8-letter words containing y, n, e
- greeneye — a slender fish with pale green eyes
- greenfly — an aphid, Coloradoa rufomaculata, that is an important pest of chrysanthemums.
- greenway — any scenic trail or route set aside for travel or recreational activities.
- greyness — The state or quality of being grey.
- grindery — a workshop for grinding edge tools.
- guernsey — Isle of, one of the Channel Islands, in the English Channel. With adjacent islands, about 24½ sq. mi. (63 sq. km).
- gunlayer — a person who aims a ship's gun
- guyanese — an independent republic on the NE coast of South America: a former British protectorate; gained independence 1966; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 82,978 sq. mi. (214,913 sq. km). Capital: Georgetown.
- guyliner — (informal) Eyeliner when used on men; usually associated with the goth and emo subcultures.
- gynaeco- — relating to women; female
- gynecium — gynoecium.
- gynecoid — of or like a woman.
- gynobase — an elevation of the receptacle of a flower, bearing the gynoecium.
- gynoecia — Plural form of gynoecium.
- gypseian — relating to gypsies
- gyrodyne — A kind of VTOL aircraft with a helicopter rotor-like system driven by its engine for takeoff and landing, as well as one or more conventional propellers to provide forward thrust during cruising flight.
- ha'penny — halfpenny.
- hackneys — Plural form of hackney.
- halcyone — a third-magnitude star in the constellation Taurus: brightest star in the Pleiades.
- handedly — (nonstandard) Easily; with ease.
- handymen — Plural form of handyman.
- haringey — a borough of Greater London, England.
- hauynite — a relatively rare feldspathoid mineral related to sodalite: sometimes confused with lapis lazuli.
- heavenly — of or in the heavens: the heavenly bodies.
- heavy on — using large quantities of
- hegemony — leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others, as in a confederation.
- hegumeny — the office of a hegumen
- hengyang — a city in E central Hunan province, in E China.
- henry ii — ("Henry the Saint") 973–1024, king of Germany 1002–24 and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1014–24.
- henry iv — 1050–1106, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and king of Germany 1056–1106.
- henry vi — 1165–97, king of Germany 1190–97; king of Sicily 1194–97; emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1191–97 (son of Frederick I).
- henryson — Robert. ?1430–?1506, Scottish poet. His works include Testament of Cresseid (1593), a sequel to Chaucer's Troilus and Cressida, the 13 Moral Fables of Esope the Phrygian, and the pastoral dialogue Robene and Makyne
- hexylene — a liquid hydrocarbon similar to ethylene
- hiddenly — concealed; obscure; covert: hidden meaning; hidden hostility.
- hinckley — a town in central England, in Leicestershire. Pop: 43 246 (2001)
- holy one — God. Isa. 10:20.
- holyness — Alternative spelling of holiness.
- homodyne — of or relating to reception by a device that generates a varying voltage of the same or nearly the same frequency as the incoming carrier wave and combines it with the incoming signal for detection.
- homogeny — correspondence in form or structure, owing to a common origin.
- honestly — in an honest manner.
- honeybee — any bee that collects and stores honey, especially Apis mellifera.
- honeybun — A type of bun or pastry sweetened with honey.
- honeydew — honeydew melon.
- honeyful — full of honey
- honeying — Present participle of honey.
- honeypot — a pot, as of glass or silver, for storing and serving honey.
- hueytown — a town in central Alabama.
- humanely — characterized by tenderness, compassion, and sympathy for people and animals, especially for the suffering or distressed: humane treatment of prisoners.
- hungerly — marked by a hungry look.
- huxleyan — of, relating to, or characteristic or suggestive of Aldous Huxley or his writings.