8-letter words containing h, y
- bok choy — a Chinese plant, Brassica chinensis, that is related to the cabbage and has edible stalks and leaves
- boobyish — stupid or silly
- botchery — an instance of botched workmanship
- bothyman — a person who lives in a bothy
- brynhild — a Valkyrie won as the wife of Gunnar by Sigurd who wakes her from an enchanted sleep: corresponds to Brunhild in the Nibelungenlied
- bulrushy — made of or resembling bulrushes
- bunchily — in a bunchy manner
- buraydah — a town and oasis in central Saudi Arabia. Pop: 462 000 (2005 est)
- burghley — William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. 1520–98, English statesman: chief adviser to Elizabeth I; secretary of state (1558–72) and Lord High Treasurer (1572–98)
- bushbaby — any agile nocturnal arboreal prosimian primate of the genera Galago and Euoticus, occurring in Africa south of the Sahara: family Lorisidae (lorises). They have large eyes and ears and a long tail
- butchery — You can refer to the cruel killing of a lot of people as butchery when you want to express your horror and disgust at this.
- by birth — If, for example, you are French by birth, you are French because your parents are French, or because you were born in France.
- by heart — If you know something such as a poem by heart, you have learned it so well that you can remember it without having to read it.
- by right — properly; justly
- by sight — by appearance; by recognizing but not through being acquainted
- by-catch — unwanted fish and other sea animals caught in a fishing net along with the desired kind of fish
- catchcry — a well-known, frequently used phrase, esp one associated with a particular group, etc
- catchfly — any of several caryophyllaceous plants of the genus Silene that have sticky calyxes and stems on which insects are sometimes trapped
- chaffery — the act of bargaining
- chalukya — a dynasty of central India, ruling a.d. c500–753, and restored a.d. 973–1190.
- chambery — a city in SE France, in the Alps: skiing centre; former capital of the duchy of Savoy. Pop: 59 188 (2006)
- chambray — a smooth light fabric of cotton, linen, etc, with white weft and a coloured warp
- chancery — In Britain, the Chancery or Chancery Division is the Lord Chancellor's court, which is a division of the High Court of Justice.
- chancily — In a chancy manner.
- channery — an accumulation of thin, flat, coarse fragments of sandstone, limestone, or schist with diameters up to 6 inches (15 cm): used in Scotland and Ireland for gravel.
- chanteys — Plural form of chantey.
- chaology — the study of chaos theory
- chapatty — Archaic spelling of chapatti.
- chapelry — the district legally assigned to and served by an Anglican chapel
- charlady — a charwoman
- charlyne — a female given name, form of Caroline.
- charnley — Sir John. 1911–82, British surgeon noted for his invention of an artificial hip joint and his development of hip-replacement surgery
- charpoys — Plural form of charpoy.
- chastely — refraining from sexual intercourse that is regarded as contrary to morality or religion; virtuous.
- chastity — the state of being chaste; purity
- chattery — to talk rapidly in a foolish or purposeless way; jabber.
- chattily — In a chatty manner.
- chauncey — a masculine name
- chayroot — the root of a chay plant, used to dye textiles a deep-red colour
- cheatery — the act of cheating or deceiving
- chechnya — ethnic region in the N Caucasus, Russia: since 1991 its status as a political subdivision of the Russian Federation has been disputed by the Chechens
- checkedy — checkered; having a checked pattern.
- cheddary — resembling or pertaining to cheddar cheese
- cheekily — impudent; insolent: a cheeky fellow; cheeky behavior.
- cheerily — in good spirits; cheerful; happy.
- cheesily — in a cheesy manner
- chemurgy — the branch of chemistry concerned with the industrial use of organic raw materials, esp materials of agricultural origin
- chertsey — a town in S England, in N Surrey on the River Thames. Pop: 10 323 (2001)
- chestily — in a self-important and arrogant manner
- chevrony — showing or displaying chevrons