8-letter words containing y, r, s
- thyrosis — any condition resulting from abnormal functioning of the thyroid gland.
- thyrsoid — having somewhat the form of a thyrsus.
- tinselry — cheap and pretentious display.
- touristy — pertaining to or characteristic of tourists: a touristy attitude.
- travesty — a grotesque or debased likeness or imitation: a travesty of justice.
- treasury — a place where the funds of the government, of a corporation, or the like are deposited, kept, and disbursed.
- trolleys — trolley car.
- trophesy — a condition caused by a disorder of the nerves relating to nutrition
- trysting — an appointment to meet at a certain time and place, especially one made somewhat secretly by lovers.
- tryworks — the furnace and other apparatus, as on whaling ships in the past, used for rendering blubber into oil
- tyreless — without tyres
- tyrolese — of or relating to the Austrian state of Tyrol or its inhabitants
- tyrosine — a crystalline amino acid, HOC 6 H 4 CH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, abundant in ripe cheese, that acts as a precursor of norepinephrine and dopamine. Symbol: Y. Abbreviation: Tyr;
- tyrrheus — a shepherd. The killing of his tame stag by Ascanius was a cause of the war between Aeneas' Trojans and the people of Latium.
- tyrtaeus — flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet.
- undersay — to state in the form of an answer
- undersky — lower sky
- undrossy — free from dross; pure
- unsavory — not savory; tasteless or insipid: an unsavory meal.
- unstarry — not resembling or characteristic of a star from the entertainment world
- unsurely — free from doubt as to the reliability, character, action, etc., of something: to be sure of one's data.
- untrusty — not trusty or trustworthy; undependable
- up yours — to, toward, or in a more elevated position: to climb up to the top of a ladder.
- uroscopy — inspection or analysis of the urine as a means of diagnosis.
- urostomy — an artificial opening for the release of urine, used when urination through the bladder and urethra is no longer possible due, for example, to surgery
- urostyle — the fused vertebrae at the posterior end of the spinal column of some fishes and tailless amphibians.
- varnishy — glossy; like varnish
- vasarely — Victor. 1908–97, French painter, born in Hungary; a leading exponent of op art
- vavasory — the tenure of a fee held by a vavasor.
- vespiary — a nest of social wasps.
- vestiary — of or relating to garments or vestments.
- waycross — a city in SE Georgia.
- waymarks — Plural form of waymark.
- waywiser — a device formerly used for measuring distance travelled by road
- westbury — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- westerly — moving, directed, or situated toward the west: the westerly end of the field.
- whiskery — whiskers, a beard.
- whispery — like a whisper: a soft, whispery voice.
- work-shy — If you describe someone as work-shy, you disapprove of them because you think they are lazy and do not want to work.
- workdays — Plural form of workday.
- wrybills — Plural form of wrybill.
- y-fronts — Y-fronts are men's or boys' underwear with an opening at the front.
- yachters — Plural form of yachter.
- yardages — Plural form of yardage.
- yardarms — Plural form of yardarm.
- yearlies — Plural form of yearly.
- yeasayer — a person with an optimistic and confident outlook.
- yersinia — A Gram-negative bacterium, of the genus Yersinia, that is an etiological agent of several diseases in animals and humans, notably Yersinia pestis, which causes bubonic plague.
- yessiree — (informal) A more enthusiastic way of saying yes.
- yestreen — yesterday evening; last evening.