8-letter words that end in ay
- interlay — to lay between; interpose.
- intraday — occurring during a single day.
- jackstay — a rod or batten, following a yard, gaff, or boom, to which one edge of a sail is bent.
- john hay — John Milton, 1838–1905, U.S. statesman and author.
- kilogray — one thousand grays
- kootenay — a river flowing from SW Canada through NW Montana and N Idaho, swinging back into Canada to the Columbia River. 400 miles (645 km) long.
- lackaday — (dated) An expression of regret or grief.
- lady day — Billie ("Lady Day") 1915–59, U.S. jazz singer.
- lancegay — a lance used in medieval times
- lane-way — a lane
- lang lay — a wire rope in which the lays of the strands and of their component wires are the same.
- lay away — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- leap day — February 29: the extra day added to the Gregorian calendar in leap year.
- loch tay — a lake in central Scotland, in Stirling council area. Length: 23 km (14 miles)
- lock bay — a broadened section of a canal before the gates of a lock.
- lockaway — an investment intended to be held for a relatively long time
- long-day — requiring a long photoperiod in order to flower.
- macaulay — Dame Rose, c1885–1958, English poet and novelist.
- mainstay — Nautical. the stay that secures the mainmast forward.
- make hay — to mow grass, alfalfa, etc., and spread it out to dry
- make way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- mandalay — a city in central Burma (Myanmar), on the Irrawaddy River: the former capital of Upper Burma.
- maudslay — Henry, 1771–1831, English mechanical engineer.
- misarray — disarray
- misassay — to assay attempt wrongly or unsuccessfully
- motorway — an expressway.
- mulloway — a large Australian saltwater fish, Sciaena antarctica. regarded as a culinary delicacy.
- multiday — lasting for more than one day
- name day — the feast day of the saint after whom a person is named.
- ne'erday — New Year's Day
- net play — play made from a position close to the net
- nottaway — a river in SW Quebec, Canada, flowing NW to James Bay. 140 miles (225 km) long.
- nottoway — a river in S Virginia, flowing SE to the Blackwater River at the North Carolina border. 170 miles (274 km) long.
- open day — An open day is a day on which members of the public are encouraged to visit a particular school, university, or other institution to see what it is like.
- out tray — An out tray is a shallow container used in offices to put letters and documents in when they have been dealt with and are ready to be sent somewhere else. Compare in tray.
- overplay — to exaggerate or overemphasize (one's role in a play, an emotion, an effect, etc.): The young actor overplayed Hamlet shamelessly. The director of the movie had overplayed the pathos.
- overstay — to stay beyond the time, limit, or duration of; outstay: to overstay one's welcome.
- oversway — to overrule
- palm bay — a town in E Florida.
- paraguay — a republic in central South America between Bolivia, Brazil, and Argentina. 157,047 sq. mi. (406,750 sq. km). Capital: Asunción.
- part way — Part way means part of the way or partly.
- part-way — at or to a part of the way or distance: Shall I walk you partway? I'm already partway home.
- pipeclay — a fine, white clay used for making tobacco pipes, whitening parts of military or other dress, etc.
- pith ray — medullary ray.
- play-day — a day for relaxation or for participation in sports contests; a holiday.
- popinjay — a person given to vain, pretentious displays and empty chatter; coxcomb; fop.
- put away — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- red clay — a brown to red, widely distributed deep-sea deposit consisting chiefly of microscopic particles and tinted red by iron oxides and manganese.
- rest day — a holiday; a day when people do not have to work
- ridgeway — a road or track along a ridge, esp one of great antiquity