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8-letter words containing y, u, e

  • chummery — (India) The building in which unmarried British army officers were quartered during the w British Raj.
  • chutneys — Plural form of chutney.
  • cleruchy — (in the ancient world) a special type of Athenian colony, in which settlers (cleruchs) retained their Athenian citizenship and the community remained a political dependency of Athens
  • clustery — Growing in, or full of, clusters; like clusters.
  • cluttery — full of clutter
  • coquetry — flirtation
  • costumey — resembling a costume and therefore unrealistic
  • 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.
  • crousely — in a crouse manner
  • curlycue — an ornamental, fancy curl or twist, as in a signature.
  • currency — The money used in a particular country is referred to as its currency.
  • curriery — the trade, work, or place of occupation of a currier
  • cursedly — In a cursed manner; miserably.
  • cyaneous — deep blue; cerulean.
  • cyanuret — cyanide
  • cynewulf — ?8th century ad, Anglo-Saxon poet; author of Juliana, The Ascension, Elene, and The Fates of the Apostles
  • cynosure — a person or thing that attracts notice, esp because of its brilliance or beauty
  • dasyures — Plural form of dasyure.
  • delaunay — Robert (rɔbɛr). 1885–1941, French painter, whose abstract use of colour characterized Orphism, an attempt to introduce more colour into austere forms of Cubism
  • delusory — tending to delude; misleading; deceptive: a delusive reply.
  • demurely — characterized by shyness and modesty; reserved.
  • deucedly — devilishly; damnably.
  • devoutly — Devoutly is used to emphasize how sincerely or deeply you hope for something or believe in something.
  • dewsbury — a town in N England, in Kirklees unitary authority, West Yorkshire: formerly a centre of the woollen industry. Pop: 54 341 (2001)
  • 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
  • drudgery — menial, distasteful, dull, or hard work.
  • dulcetly — In a dulcet manner.
  • dunleary — a port in E Republic of Ireland, on Dublin Bay. Pop: 24 447 (2002)
  • dyestuff — a material yielding or used as a dye.
  • emulsify — Make into or become an emulsion.
  • equality — The state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities.
  • equinity — a horse-like nature
  • eryngium — (botany) Any of the genus Eryngium of umbelliferous plants resembling thistles.
  • eucalypt — Any tree of the genus Eucalyptus.
  • eucyclic — having the same number of leaves in each whorl
  • 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.
  • euphrasy — eyebright
  • euploidy — (genetics) The condition of having a chromosome number that is an exact multiple of the haploid number for the species.
  • eurybath — an aquatic organism that can live at different depths
  • eurydice — a dryad married to Orpheus, who sought her in Hades after she died. She could have left Hades with him had he not broken his pact and looked back at her
  • eurythmy — The harmony of features and proportion in architecture.
  • euthymia — (psychology) A normal, non-depressed, reasonably positive mood; serenity.
  • eutrophy — (medicine) healthy nutrition.
  • executry — the office or activities of an executor; an executorship
  • exiguity — The quality of being meagre or scanty.
  • eyes out — with every possible effort
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