8-letter words containing y, e, t, a
- metayage — the system of agriculture based on the use of métayers.
- methylal — a colorless, flammable, volatile liquid, C 3 H 8 O 2 , having a chloroformlike odor, used chiefly as a solvent, in perfumery, and in organic synthesis.
- monetary — of or relating to the coinage or currency of a country.
- mycetoma — a chronic tumorous infection caused by any of various soil-dwelling fungi, usually affecting the foot.
- natively — being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one's native land.
- negatory — marked by negation; denying; negative.
- net play — play made from a position close to the net
- netnanny — (networking) A small program for children to block access to certain sites.
- oblately — In an oblate manner.
- ornately — elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so: They bought an ornate Louis XIV sofa.
- 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
- overstay — to stay beyond the time, limit, or duration of; outstay: to overstay one's welcome.
- paratype — a specimen other than a type specimen that is used for the original description of a taxonomic group and specifically stated to be the one on which the original description of the taxon was based.
- patchery — the act of hurriedly patching something together
- patently — the exclusive right granted by a government to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an invention for a certain number of years.
- peasanty — having qualities ascribed to traditional country life or people; simple or unsophisticated
- pedantry — the character, qualities, practices, etc., of a pedant, especially undue display of learning.
- penality — of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- petabyte — 2 50 bytes, or 1,024 terabytes.
- petalody — a condition in flowers, in which certain organs, as the stamens in most double flowers, assume the appearance of or become metamorphosed into petals.
- petchary — a grey kingbird, Tyrannus dominicensis
- playdate — a gathering of children at a house for play
- playmate — a companion, especially of a child, in play or recreation.
- playtime — time for play or recreation.
- plenarty — the state of an endowed church office when occupied
- pratyeka — (in Mahayana Buddhism) a buddha who enters into nirvana without teaching others.
- psaltery — an ancient musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
- pterylae — one of the feathered areas on the skin of a bird.
- ptyalize — to induce the flow of saliva
- pyruvate — an ester or salt of pyruvic acid.
- racketry — noise and commotion
- radetzky — Count Joseph [yoh-zef] /ˈyoʊ zɛf/ (Show IPA), 1766–1858, Austrian field marshal.
- rafferty — confused; disorganized.
- rateably — capable of being rated or appraised.
- rectally — of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- regality — royalty, sovereignty, or kingship.
- rest day — a holiday; a day when people do not have to work
- retiracy — retirement
- rothesay — a town in the Strathclyde region, on Bute island, in SW Scotland: resort; ruins of 11th-century castle.
- routeway — a track, road, waterway, etc, used as a route to somewhere
- rubygate — an Italian political scandal in which Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was accused of paying for sex with a nightclub dancer and of abusing his office
- scattery — characterized by scattering or dispersion
- scyphate — being in the shape of a cup; cup-shaped.
- sedately — calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement: a sedate party; a sedate horse.
- shattery — (of rock or soil) liable to shatter or crumble
- slattery — slovenly
- 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.
- statedly — fixed or settled: a stated price.