8-letter words containing y, o, u
- costumey — resembling a costume and therefore unrealistic
- counthry — Irish eye dialect spelling of country.
- countrey — Archaic spelling of country.
- courtesy — Courtesy is politeness, respect, and consideration for others.
- courtney — a feminine and masculine name
- courtsey — Archaic spelling of curtsey.
- cousinly — like or befitting a cousin.
- cousinry — a collection of cousins
- croupily — in a croupy manner
- crousely — in a crouse manner
- cry foul — If you cry foul, you claim that someone, especially an opponent or rival, has acted illegally or unfairly.
- cryonaut — a person whose dead body has been preserved by the technique of cryonics.
- curatory — the office of a curator
- cushiony — soft and comfortable like a cushion.
- cyaneous — deep blue; cerulean.
- cynosure — a person or thing that attracts notice, esp because of its brilliance or beauty
- dan buoy — a small buoy used as a marker at sea
- delusory — tending to delude; misleading; deceptive: a delusive reply.
- devoutly — Devoutly is used to emphasize how sincerely or deeply you hope for something or believe in something.
- didymous — in pairs or in two parts
- dionysus — the god of fertility, wine, and drama; Bacchus.
- dizygous — Dizygotic.
- doughboy — Informal. an American infantryman, especially in World War I.
- dounreay — the site in N Scotland of a nuclear power station, which contained the world's first fast-breeder reactor (1962–77). A prototype fast-breeder operated from 1974 until 1994: a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant has also operated at the site
- droughty — dry.
- drymouth — a condition of insufficient saliva, known medically as xerostomia
- dumosity — the condition of being filled with bushes
- duopsony — the market condition that exists when there are only two buyers.
- euonymin — an extract obtained from the bark of the spindle tree (Euonymus atropurpureus)
- euonymus — A shrub or small tree that is widely cultivated for its autumn colors and bright fruit.
- euploidy — (genetics) The condition of having a chromosome number that is an exact multiple of the haploid number for the species.
- eutrophy — (medicine) healthy nutrition.
- eyes out — with every possible effort
- famously — having a widespread reputation, usually of a favorable nature; renowned; celebrated: a famous writer. Synonyms: famed, notable, illustrious. Antonyms: unknown, obscure.
- flavoury — Possessing flavour.
- fortuity — the state or quality of being fortuitous; fortuitous character.
- foundery — Alternative form of foundry.
- four-way — providing access or passage in four directions: a four-way entrance.
- fourplay — Quad play.
- fourthly — in the fourth place; fourth.
- fumatory — of or relating to smoke, especially tobacco smoke, or to a place for smoking.
- fumitory — any plant of the genus Fumaria, especially a delicate herb, F. officinalis, having finely dissected, grayish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers.
- fumosity — the quality or state of being fumous or fumy
- gealousy — Obsolete form of jealousy.
- get you! — You can say get you to show that you think someone is acting as if they are more important, rich, or successful than they really are.
- glamoury — (obsolete) magic.
- gluttony — excessive eating and drinking.
- good guy — decent man
- guaynabo — a city in N Puerto Rico, SE of Bayamón.
- gulosity — gluttony or greediness.