8-letter words containing y, r
- ancestry — Your ancestry is the fact that you are descended from certain people.
- andrassy — Count Gyula (ˈdjulɔ). 1823–90, Hungarian statesman; the first prime minister of Hungary under the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary (1867)
- andreyev — ˌLeonid Nikolaˈyevich (ˌlɛɔˈnidˌ nikɔlɑˈjeɪvɪtʃ ) ; leˌ^ōnēdˈ nēˌk^ōläyāˈvich) 1871-1919; Russ. playwright, novelist, & short-story writer
- aneurysm — a sac formed by abnormal dilation of the weakened wall of a blood vessel
- anhungry — (obsolete, rare) Hungry.
- annulary — (archaic) Having the form of a ring; annular.
- anocracy — A political system which is neither fully democratic nor fully autocratic, often being vulnerable to political instability.
- antiarmy — Opposing an army or armies.
- any more — If something does not happen or is not true any more or any longer, it has stopped happening or is no longer true.
- anywhere — You use anywhere in statements with negative meaning to indicate that a place does not exist.
- apocarpy — the quality of being apocarpous
- apospory — development of the gametophyte from the sporophyte without the formation of spores
- apricity — (obsolete) The warmth of the Sun.
- apsyrtus — a son of Aeëtes, killed by his sister Medea, who, while fleeing with Jason, threw pieces of her brother's body into the sea so that her father, in pursuing her, might be delayed while picking them up.
- apyrases — Plural form of apyrase.
- apyretic — without fever
- apyrexia — absence of fever
- araguaya — a river in S central Brazil, flowing N to the Tocantins River. 1600 miles (2575 km) long.
- aranyaka — one of a class of the Vedic texts that, together with the Upanishads, make up the closing portions of the Brahmanas.
- archways — Plural form of archway.
- arcology — a type of architecture concerned with the design of enormous vertical cities that maximize population density and so preserve the surrounding countryside
- ardently — having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent: an ardent vow; ardent love.
- areaways — Plural form of areaway.
- areology — the study of the planet Mars
- arguably — You can use arguably when you are stating your opinion or belief, as a way of giving more authority to it.
- argutely — in an argute manner
- arillary — (of seeds) having an aril
- arms-eye — the armhole opening in a garment.
- army ant — any of various mainly tropical American predatory ants of the subfamily Dorylinae, which live in temporary nests and travel in vast hordes preying on other animals
- armyworm — the caterpillar of a widely distributed noctuid moth, Leucania unipuncta, which travels in vast hordes and is a serious pest of cereal crops in North America
- arrantly — downright; thorough; unmitigated; notorious: an arrant fool.
- arraying — Present participle of array.
- artfully — slyly crafty or cunning; deceitful; tricky: artful schemes.
- artistry — Artistry is the creative skill of an artist, writer, actor, or musician.
- artotype — collotype.
- aruspicy — haruspicy.
- aryanize — (in Nazi ideology) to purge (politics and society) of all non-Aryan elements or people; make characteristically Aryan
- arythmia — Alternative spelling of arrhythmia.
- arythmic — relating to arythmia
- asa gray — Asa [ey-suh] /ˈeɪ sə/ (Show IPA), 1810–88, U.S. botanist.
- ash gray — pale gray resembling the color of ashes.
- ashtrays — Plural form of ashtray.
- asperity — If you say something with asperity, you say it impatiently and severely.
- assayers — to examine or analyze: to assay a situation; to assay an event.
- assyrian — an inhabitant of ancient Assyria
- astrally — pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- asynergy — defective coordination between parts, as muscles or limbs, that normally act in unison.
- atrocity — An atrocity is a very cruel, shocking action.
- attorney — In the United States, an attorney or attorney at law is a lawyer.
- auditory — Auditory means related to hearing.