8-letter words containing y, s, a
- satanity — the quality or act of being satanic
- saturday — the seventh day of the week, following Friday.
- satyrisk — a small satyr
- savagely — fierce, ferocious, or cruel; untamed: savage beasts.
- savagery — an uncivilized or barbaric state or condition; barbarity.
- savourly — in a savouring or enjoyable manner; passionately
- savoyard — a native or inhabitant of Savoy.
- sawdusty — filled with or suggesting sawdust.
- say what — the true nature or identity of something, or the sum of its characteristics: a lecture on the whats and hows of crop rotation.
- say when — to state when an action is to be stopped or begun, as when someone is pouring a drink
- sayonara — a Japanese farewell
- sayville — a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.
- scalably — capable of being scaled: the scalable slope of a mountain.
- scammony — a twining, Asian convolvulus, Convolvulus scammonia.
- scantily — scant in amount, quantity, etc.; barely sufficient.
- scantity — the quality of being scant or scarce
- scarcely — barely; hardly; not quite: The light is so dim we can scarcely see.
- scarcity — insufficiency or shortness of supply; dearth.
- scattery — characterized by scattering or dispersion
- schryari — a musical woodwind instrument of the 16th and 17th centuries having a double reed concealed in a cylinder and producing a shrill tone.
- scrabbly — insignificantly small or sparse: scrabbly tufts of grass sprouting from the parched lawn.
- scraggly — irregular; uneven; jagged.
- scratchy — causing or liable to cause a slight grating noise: a scratchy record.
- scybalum — hard faeces in the intestine
- scyphate — being in the shape of a cup; cup-shaped.
- scythian — pertaining to Scythia, its people, or their language.
- sea lily — a stalked, sessile crinoid.
- seacunny — a steersman or quartermaster in a ship manned by lascars
- sedately — calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement: a sedate party; a sedate horse.
- seminary — a special school providing education in theology, religious history, etc., primarily to prepare students for the priesthood, ministry, or rabbinate.
- sepalody — the changing of other flower parts, such as petals, into sepals
- sequoyah — 1770?–1843, Cherokee Indian scholar: inventor of a syllabary for writing Cherokee.
- serially — anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- sex play — erotic caressing, especially as a prelude to sexual intercourse; foreplay.
- sexenary — senary.
- sexually — of, relating to, or for sex: sexual matters; sexual aids.
- shabbily — impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn: shabby clothes.
- shaoyang — a city in central Hunan province, in E China.
- shattery — (of rock or soil) liable to shatter or crumble
- shauchly — (of a person) unsteady or awkward on the feet
- shenyang — Pinyin, Wade-Giles. a province in NE China. 58,301 sq. mi. (151,000 sq. km). Capital: Shenyang.
- shipyard — a yard or enclosure in which ships are built or repaired.
- show day — (in Australia) a public holiday in a state on the date of its annual agricultural and industrial show
- showyard — a yard where cattle and machinery are displayed
- sick bay — a hospital or dispensary, especially aboard ship.
- sick day — a day for which an employee will be paid while absent because of illness.
- sick pay — wages or other compensation received from an employer during an illness.
- sick-bay — a hospital or dispensary, especially aboard ship.
- side-way — a byway.
- sideways — with a side foremost.