8-letter words that end in y
- axillary — of, relating to, or near the armpit
- axiology — the theory of values, moral or aesthetic
- b supply — a battery or other source of power for supplying a constant positive voltage to the plate of a vacuum tube.
- babbitry — the attitude and behavior of a Babbitt.
- baby boy — a male baby
- back bay — a small bay or inlet of a lake
- back pay — Back pay is money which an employer owes an employee for work that he or she did in the past.
- backstay — a stay leading aft from the upper part of a mast to the deck or stern
- badgerly — resembling a badger
- bag lady — A bag lady is a homeless woman who carries her possessions in shopping bags.
- ball boy — In a tennis match, the ball boys pick up any balls that go into the net or off the court and throw them back to the players. In a baseball game, the ball boys are in charge of collecting the balls that are hit out of the field.
- balladry — ballad poetry or songs
- ballclay — a type of fine-grained clay suitable for making ceramics
- banality — the condition or quality of being banal, or devoid of freshness or originality: the banality of everyday life.
- banditry — Banditry is used to refer to acts of robbery and violence in areas where the rule of law has broken down.
- bangalay — a myrtaceous Australian tree, Eucalyptus botryoides, valued for its hard red wood
- bankerly — relating to or resembling a banker
- barangay — The smallest administrative division in the Philippines; a village, district, or ward.
- barberry — any spiny berberidaceous shrub of the widely distributed genus Berberis, esp B. vulgaris, having clusters of yellow flowers and orange or red berries: widely cultivated as hedge plants
- bareilly — a city in N India, in N central Uttar Pradesh. Pop: 699 839 (2001)
- barnsley — an industrial town in N England, in Barnsley unitary authority, South Yorkshire. Pop: 71 599 (2001)
- barology — (obsolete, physics) The science of gravity or weight.
- barratry — (formerly) the vexatious stirring up of quarrels or bringing of lawsuits
- barrenly — Unfruitfully; unproductively.
- barretry — barratry
- base pay — the basic rate of pay for a particular job exclusive of overtime pay, bonuses, etc.
- basicity — the state of being a base
- basilary — Basilar.
- basketry — Basketry is baskets made by weaving together thin strips of materials such as wood.
- bastardy — the condition of being a bastard; illegitimacy
- batology — the study of members of the species Rubus
- bay city — a lake port in E Michigan, near the mouth of the Saginaw River.
- bayberry — any of several North American aromatic shrubs or small trees of the genus Myrica, that bear grey waxy berries: family Myricaceae
- beachboy — a male lifeguard on a beach
- bearably — In a bearable manner.
- beastily — in the manner of a beast
- beautify — If you beautify something, you make it look more beautiful.
- bed tray — a meal tray with legs or supports at each end to fit across the lap of a person who is sitting up in bed.
- beggarly — meanly inadequate; very poor
- behovely — useful
- benchley — Robert (Charles)1889-1945; U.S. humorist
- benignly — having a kindly disposition; gracious: a benign king.
- berkeley — a city in W California, on San Francisco Bay: seat of the University of California. Pop: 102 049 (2003 est)
- beseemly — becoming; suitable
- best boy — the assistant to the senior electrician or to the key grip in a film crew
- bestiary — a moralizing medieval collection of descriptions (and often illustrations) of real and mythical animals
- beta ray — a stream of beta particles
- beverley — a market town in NE England, the administrative centre of the East Riding of Yorkshire. Pop: 29 110 (2001)
- bi-party — representing two distinct parties: a biparty investigating committee.
- biasedly — in a biased manner