8-letter words containing h, y
- cheyenne — a member of a Native American people of the western Plains, now living chiefly in Montana and Oklahoma
- chiccory — chicory.
- chickory — Alternative spelling of chicory.
- chiclayo — a city in NW Peru. Pop: 434 000 (2005 est)
- chiefery — the responsibility and lands belonging to an Irish chief
- chillily — in a cold manner
- chimbley — (UK, dialect) A chimney.
- chimneys — Plural form of chimney.
- chirally — In a chiral manner; exhibiting chirality; like a left- or right-handed spiral.
- chirpily — In a chirpy way.
- chirrupy — chirpy; cheerful.
- chivalry — Chivalry is polite, kind, and unselfish behaviour, especially by men towards women.
- choicely — With care in choosing; with attention to preference.
- choirboy — A choirboy is a boy who sings in a church choir.
- choosily — In a choosy manner; pickily.
- choppily — (of the sea, a lake, etc.) forming short, irregular, broken waves.
- chorally — of a chorus or a choir: She heads our new choral society.
- choultry — Alternative form of choltry.
- christly — of Jesus Christ; Christlike
- chronaxy — Alternative form of chronaxie.
- chrysler — Walter Percy, 1875–1940, U.S. automobile manufacturer.
- chrystal — Obsolete spelling of crystal.
- chubbily — in a chubby way or in the manner of someone who is chubby
- chummery — (India) The building in which unmarried British army officers were quartered during the w British Raj.
- chummily — friendly; intimate; sociable.
- chunkily — In a chunky way.
- chupatty — Alternative spelling of chapatti.
- churchly — appropriate to, associated with, or suggestive of church life and customs
- chutneys — Plural form of chutney.
- chyluria — the presence of chyle in urine
- chymosin — (enzyme) The proteolytic enzyme rennin.
- chytrids — Plural form of chytrid.
- cleruchy — (in the ancient world) a special type of Athenian colony, in which settlers (cleruchs) retained their Athenian citizenship and the community remained a political dependency of Athens
- compathy — feelings, as happiness or grief, shared with another or others.
- copyhold — a tenure less than freehold of land in England evidenced by a copy of the Court roll
- coryphee — leading dancer of a corps de ballet
- counthry — Irish eye dialect spelling of country.
- coyishly — in a coyish manner
- crayfish — A crayfish is a small shellfish with five pairs of legs which lives in rivers and streams. You can eat some types of crayfish.
- cushiony — soft and comfortable like a cushion.
- cyathium — a form of inflorescence of the type found on the poinsettia
- cynanche — any disease of the throat characterized by inflammation and swelling
- cyphered — Simple past tense and past participle of cypher.
- cytherea — Aphrodite
- dalmahoy — a bushy wig
- dandyish — a man who is excessively concerned about his clothes and appearance; a fop.
- daylight — Daylight is the natural light that there is during the day, before it gets dark.
- dayshell — a thistle
- deathday — the day or the anniversary of the day of a person's death.
- dehyphen — a short line (-) used to connect the parts of a compound word or the parts of a word divided for any purpose.