8-letter words containing t, h, y
- nymphets — a young nymph.
- octarchy — a government by eight persons.
- olynthus — an ancient city in NE Greece, on the Chalcidice Peninsula.
- onychite — a type of marble stone
- orthoepy — the study of correct pronunciation.
- patchery — the act of hurriedly patching something together
- patchily — characterized by or made up of patches.
- petchary — a grey kingbird, Tyrannus dominicensis
- phantasy — fantasy.
- phyletic — of, relating to, or based on the evolutionary history of a group of organisms; phylogenetic.
- phyllite — a slaty rock, the cleavage planes of which have a luster imparted by minute scales of mica.
- physeter — a member of the Physeter genus of creatures that includes the sperm whale
- phytonic — of or relating to a phyton
- phytosis — a disease which is caused by a vegetable parasite, for example a fungus
- pitahaya — any of several cacti of the genus Lemaireocereus and related genera, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, bearing edible fruit.
- pitchily — in a pitchy manner
- pith ray — medullary ray.
- plymouth — an island in the Leeward Islands, in the SE West Indies: a British crown colony. 39½ sq. mi. (102 sq. km). Capital: Plymouth.
- polygoth — (language) A distributed language integrating classes with a parallel block structure, including multiprocedures and fragments.
- polymath — a person of great learning in several fields of study; polyhistor.
- psychist — a person who believes in psychic phenomena
- pythonic — prophetic; oracular.
- rhyolite — a fine-grained igneous rock rich in silica: the volcanic equivalent of granite.
- rhythmic — cadenced; rhythmical.
- rothesay — a town in the Strathclyde region, on Bute island, in SW Scotland: resort; ruins of 11th-century castle.
- salt hay — hay made up of salt grass, often used as fodder or as a mulch.
- say what — the true nature or identity of something, or the sum of its characteristics: a lecture on the whats and hows of crop rotation.
- schmutzy — Slang. dirty; grimy.
- scratchy — causing or liable to cause a slight grating noise: a scratchy record.
- scyphate — being in the shape of a cup; cup-shaped.
- scythian — pertaining to Scythia, its people, or their language.
- scything — an agricultural implement consisting of a long, curving blade fastened at an angle to a handle, for cutting grass, grain, etc., by hand.
- shattery — (of rock or soil) liable to shatter or crumble
- sheltery — providing shelter
- shut-eye — sleep.
- shymkent — a city in S Kazakhstan; a major railway junction. Pop: 469 000 (2005 est)
- sixtyish — more or less sixty
- skylight — an opening in a roof or ceiling, fitted with glass, for admitting daylight.
- slightly — small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
- slithery — to slide down or along a surface, especially unsteadily, from side to side, or with some friction or noise: The box slithered down the chute.
- smithery — the work, craft, or workshop of a smith.
- smoothly — free from projections or unevenness of surface; not rough: smooth wood; a smooth road.
- smothery — stifling; close: a smothery atmosphere.
- soothsay — to foretell events; predict.
- splotchy — marked or covered with splotches.
- stealthy — done, characterized, or acting by stealth; furtive: stealthy footsteps.
- stomachy — paunchy; having a prominent stomach.
- strachey — (Giles) Lytton [jahylz lit-n] /dʒaɪlz ˈlɪt n/ (Show IPA), 1880–1932, English biographer and literary critic.
- stretchy — having a tendency to stretch, especially excessively or unduly.
- symbmath — (mathematics, tool) A small symbolic mathematics package for MS-DOS which can learn new facts.