8-letter words containing y, n
- snoopily — in a prying or snooping manner
- snootily — snobbish.
- snottery — snot or filth
- snottily — Vulgar. of or relating to snot.
- snow day — a day on which public schools or other institutions are closed due to heavy snow.
- snuggery — a snug place or position.
- solemnly — grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood: solemn remarks.
- solvency — solvent condition; ability to pay all just debts.
- sonobuoy — a buoy that emits a radio signal on receiving an underwater signal from a vessel.
- sonority — the condition or quality of being resonant or sonorous.
- spin-dry — to remove moisture from (laundry) by centrifugal force, as in an automatic washing machine.
- spinachy — characteristic of spinach
- spinnery — a spinning mill.
- splaying — to spread out, expand, or extend.
- spoonily — in a spoony manner
- sprauncy — smart or showy in appearance
- spray-on — applied by means of an aerosol spray
- spryness — active; nimble; agile; energetic; brisk.
- spunyarn — small stuff made from rope yarns twisted together
- spy ring — a group of spies operating covertly together
- spyplane — a military aeroplane used to spy on an enemy
- sry gene — a sex-determining gene on the Y chromosome in mammals that determines maleness and is essential for development of the testes.
- stand by — a staunch supporter or adherent; one who can be relied upon.
- stand-by — a staunch supporter or adherent; one who can be relied upon.
- stannary — a tin-mining region or district.
- steinway — Henry Engelhard [eng-guh l-hahrd,, -hahrt] /ˈɛŋ gəlˌhɑrd,, -ˌhɑrt/ (Show IPA), (Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg) 1797–1871, U.S. piano manufacturer, born in Germany.
- sternway — Nautical. the movement of a vessel backward, or stern foremost.
- stingily — reluctant to give or spend; not generous; niggardly; penurious: He's a stingy old miser.
- stingray — any of the rays, especially of the family Dasyatidae, having a long, flexible tail armed near the base with a strong, serrated bony spine with which they can inflict painful wounds.
- stolypin — Petr Arkadievich. 1863–1911, Russian conservative statesman: prime minister (1906–11). He instituted agrarian reforms but was ruthless in suppressing rebellion: assassinated
- stonefly — any of numerous dull-colored primitive aquatic insects of the order Plecoptera, having a distinctive flattened body shape: a major food source for game fish, especially bass and trout, which makes them popular as models for fishing flies.
- straying — to deviate from the direct course, leave the proper place, or go beyond the proper limits, especially without a fixed course or purpose; ramble: to stray from the main road.
- strongly — with great strength or force: wind blowing strongly from the west.
- studenty — denoting or exhibiting the characteristics believed typical of an undergraduate student
- studying — application of the mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection: long hours of study.
- stymying — Golf. (on a putting green) an instance of a ball's lying on a direct line between the cup and the ball of an opponent about to putt.
- subentry — an item shown or listed under a main entry, as in bookkeeping.
- succinyl — either of the two radicals of succinic acid
- suddenly — happening, coming, made, or done quickly, without warning, or unexpectedly: a sudden attack.
- suddenty — a sudden or unexpected occurrence, esp an attack
- sulfinyl — containing the sulfinyl group; thionyl.
- sulfonyl — sulfuryl.
- sullenly — showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve.
- sun city — city in SC Arizona: pop. 38,000
- sunberry — wonderberry.
- sundrily — in sundry or distinct ways; variously
- sunshiny — the shining of the sun; direct light of the sun.
- supinely — lying on the back, face or front upward.
- swannery — a place where swans are raised.
- swing by — Aerospace. a trajectory that uses the gravitational field of one celestial body to alter the course of a spacecraft destined for another body.