8-letter words containing n, a, g, y
- gainsays — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gainsay.
- gamyness — the quality of being gamy
- gang way — if someone calls out gang way! they are asking people to make way or clear a path
- gangways — Plural form of gangway.
- gannetry — a gannet breeding-ground
- ganymeda — Hebe.
- ganymede — Also, Ganymedes [gan-uh-mee-deez] /ˌgæn əˈmi diz/ (Show IPA). Classical Mythology. a Trojan youth who was abducted by Zeus and taken to Olympus, where he was made the cupbearer of the gods and became immortal.
- gapingly — In a gaping way.
- garganey — a small Old World duck, Anas querquedula.
- gaywings — fringed polygala.
- genially — characterized by genius.
- geomancy — divination by geographic features or by figures or lines.
- girlyman — (slang, derogatory) An effeminate man, a pussy.
- gray urn — a smooth, urn-shaped edible mushroom, Urnula craterium, commonly found in North America on fallen hardwood.
- grayling — any freshwater fish of the genus Thymallus, related to the trouts but having a longer and higher, brilliantly colored dorsal fin.
- grayness — of a color between white and black; having a neutral hue.
- greenway — any scenic trail or route set aside for travel or recreational activities.
- guaranty — a warrant, pledge, or formal assurance given as security that another's debt or obligation will be fulfilled.
- guaynabo — a city in N Puerto Rico, SE of Bayamón.
- gunlayer — a person who aims a ship's gun
- guyanese — an independent republic on the NE coast of South America: a former British protectorate; gained independence 1966; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 82,978 sq. mi. (214,913 sq. km). Capital: Georgetown.
- gwyniads — Plural form of gwyniad.
- gyandzha — city in NC Azerbaijan, in Transcaucasia: pop. 282,000
- gymkhana — a field day held for equestrians, consisting of exhibitions of horsemanship and much pageantry.
- gymnasia — a plural of gymnasium2 .
- gymnasts — Plural form of gymnast.
- gymnical — Alternative form of gymnic.
- gynaeco- — relating to women; female
- gynandry — hermaphroditism.
- gynarchy — government by women.
- gynobase — an elevation of the receptacle of a flower, bearing the gynoecium.
- gynoecia — Plural form of gynoecium.
- gypseian — relating to gypsies
- gyrating — Present participle of gyrate.
- gyration — the act of gyrating; circular or spiral motion; revolution; rotation; whirling.
- haringey — a borough of Greater London, England.
- harrying — to harass, annoy, or prove a nuisance to by or as if by repeated attacks; worry: He was harried by constant doubts.
- hengyang — a city in E central Hunan province, in E China.
- hogmanay — the eve of New Year's Day.
- hyalogen — any of several insoluble substances found in many animal structures such as cartilage which yield sugars on hydrolysis structures
- hypogean — Existing or growing underground.
- inlaying — Present participle of inlay.
- kayaking — an Eskimo canoe with a skin cover on a light framework, made watertight by flexible closure around the waist of the occupant and propelled with a double-bladed paddle.
- kweiyang — Guiyang.
- lancegay — a lance used in medieval times
- lang lay — a wire rope in which the lays of the strands and of their component wires are the same.
- langsyne — long since; long ago.
- larynges — Anatomy. a muscular and cartilaginous structure lined with mucous membrane at the upper part of the trachea in humans, in which the vocal cords are located.
- laryngo- — indicating the larynx
- layering — a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface: a layer of soot on the window sill; two layers of paint.