8-letter words containing ys
- flyspray — a liquid used to destroy flies and other insects, sprayed from an aerosol
- folkways — The traditional behavior or way of life of a particular community or group of people.
- foodways — the customs and traditions relating to food and its preparation
- footboys — Plural form of footboy.
- footways — Plural form of footway.
- freeways — Plural form of freeway.
- gainsays — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gainsay.
- gangways — Plural form of gangway.
- gateways — Plural form of gateway.
- getaways — Plural form of getaway.
- hackneys — Plural form of hackney.
- hallways — Plural form of hallway.
- hautboys — Plural form of hautboy.
- hayseeds — Plural form of hayseed.
- haystack — a stack of hay with a conical or ridged top, built up in the mowed field so as to prevent the accumulation of moisture and promote drying.
- hearsays — unverified, unofficial information gained or acquired from another and not part of one's direct knowledge: I pay no attention to hearsay.
- heavyset — having a large body build.
- henryson — Robert. ?1430–?1506, Scottish poet. His works include Testament of Cresseid (1593), a sequel to Chaucer's Troilus and Cressida, the 13 Moral Fables of Esope the Phrygian, and the pastoral dialogue Robene and Makyne
- hickorys — a city in W North Carolina.
- highboys — Plural form of highboy.
- highways — Plural form of highway.
- holidays — Plural form of holiday.
- homeboys — Plural form of homeboy.
- huysmans — Joris Karl [zhoh-rees kahrl] /ʒoʊˈris kɑrl/ (Show IPA), (Charles Marie Georges Huysmans) 1848–1907, French novelist.
- hysteria — an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear, often characterized by irrationality, laughter, weeping, etc.
- hysteric — Usually, hysterics. a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; hysteria.
- hystero- — indicating the uterus
- hystoric — Nonstandard spelling of historic.
- in stays — in irons (see phrase under iron)
- jeepneys — Plural form of jeepney.
- jeffreys — Francis ("Lord Jeffrey") 1773–1850, Scottish jurist, editor, and critic.
- journeys — Plural form of journey.
- joystick — Informal. the control stick of an airplane, tank, or other vehicle.
- kamyshin — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Volgograd, on the Volga River.
- katalyst — catalyst.
- keysmash — a random string of letters and symbols typed out on a keyboard or touchscreen, used to signal intense emotion in written communication: The photo of the actor was accompanied by a heartfelt keysmash.
- keyspell — (text, tool, education) A spell checker and teaching aid from UK company KeySpell Limited for Microsoft Windows. KeySpell offers a selection of phonetically similar words, phrases, confusable terms, and examples in context. Even correctly spelt homophones can be checked. KeySpell can be run with Microsoft Word 97 or stand-alone. It includes 225,000 words and phrases and can use subsets of these.
- keystone — the wedge-shaped piece at the summit of an arch, regarded as holding the other pieces in place.
- killjoys — Plural form of killjoy.
- klystron — An electron tube that generates or amplifies microwaves by velocity modulation.
- ladyship — (often initial capital letter) the form used in speaking of or to a woman having the title of Lady (usually preceded by her or your).
- lampreys — Plural form of lamprey.
- laneways — Plural form of laneway.
- lay days — Commerce. one of a certain number of days allowed by a charter party for loading or unloading a vessel without demurrage.
- layshaft — an auxiliary shaft in a gearbox, running parallel to the main shaft, to and from which drive is transferred to enable varying ratios to be obtained
- laystall — a place where waste and dung is deposited
- libertys — a town in W Missouri.
- longways — longwise.
- lyolysis — solvolysis.
- lysander — died 395 b.c, Spartan naval commander and statesman.