8-letter words containing y, n
- jerseyan — a British island in the English Channel: the largest of the Channel Islands. 44 sq. mi. (116 sq. km). Capital: St. Helier.
- jessamyn — a female given name, form of Jasmine.
- jimdandy — (dated, slang) A fine or excellent person; a crackerjack.
- jimmying — a short crowbar.
- jocundly — In a jocund manner.
- john hay — John Milton, 1838–1905, U.S. statesman and author.
- jokingly — something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
- jollying — Present participle of jolly.
- journeys — Plural form of journey.
- junkyard — a yard for the collection, storage, and resale of junk.
- kamyshin — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Volgograd, on the Volga River.
- kantikoy — a ceremonial dance of some Native American tribes, often involving sacrifices
- karyotin — chromatin
- kayaking — an Eskimo canoe with a skin cover on a light framework, made watertight by flexible closure around the waist of the occupant and propelled with a double-bladed paddle.
- keneally — Thomas (Michael). born 1935, Australian writer. His novels include the Booker prizewinner Schindler's Ark (1982); other works are The Playmaker (1987), The Great Shame (1998), and The Woman and Her Hero (2007)
- kennelly — Arthur Edwin. 1861–1939, US electrical engineer: independently of Heaviside, he predicted the existence of an ionized layer in the upper atmosphere, known as the Kennelly-Heaviside layer or E region
- kentucky — a state in the E central United States. 40,395 sq. mi. (104,625 sq. km). Capital: Frankfort. Abbreviation: KY (for use with zip code), Ken., Ky.
- kenyatta — Jomo [joh-moh] /ˈdʒoʊ moʊ/ (Show IPA), 1893?–1978, Kenyan political leader: president 1964–78.
- kerensky — ˌAlekˈsanˌdr Feodoˈrovich (ˌɑljɛkˈsɑnˌdəʀ fjɔdɔˈrɔvɪtʃ) ; äˌlyeksänˈdər fy^ōˌd^ōr^ōˈvich) 1881-1970; Russ. revolutionary leader: prime minister of Russia (July-Nov., 1917), overthrown by the Bolshevik Revolution: in the U.S. after 1940
- kernelly — with or like a kernel or kernels
- key ring — a ring, usually of metal, for holding keys.
- keychain — A chain or ring to which a key may be attached.
- keynoted — Music. the note or tone on which a key or system of tones is founded; the tonic.
- keynoter — a person who delivers a keynote address.
- keynotes — Plural form of keynote.
- keypunch — Also, key punch. Also called card punch. a machine, operated by a keyboard, for coding information by punching holes in cards or paper tape in specified patterns.
- keystone — the wedge-shaped piece at the summit of an arch, regarded as holding the other pieces in place.
- kilkenny — a county in Leinster, in the SE Republic of Ireland. 796 sq. mi. (2060 sq. km).
- kiln-dry — to dry in a kiln.
- kindlily — in a kindly manner
- kingsley — Charles, 1819–75, English clergyman, novelist, and poet.
- klondyke — Alt form klondike.
- klystron — An electron tube that generates or amplifies microwaves by velocity modulation.
- knackery — rendering works.
- knightly — characteristic of a knight; noble, courageous, and generous: knightly deeds.
- knottily — In a knotty way.
- knowsley — a unitary authority of NW England, in Merseyside. Pop: 150 200 (2003 est). Area: 97 sq km (38 sq miles)
- kolinsky — an Asian mink, Mustela sibirica, having buff or tawny fur.
- komensky — Jan Amos [Czech yahn ah-maws] /Czech yɑn ˈɑ mɔs/ (Show IPA), Comenius, John Amos.
- kootenay — a river flowing from SW Canada through NW Montana and N Idaho, swinging back into Canada to the Columbia River. 400 miles (645 km) long.
- kuan yin — a female Chinese Bodhisattva of compassion, regarded as the protector of women and children and patron of sailors
- kwan-yin — one of the Chinese female Boddhisattvas, noted for her kindness: often considered an aspect of Avalokitesvara.
- kweiyang — Guiyang.
- kyanized — Simple past tense and past participle of kyanize.
- lacunary — Of, pertaining to, or having characteristics of a lacuna.
- lambency — the quality of being lambent.
- lancegay — a lance used in medieval times
- landlady — a woman who owns and leases an apartment, house, land, etc., to others.
- lane-way — a lane
- laneways — Plural form of laneway.