8-letter words that end in ay
- each way — If you bet money each way on the result of a horse race or a dog race, you will win some money if the animal you bet on comes first, second, third, or sometimes fourth.
- eat away — gnaw at, erode
- entryway — A way in to somewhere or something; an entrance.
- everyday — Happening or used every day; daily.
- everyway — (dated) In every way, however possible.
- fadeaway — an act or instance of fading away.
- fallaway — a shot in basketball made while moving away from the basket
- fast day — a day on which fasting is observed, especially such a day appointed by some ecclesiastical or civil authority.
- faxa bay — an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean on the SW coast of Iceland.
- fete day — a festival day.
- fireclay — Clay capable of withstanding high temperatures, chiefly used for making firebricks.
- flag day — June 14, the anniversary of the day (June 14, 1777) when Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes as the national flag of the United States.
- floodway — the channel and adjacent shore areas under water during a flood, especially as determined for a flood of a given height.
- flyspray — a liquid used to destroy flies and other insects, sprayed from an aerosol
- foldaway — designed to be folded out of the way when not in use: a foldaway bed.
- foreplay — sexual stimulation of one's partner, usually as a prelude to sexual intercourse.
- forestay — a stay leading aft and upward from the stem or knightheads of a vessel to the head of the fore lower mast; the lowermost stay of a foremast.
- four-way — providing access or passage in four directions: a four-way entrance.
- fourplay — Quad play.
- full pay — the full amount of wages of salary
- gala day — a day of sports, entertainment, etc, often organized in order to raise money for a charity, cause, school, etc
- galloway — a historic region in SW Scotland.
- gameplay — The tactical aspects of a computer game, such as its plot and the way it is played, as distinct from the graphics and sound effects.
- gang way — if someone calls out gang way! they are asking people to make way or clear a path
- get away — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- give way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- giveaway — an act or instance of giving something away.
- good day — day spent well
- gray jay — a gray jay, Perisoreus canadensis, of northern North America, noted for its boldness in stealing food from houses, traps, camps, etc.
- greenway — any scenic trail or route set aside for travel or recreational activities.
- guideway — a structure, usually made of concrete, that is used to support and guide trains or individual vehicles that ride over it.
- half pay — half one's regular pay.
- half-day — the interval of light between two successive nights; the time between sunrise and sunset: Since there was no artificial illumination, all activities had to be carried on during the day.
- hatchway — Nautical. hatch2 (def 1a).
- hathaway — Anne, 1557–1623, the wife of William Shakespeare.
- headstay — (on a sailing vessel) a stay leading forward from the head of the foremost mast to the stem head or the end of the bowsprit.
- hereaway — hereabout.
- hideaway — a place to which a person can retreat for safety, privacy, relaxation, or seclusion; refuge: His hideaway is in the mountains.
- high day — a holy or festal day.
- hogmanay — the eve of New Year's Day.
- hoistway — a shaft for a hoist or a lift
- holliday — Judith Tuvim ("Judy") 1921–65, U.S. comic actress.
- holy day — a consecrated day or religious festival, especially one other than Sunday.
- homestay — housing accommodations in a home with a family in residence, as for a student or traveler: Foreign-exchange students can choose between a homestay or campus dormitory.
- horseway — a bridleway
- hump day — Wednesday
- huna bay — an inlet of the Greenland Sea on the NW coast of Iceland.
- huntaway — a sheep dog.
- ice tray — container for freezing water into cubes
- in a way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.