8-letter words containing y, o, g, a
- nosegays — a small bunch of flowers; bouquet; posy.
- nostalgy — nostalgia.
- nugatory — of no real value; trifling; worthless.
- octalogy — (rare) # A set of eight works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as eight individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- omophagy — The eating of raw food, especially raw meat.
- orangery — a warm place, as a greenhouse, in which orange trees are cultivated in cool climates.
- palilogy — the technique of repeating a word or phrase for emphasis.
- papagayo — Gulf of, an inlet of the Pacific, on the NW coast of Costa Rica. 15 miles (25 km) long; 25 miles (40 km) wide.
- paralogy — false reasoning
- pedagogy — the function or work of a teacher; teaching.
- play god — make life-and-death decisions
- playgoer — a person who attends the theater often or habitually.
- poly bag — a polythene bag, esp one used to store or protect food or household articles
- polygala — any plant of the genus Polygala, comprising the milkworts.
- polygamy — the practice or condition of having more than one spouse, especially wife, at one time. Compare bigamy (def 1), monogamy (def 1).
- porogamy — the fertilization of a seed plant involving passage of the pollen tube into the ovule by the micropyle
- rogatory — pertaining to asking or requesting: a rogatory commission.
- shaoyang — a city in central Hunan province, in E China.
- toadying — an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- vagotomy — the surgical severance of vagus nerve fibers, performed to reduce acid secretion by the stomach.
- voyageur — (in Canada) a person who is an expert woodsman, boatman, and guide in remote regions, especially one employed by fur companies to transport supplies to and from their distant stations.
- voyaging — a course of travel or passage, especially a long journey by water to a distant place.
- wagonway — A crude road for wagons.
- waygoing — the act of leaving; departure; leavetaking.
- wayleggo — away here! let go!; a shepherd's call to a dog on completion of a task
- xenogamy — pollination of the stigma of a flower by pollen from a flower on another plant.
- yang tao — Chinese gooseberry.
- yangshao — of or designating a Neolithic culture of N China c5000–3000 b.c., characterized by dwellings with sunken floors, domestication of the pig, and a fine handmade pottery painted mainly in geometric designs of spirals and circles.
- yangzhou — a city in central Jiangsu province, in E China.
- yearlong — lasting for a year.
- yoga mat — padded floor covering used for yoga
- yugoslav — a native or inhabitant of the former country of Yugoslavia.
- zoophagy — the feeding on animals by other animals
- zymogram — a band of electrophoretic medium showing a pattern of enzymes following electrophoresis