8-letter words containing y, n, e
- eyestone — A small, lenticular, calcareous body, especially an operculum of a small shell of the family Tubinidae, used to remove a foreign substance from the eye.
- farnesyl — (biochemistry) The univalent radical derived from farnesol.
- fedayeen — a member of an Arab commando group operating especially against Israel.
- felinely — In a feline manner; .
- felinity — belonging or pertaining to the cat family, Felidae.
- feminacy — feminine nature.
- feminity — the quality of being feminine; womanliness.
- fentanyl — a synthetic, short-acting narcotic analgesic and sedative, C 22 H 28 N 2 O, used pharmacologically in anesthesia and neuroleptanalgesia, and also as an illicit drug: Medics quickly administered fentanyl to the injured soldiers. Drug dealers are lacing heroin with fentanyl.
- fernally — a seedless plant that is not a true fern
- ferrying — Present participle of ferry.
- ferryman — a person who owns or operates a ferry.
- ferrymen — Plural form of ferryman.
- fervency — warmth or intensity of feeling; ardor; zeal; fervor.
- fidayeen — Plural form of fidayee.
- finchley — a residential district of N London, part of the Greater London borough of Barnet from 1965
- finitely — having bounds or limits; not infinite; measurable.
- flannery — Tim, full name Timothy Fridtjof Flannery. born 1956, Australian zoologist, palaeontologist and environmentalist. His books include The Weather Makers (2006)
- fluently — spoken or written with ease: fluent French.
- flunkeys — Plural form of flunkey (alternative spelling of flunkies).
- fly line — a line for use in fly-fishing.
- foundery — Alternative form of foundry.
- frenzily — in a frenzied or frantic manner
- friendly — characteristic of or befitting a friend; showing friendship: a friendly greeting.
- frienemy — Alternative form of frenemy.
- frozenly — While, or as if, frozen; in a manner that is cold, unfeeling, unmoving, etc.
- frumenty — a dish of hulled wheat boiled in milk and seasoned with sugar, cinnamon, and raisins.
- fulgency — the quality of being fulgent; resplendence; brightness
- funerary — of or relating to a funeral or burial: a funerary urn.
- funnymen — Plural form of funnyman.
- furmenty — frumenty
- gamyness — the quality of being gamy
- gannetry — a gannet breeding-ground
- ganymeda — Hebe.
- ganymede — Also, Ganymedes [gan-uh-mee-deez] /ˌgæn əˈmi diz/ (Show IPA). Classical Mythology. a Trojan youth who was abducted by Zeus and taken to Olympus, where he was made the cupbearer of the gods and became immortal.
- garganey — a small Old World duck, Anas querquedula.
- generify — (computing) To make generic.
- genially — characterized by genius.
- genotype — the genetic makeup of an organism or group of organisms with reference to a single trait, set of traits, or an entire complex of traits.
- gentrify — to alter (a deteriorated urban neighborhood) through the buying and renovation of houses and stores by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, raising property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.
- geognosy — Archaic. a science dealing with the constituent parts of the earth, its envelope of air and water, its crust, and the condition of its interior.
- geomancy — divination by geographic features or by figures or lines.
- gingelly — (India) The sesame plant.
- gingerly — with great care or caution; warily.
- givenchy — Hubert de [y-ber duh] /üˈbɛr də/ (Show IPA), born 1927, French fashion designer.
- glycerin — glycerol.
- glycogen — a white, tasteless polysaccharide, (C 6 H 10 O 5) n , molecularly similar to starch, constituting the principal carbohydrate storage material in animals and occurring chiefly in the liver, in muscle, and in fungi and yeasts.
- goldenly — In a golden manner.
- gonocyte — an oocyte or spermatocyte
- grayness — of a color between white and black; having a neutral hue.
- greenery — green foliage or vegetation; verdure.