8-letter words ending with NY
Dive into the specific realm of 8-letter words that conclude with the letter NY. This focused section reveals the fascinating ways in which words of this particular length, ending with NY, contribute to the richness of the English language. Whether it's for expanding your vocabulary, solving puzzles, or simply for the love of words, discover how these terms uniquely blend length and ending sound.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| ceremony | 15 | a formal event performed on a special occasion | a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor |
| symphony | 21 | a long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra | - |
| epiphany | 18 | twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus | - |
| mahogany | 17 | any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish | - |
| scrutiny | 13 | the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes) | - |
| gluttony | 12 | eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins) | - |
| monotony | 13 | the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety | he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work |
| villainy | 14 | the quality of evil by virtue of villainous behavior | - |
| misogyny | 17 | hatred of women | - |
| hegemony | 17 | the dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others | the hegemony of a single member state is not incompatible with a genuine confederation |
| acrimony | 15 | a rough and bitter manner | - |
| sunshiny | 14 | - | - |
| cushiony | 16 | softened by the addition of cushions or padding | - |
| ignominy | 14 | a state of dishonor | suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison |
| theogony | 15 | the study of the origins and genealogy of the gods | - |
| antimony | 13 | a metallic element having four allotropic forms; used in a wide variety of alloys; found in stibnite | - |
| zebrinny | 22 | - | - |
| xenogeny | 19 | - | - |
| stramony | 13 | - | - |
| telegony | 12 | - | - |
| tenpenny | 13 | - | - |
| twopenny | 16 | of trifling worth | - |
| tuppenny | 15 | - | - |
| saffrony | 17 | - | - |
| scammony | 17 | tropical American morning glory | - |
| seacunny | 13 | - | - |
| serotiny | 11 | - | - |
| sixpenny | 20 | of trifling worth | - |
| perigyny | 17 | - | - |
| polygeny | 17 | - | - |
| polygony | 17 | - | - |
| polygyny | 20 | polygamy in which a man has more than one wife at a time | - |
| polyteny | 16 | - | - |
| quiddany | 22 | - | - |
| overmany | 16 | - | - |
| palimony | 15 | support paid by one half of an unmarried partnership after the relationship ends | - |
| apophony | 18 | - | - |
| autogeny | 12 | a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter | - |
| bigeminy | 16 | - | - |
| agrimony | 14 | a plant of the genus Agrimonia having spikelike clusters of small yellow flowers | - |
| duopsony | 14 | - | - |
| ectogeny | 14 | - | - |
| endogeny | 13 | a geological phenomenon below the surface of the earth | - |
| fashiony | 17 | - | - |
| hegumeny | 17 | - | - |
| homogeny | 17 | (biology) similarity because of common evolution | - |
| homogony | 17 | - | - |
| homotony | 16 | - | - |
| hologyny | 18 | - | - |
| hypogyny | 23 | - | - |
| lysogeny | 15 | the condition of a host bacterium that has incorporated a phage into its own genetic material | when a phage infects a bacterium it can either destroy its host or be incorporated in the host genome in a state of lysogeny |
| merogony | 14 | - | - |
| monogeny | 14 | - | - |
| monogony | 14 | - | - |
| monogyny | 17 | having only one wife at a time | - |
| nomogeny | 14 | - | - |
| ontogeny | 12 | (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level | - |
| chevrony | 19 | - | - |
| chiffony | 22 | - | - |
| cryogeny | 17 | the branch of physics that studies the phenomena that occur at very low temperatures | - |
| cytogeny | 17 | the origin and development and variation of cells | - |
| diaphony | 17 | - | - |
| cartoony | 13 | - | - |
| catatony | 13 | - | - |
