8-letter words containing ye
- sashayed — to glide, move, or proceed easily or nonchalantly: She just sashayed in as if she owned the place.
- shut-eye — sleep.
- storeyed — having stories or floors (often used in combination): a two-storied house.
- surveyed — to take a general or comprehensive view of or appraise, as a situation, area of study, etc.
- tax year — A tax year is a particular period of twelve months which is used by the government as a basis for calculating taxes and for organizing its finances and accounts. In Britain, the tax year begins on April 6th and ends on April 5th. In the United States, the tax year begins on January 1st and ends on December 31st.
- taxpayer — a person who pays a tax or is subject to taxation.
- the yeas — the votes in favour of something
- thyestes — the brother of Atreus who unknowingly ate the flesh of his own sons when served to him by Atreus.
- tie-dyed — to dye (fabric) by tie-dyeing.
- tigereye — a golden-brown chatoyant stone used for ornament, formed by the alteration of crocidolite, and consisting essentially of quartz colored by iron oxide.
- uncloyed — not cloyed or clogged; unsatiated
- unobeyed — not obeyed
- unplayed — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- unstayed — unhindered
- unswayed — swaybacked.
- unyeaned — (of a sheep or goat) not having given birth
- urumiyeh — Lake. Urmia, Lake.
- vajpayee — A(tal) B(ihari). born 1924, Indian politician; prime minister of India (1996, 1998–2004)
- valleyed — having a valley
- walleyed — having eyes in which there is an abnormal amount of the white showing, because of divergent strabismus.
- walleyes — Plural form of walleye.
- watcheye — an eye, especially of a dog, with a whitish iris or a white opacity of the cornea; walleye.
- wild rye — any grass of the genus Elymus, somewhat resembling rye.
- yeanling — the young of a sheep or goat; a lamb or kid.
- year end — the end of the financial year
- year-end — year's end; the end of a calendar year.
- yearbook — a book published annually, containing information, statistics, etc., about the past year: an encyclopedia yearbook.
- yeardley — (Sir) George, 1587?–1627, English colonial governor of Virginia 1619–21, 1626–27.
- yearlies — Plural form of yearly.
- yearling — an animal in its second year.
- yearlong — lasting for a year.
- yearneth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of yearn.
- yearnful — Filled with yearning; desirous; mournful; distressing.
- yearning — deep longing, especially when accompanied by tenderness or sadness: a widower's yearning for his wife.
- yeartide — A specific time of year; season.
- yeasayer — a person with an optimistic and confident outlook.
- yell out — cry, shout
- yellowed — Having a yellow color (or discoloration), especially when due to age.
- yellower — a color like that of egg yolk, ripe lemons, etc.; the primary color between green and orange in the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 570 and 590 nm.
- yelpings — Plural form of yelping.
- yemenite — a native or inhabitant of Yemen.
- yeomanly — of the condition or rank of a yeoman.
- yeomanry — yeomen collectively.
- 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.
- yeshivah — Alternative spelling of yeshiva.
- yeshivas — Plural form of yeshiva.
- yesilkoy — a town in Turkey, near Istanbul.
- yessiree — (informal) A more enthusiastic way of saying yes.
- yestreen — yesterday evening; last evening.
- zatishye — former name of Elektrostal.