8-letter words containing y, n
- pyronine — a xanthine dye used for detecting the presence of RNA.
- pyroxene — any of a very common group of minerals of many varieties, silicates of magnesium, iron, calcium, and other elements, occurring as important constituents of many kinds of rocks, especially basic igneous rocks.
- pythonic — prophetic; oracular.
- qingyuan — former name of Baoding.
- quaintly — having an old-fashioned attractiveness or charm; oddly picturesque: a quaint old house.
- quandary — a state of perplexity or uncertainty, especially as to what to do; dilemma.
- quantify — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- quantity — a particular or indefinite amount of anything: a small quantity of milk; the ocean's vast quantity of fish.
- querying — a question; an inquiry.
- quiddany — a type of quince jelly
- radiancy — radiance.
- ragingly — angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination): a speech full of rage; incidents of road rage.
- rallying — the sport of driving in automobile rallies.
- ramayana — an epic of India, one of the Puranas attributed to Valmiki and concerned with the life and adventures of Ramachandra and his wife Sita.
- rampancy — a rampant condition or position.
- rancidly — in a rancid manner
- randomly — proceeding, made, or occurring without definite aim, reason, or pattern: the random selection of numbers.
- re-enjoy — to experience with joy; take pleasure in: He enjoys Chinese food.
- re-entry — an act of reentering.
- readying — completely prepared or in fit condition for immediate action or use: troops ready for battle; Dinner is ready.
- reagency — the quality or condition of being a reagent
- recently — of late occurrence, appearance, or origin; lately happening, done, made, etc.: recent events; a recent trip.
- reconvey — to convey again.
- refinery — an establishment for refining something, as metal, sugar, or petroleum.
- reinjury — an injury which follows a previous injury to the same place in the body
- relaying — re-lay.
- renotify — to notify again
- rent boy — A rent boy is a boy or young man who has sex with men for money.
- resinify — to convert into a resin.
- retronym — a term coined in modification of an original term that was used alone (as acoustic guitar instead of guitar ) to distinguish it from a term referring to a later development (as electric guitar ). Other examples of retronyms are snail mail and analog watch .
- reynolds — a male given name, form of Reginald.
- ribbonry — ribbons or ribbon work
- rohypnol — Rohypnol is a powerful drug that makes a person semi-conscious.
- rovingly — in a roving manner
- run away — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- ryojunko — former Japanese name of Lüshun.
- ryukyuan — a native or inhabitant of Ryukyu.
- saffrony — saffron-coloured
- saguenay — a river in SE Canada, in Quebec, flowing SE from Lake St. John to the St. Lawrence. 125 miles (200 km) long.
- saliency — salience.
- salinity — of, containing, or resembling common table salt; salty or saltlike: a saline solution.
- sanatory — favorable for health; curative; healing.
- sanctify — to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate.
- sanctity — holiness, saintliness, or godliness.
- sand fly — any of several small, bloodsucking, dipterous insects of the family Psychodidae that are vectors of several diseases of humans.
- sand-fly — any of several small, bloodsucking, dipterous insects of the family Psychodidae that are vectors of several diseases of humans.
- sandusky — a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- sandyish — somewhat sandy
- sanguify — to generate or turn into blood
- sanitary — of or relating to health or the conditions affecting health, especially with reference to cleanliness, precautions against disease, etc.