John. 1911–82, British surgeon noted for his invention of an artificial hip joint and his development of hip-replacement surgery
- chattery — to talk rapidly in a foolish or purposeless way; jabber.
- cheatery — the act of cheating or deceiving
- cheddary — resembling or pertaining to cheddar cheese
- cheerily — in good spirits; cheerful; happy.
- chemurgy — the branch of chemistry concerned with the industrial use of organic raw materials, esp materials of agricultural origin
- chertsey — a town in S England, in N Surrey on the River Thames. Pop: 10 323 (2001)
- chevrony — showing or displaying chevrons
- chiefery — the responsibility and lands belonging to an Irish chief
- chrysler — Walter Percy, 1875–1940, U.S. automobile manufacturer.
- chummery — (India) The building in which unmarried British army officers were quartered during the w British Raj.
- cinerary — holding or intended for ashes, especially the ashes of cremated bodies: a cinerary urn.
- clattery — (informal) Tending to cause a clatter; noisy and possibly cumbersome.