8-letter words that end in y
- aimfully — in an aimful manner
- alacrity — If you do something with alacrity, you do it quickly and eagerly.
- alan kay — (person) The leader of the Software Concepts Group at Xerox Palo Alto Research Centre which developed Smalltalk, the pioneering object-oriented programming system, in 1972.
- alderfly — any of various neuropterous insects of the widely distributed group Sialoidea, such as Sialis lutaria, that have large broad-based hind wings, produce aquatic larvae, and occur near water
- alderney — one of the Channel Islands, in the English Channel: separated from the French coast by a dangerous tidal channel (the Race of Alderney). Pop: 2294 (2001). Area: 8 sq km (3 sq miles)
- aleatory — dependent on chance
- algidity — (medicine) The state of being algid.
- algology — the branch of biology concerned with the study of algae
- algraphy — (formerly) an offset process employing an aluminum plate instead of a stone.
- alkalify — to make or become alkaline
- allegory — An allegory is a story, poem, or painting in which the characters and events are symbols of something else. Allegories are often moral, religious, or political.
- alleppey — a port in S India, in Kerala on the Malabar Coast. Pop: 177 079 (2001)
- alleyway — An alleyway is the same as an alley.
- allogamy — cross-fertilization in flowering plants
- allotypy — the condition of being an allotype
- almighty — The Almighty is another name for God. You can also refer to Almighty God.
- alpinely — In an alpine way, loftily.
- alrighty — Lb informal Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent.
- alterity — the quality of being different
- amazedly — in an amazed manner
- amblyopy — Dated form of amblyopia.
- amenably — ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable; submissive; tractable: an amenable servant.
- amesbury — a town in NE Massachusetts.
- amicably — characterized by or showing goodwill; friendly; peaceable: an amicable settlement.
- ammonify — to treat or impregnate with ammonia or a compound of ammonia
- amorally — In an amoral manner; without morals.
- amusedly — in a way that shows one is amused
- analepsy — (medicine) analepsis.
- anatropy — (of a plant ovule) the condition of being inverted during development by a bending of the stalk causing the nucleus to point toward the base
- ancestry — Your ancestry is the fact that you are descended from certain people.
- andrassy — Count Gyula (ˈdjulɔ). 1823–90, Hungarian statesman; the first prime minister of Hungary under the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary (1867)
- anglesey — an island and county of N Wales, formerly part of Gwynedd (1974–96), separated from the mainland by the Menai Strait. Administrative centre: Llangefni. Pop: 59 500 (2003 est). Area: 720 sq km (278 sq miles)
- anhungry — (obsolete, rare) Hungry.
- animally — in a physical manner or from the point of view of the anima
- annensky — Innokenty Fyodorovich [ee-nuh-kyen-ti fyaw-duh-ruh-vyich] /i nʌˈkyɛn tɪ ˈfyɔ də rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1856–1909, Russian poet.
- annually — of, for, or pertaining to a year; yearly: annual salary.
- annulary — (archaic) Having the form of a ring; annular.
- anocracy — A political system which is neither fully democratic nor fully autocratic, often being vulnerable to political instability.
- anodally — in an anodal manner
- antagony — (obsolete) contest; opposition; antagonism.
- antiarmy — Opposing an army or armies.
- antibody — Antibodies are substances which a person's or an animal's body produces in their blood in order to destroy substances which carry disease.
- anticity — opposed to cities
- antilogy — a contradiction in terms
- antimony — a toxic metallic element that exists in two allotropic forms and occurs principally in stibnite. The stable form is a brittle silvery-white crystalline metal that is added to alloys to increase their strength and hardness and is used in semiconductors. Symbol: Sb; atomic no: 51; atomic wt: 121.757; valency: 0, –3, +3, or +5; relative density: 6.691; melting pt: 630.76°C; boiling pt: 1587°C
- antinomy — opposition of one law, principle, or rule to another; contradiction within a law
- antiquey — having the appearance of an antique
- antisway — Designed to stabilize the left and right suspension systems of a road vehicle so as reduce roll or sway when turning corners.
- antonymy — the semantic relationship between words that have opposite meanings
- apically — of, at, or forming the apex.