8-letter words ending with Y
Dive into the specific realm of 8-letter words that conclude with the letter Y. This focused section reveals the fascinating ways in which words of this particular length, ending with Y, 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 |
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actually | 13 | in actual fact | to be nominally but not actually independent |
probably | 17 | easy to believe on the basis of available evidence | he will probably win the election |
somebody | 16 | a human being | - |
birthday | 17 | the date on which a person was born | - |
security | 13 | defense against financial failure; financial independence | his pension gave him security in his old age |
suddenly | 13 | on impulse; without premeditation | he made up his mind suddenly |
military | 13 | the military forces of a nation | their military is the largest in the region |
possibly | 15 | by chance | we may possibly run into them at the concert |
recently | 13 | in the recent past | he was in Paris recently |
honestly | 14 | in an honest manner | in he can't get it honestly, he is willing to steal it |
property | 15 | a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished | self-confidence is not an endearing property |
everyday | 18 | appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions | everyday clothes |
properly | 15 | in accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances | If you don't behave properly, you'll have to leave! |
ordinary | 12 | lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered | the ordinary (or common) man in the street |
directly | 14 | in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly | he didn't answer directly |
friendly | 15 | inclined to help or support; not antagonistic or hostile | a government friendly to our interests |
normally | 13 | under normal conditions | - |
attorney | 11 | a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice | - |
delivery | 15 | recovery or preservation from loss or danger | - |
industry | 12 | the organized action of making of goods and services for sale | American industry is making increased use of computers to control production |
ceremony | 15 | a formal event performed on a special occasion | a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor |
identity | 12 | an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates | the identity under numerical multiplication is 1 |
entirely | 11 | without any others being included or involved | was entirely to blame |
terribly | 13 | used as intensifiers | terribly interesting |
activity | 16 | an organic process that takes place in the body | respiratory activity |
humanity | 16 | the quality of being human | - |
slightly | 15 | in a slim or slender manner | slightly built |
identify | 15 | give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property | - |
cemetery | 15 | a tract of land used for burials | - |
strategy | 12 | an elaborate and systematic plan of action | - |
ministry | 13 | a government department under the direction of a minister of state | - |
contrary | 13 | in an opposing direction | a contrary wind |
facility | 16 | a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry | the assembly plant is an enormous facility |
eternity | 11 | a state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife | - |
almighty | 17 | having unlimited power | - |
priority | 13 | status established in order of importance or urgency | national independence takes priority over class struggle |
secretly | 13 | in secrecy; not openly | met secretly to discuss the invasion plans |
majority | 20 | (elections) more than half of the votes | - |
recovery | 16 | the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost) | - |
capacity | 17 | the amount that can be contained | the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons |
strictly | 13 | in a stringent manner | - |
sympathy | 21 | sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish) | - |
mentally | 13 | in your mind | he suffered mentally |
sexually | 18 | with respect to sexuality | sexually ambiguous |
assembly | 15 | the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery) | - |
heavenly | 17 | relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven | heavenly hosts |
jealousy | 18 | a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival) | - |
strongly | 12 | in a powerful manner | - |
unlikely | 15 | not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred | legislation on the question is highly unlikely |
prophecy | 20 | knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source) | - |
courtesy | 13 | a courteous manner | - |
currency | 15 | the property of belonging to the present time | the currency of a slang term |
solitary | 11 | one who lives in solitude | - |
broadway | 17 | a street in Manhattan that passes through Times Square; famous for its theaters | - |
insanity | 11 | relatively permanent disorder of the mind | - |
slippery | 15 | not to be trusted | how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is |
rosemary | 13 | widely cultivated for its fragrant grey-green leaves used in cooking and in perfumery | - |
pharmacy | 20 | the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines, | - |
secondly | 14 | in the second place | - |
morality | 13 | motivation based on ideas of right and wrong | - |
urgently | 12 | with great urgency | health care reform is needed urgently |
category | 14 | a collection of things sharing a common attribute | - |
severely | 14 | with sternness; in a severe manner | peered severely over her glasses |
smoothly | 16 | with no problems or difficulties | put the plans into effect quickly and smoothly |
treasury | 11 | negotiable debt obligations of the United States government which guarantees that interest and principal payments will be paid on time | - |
silently | 11 | without speaking | - |
publicly | 17 | in a manner accessible to or observable by the public; openly | she admitted publicly to being a communist |
burgundy | 15 | a former province of eastern France that is famous for its wines | - |
intimacy | 15 | close or warm friendship | the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy |
literary | 11 | appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing | when trying to impress someone she spoke in an affected literary style |
cowardly | 17 | lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted | cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then |
multiply | 15 | have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms) | - |
driveway | 18 | a road leading up to a private house | they parked in the driveway |
minority | 13 | any age prior to the legal age | - |
tendency | 14 | a general direction in which something tends to move | the shoreward tendency of the current |
infantry | 14 | an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot | - |
quantity | 20 | how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify | - |
brutally | 13 | in a vicious manner | - |
ideology | 13 | an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation | - |
immunity | 15 | an act exempting someone | he was granted immunity from prosecution |
infinity | 14 | time without end | - |
monopoly | 15 | a board game in which players try to gain a monopoly on real estate as pieces advance around the board according to the throw of a die | - |
underway | 15 | currently in progress | preparations for the trial are underway |
boundary | 14 | the greatest possible degree of something | - |
horribly | 16 | of a dreadful kind | - |
socially | 13 | by or with respect to society | socially accepted norms |
politely | 13 | in a polite manner | the policeman answered politely, `Now look here, lady...' |
adultery | 12 | extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations | adultery is often cited as grounds for divorce |
remotely | 13 | to a remote degree | it is remotely possible |
vicinity | 16 | a surrounding or nearby region | the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville |
symphony | 21 | a long and complex sonata for symphony orchestra | - |
equality | 20 | a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced | - |
formally | 16 | with official authorization | the club will be formally recognized |
jeopardy | 21 | a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune | - |
burglary | 14 | entering a building unlawfully with intent to commit a felony or to steal valuable property | - |
humility | 16 | a disposition to be humble; a lack of false pride | not everyone regards humility as a virtue |
landlady | 13 | a landlord who is a woman | - |
formerly | 16 | at a previous time | - |
nobility | 13 | the quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character or ideals or conduct | - |
casualty | 13 | someone injured or killed in an accident | - |
monetary | 13 | relating to or involving money | monetary rewards |
velocity | 16 | distance travelled per unit time | - |
casually | 13 | in an unconcerned manner | glanced casually at the headlines |
serenity | 11 | the absence of mental stress or anxiety | - |
epilepsy | 15 | a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions | - |
sorority | 11 | a social club for female undergraduates | - |
accuracy | 17 | the quality of being near to the true value | he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass |
foreplay | 16 | mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse | - |
unworthy | 17 | not deserving | - |
commonly | 17 | under normal conditions | - |
monarchy | 18 | an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority | - |
delicacy | 16 | lack of physical strength | - |
seminary | 13 | a private place of education for the young | - |
randomly | 14 | in a random manner | the houses were randomly scattered |
humidity | 17 | wetness in the atmosphere | - |
manually | 13 | by hand | this car shifts manually |
calamity | 15 | an event resulting in great loss and misfortune | the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity |
registry | 12 | an official written record of names or events or transactions | - |
fidelity | 15 | the quality of being faithful | - |
lovingly | 15 | with fondness; with love | - |
solemnly | 13 | in a grave and sedate manner | the judge sat there solemnly |
brightly | 17 | with brightness | - |
mutually | 13 | in a mutual or shared manner | the agreement was mutually satisfactory |
chastity | 16 | abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows) | - |
stairway | 14 | a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps | - |
mortuary | 13 | a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation | - |
felicity | 16 | pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression) | - |
theology | 15 | the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth | - |
flattery | 14 | excessive or insincere praise | - |
geometry | 14 | the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces | - |
stingray | 12 | large venomous ray with large barbed spines near the base of a thin whiplike tail capable of inflicting severe wounds | - |
doomsday | 15 | (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives | - |
sanitary | 11 | free from filth and pathogens | sanitary conditions for preparing food |
maturity | 13 | the date on which an obligation must be repaid | - |
culinary | 13 | of or relating to or used in cooking | - |
abruptly | 15 | quickly and without warning | - |
steadily | 12 | in a steady manner | he could still walk steadily |
scarcely | 15 | almost not | they scarcely ever used the emergency generator |
fiercely | 16 | in a physically fierce manner | they fought fiercely |
weaponry | 16 | weapons considered collectively | - |
sanctity | 13 | the quality of being holy | - |
actively | 16 | in an active manner | he participated actively in the war |
epiphany | 18 | twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus | - |
divinity | 15 | any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force | - |
honorary | 14 | given as an honor without the normal duties | an honorary degree |
visually | 14 | - | - |
lawfully | 17 | by law; conforming to the law | we are lawfully wedded now |
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 | - |
nativity | 14 | the event of being born | - |
lavatory | 14 | a room or building equipped with one or more toilets | - |
coronary | 13 | obstruction of blood flow in a coronary artery by a blood clot (thrombus) | - |
advisory | 15 | giving advice | an advisory memorandum |
monogamy | 16 | the practice or state of having only one spouse at a time | - |
promptly | 17 | in a punctual manner | he did his homework promptly |
emissary | 13 | someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else | - |
autonomy | 13 | immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence | - |
insanely | 11 | in an insane manner | she behaved insanely |
obituary | 13 | a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography | - |
atrocity | 13 | the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane | - |
forcibly | 18 | in a forcible manner | keep in mind the dangers of imposing our own values and prejudices too forcibly |
symmetry | 18 | (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane | - |
uniquely | 20 | so as to be unique | he could determine uniquely the properties of the compound |
scrutiny | 13 | the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes) | - |
sobriety | 13 | moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or other drugs | - |
audacity | 14 | fearless daring | - |
mobility | 15 | the quality of moving freely | - |
decently | 14 | in the right manner; correctly; suitably | - |
motorway | 16 | a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | - |
chivalry | 19 | courtesy towards women | - |
bitterly | 13 | extremely and sharply | it was bitterly cold |
simplify | 18 | make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent | We had to simplify the instructions |
celibacy | 17 | abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows) | - |
ancestry | 13 | inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline | - |
annually | 11 | by the year; every year (usually with reference to a sum of money paid or received) | - |
verbally | 16 | as a verb | he had a habit of using nouns verbally |
fatality | 14 | a death resulting from an accident or a disaster | - |
warranty | 14 | a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications | - |
travesty | 14 | a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations | - |
stupidly | 14 | in a stupid manner | he had stupidly bought a one way ticket |
affinity | 17 | the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule | basic dyes have an affinity for wool and silk |
tenderly | 12 | with tenderness; in a tender manner | tenderly she placed her arms round him |
fluently | 14 | in a fluent manner | she speaks French fluently |
vitality | 14 | a healthy capacity for vigorous activity | - |
trickery | 17 | the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) | - |
severity | 14 | used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather | - |
refinery | 14 | an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance | - |
alleyway | 17 | a narrow street with walls on both sides | - |
heartily | 14 | in a hearty manner | `Yes,' the children chorused heartily |
classify | 16 | arrange or order by classes or categories | How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric? |
hideaway | 18 | a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws | - |
impunity | 15 | exemption from punishment or loss | - |
giveaway | 18 | a television or radio program in which contestants compete for awards | - |
securely | 13 | in a secure manner; in a manner free from danger | she held the child securely |
artistry | 11 | a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation | - |
tapestry | 13 | a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric often with pictorial designs | - |
unfairly | 14 | in an unfair manner | they dealt with him unfairly |
entirety | 11 | the state of being total and complete | he read the article in its entirety |
greenery | 12 | green foliage | - |
cleverly | 16 | in a clever manner | they were cleverly arranged |
stowaway | 17 | a person who hides aboard a ship or plane in the hope of getting free passage | - |
untimely | 13 | badly timed | an untimely remark |
famously | 16 | extremely well | we got along famously |
virility | 14 | the trait of being manly; having the characteristics of an adult male | - |
allegory | 12 | a short moral story (often with animal characters) | - |
fatherly | 17 | like or befitting a father or fatherhood; kind and protective | - |
iniquity | 20 | morally objectionable behavior | - |
validity | 15 | the quality of being valid and rigorous | - |
subtlety | 13 | the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze | you had to admire the subtlety of the distinctions he drew |
priestly | 13 | befitting or characteristic of a priest or the priesthood | priestly dedication to the people of his parish |
disarray | 12 | bring disorder to | - |
motherly | 16 | in a maternal manner; as a mother | - |
busybody | 19 | a person who meddles in the affairs of others | - |
literacy | 13 | the ability to read and write | - |
lobotomy | 15 | surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain; often results in marked cognitive and personality changes | - |
speedway | 17 | a racetrack for racing automobiles or motorcycles | - |
globally | 14 | throughout the world | this is globally significant |
scarcity | 15 | a small and inadequate amount | - |
mulberry | 15 | any of several trees of the genus Morus having edible fruit that resembles the blackberry | - |
unjustly | 18 | in an unjust manner | he was unjustly singled out for punishment |
scratchy | 18 | causing abrasion | - |
polarity | 13 | a relation between two opposite attributes or tendencies | he viewed it as a balanced polarity between good and evil |
polygamy | 19 | the condition or practice of having more than one spouse at a time | - |
unsteady | 12 | not firmly or solidly positioned | climbing carefully up the unsteady ladder |
squarely | 20 | with firmness and conviction; without compromise | - |
prophesy | 18 | deliver a sermon | - |
leniency | 13 | lightening a penalty or excusing from a chore by judges or parents or teachers | - |
toxicity | 20 | grave harmfulness or deadliness | - |
gluttony | 12 | eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins) | - |
sensibly | 13 | with good sense or in a reasonable or intelligent manner | he acted sensibly in the crisis |
unsavory | 14 | not pleasing in odor or taste | - |
stealthy | 14 | marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed | stealthy footsteps |
resupply | 15 | - | - |
auditory | 12 | of or relating to the process of hearing | auditory processing |
lucidity | 14 | free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression | - |
narrowly | 14 | in a narrow manner; not allowing for exceptions | he interprets the law narrowly |
causeway | 16 | a road that is raised above water or marshland or sand | - |
clemency | 17 | leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice | - |
wantonly | 14 | in a licentious and promiscuous manner | - |
tenacity | 13 | persistent determination | - |
arguably | 14 | as can be shown by argument | she is arguably the best |
passerby | 15 | a person who passes by casually or by chance | - |
malarkey | 17 | empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk | - |
monotony | 13 | the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety | he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work |
absurdly | 14 | in an absurd manner or to an absurd degree | an absurdly rich young woman |
unseemly | 13 | not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society | unseemly to use profanity |
totality | 11 | the whole amount | - |
efficacy | 21 | capacity or power to produce a desired effect | concern about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine |
ferocity | 16 | the property of being wild or turbulent | - |
joyfully | 24 | in a joyous and gleeful manner | - |
modestly | 14 | with modesty; in a modest manner | the dissertation was entitled, modestly, `Remarks about a play by Shakespeare' |
locality | 13 | a surrounding or nearby region | it is a rugged locality |
civility | 16 | the act of showing regard for others | - |
rhapsody | 17 | an enthusiastic expression of emotion | - |
paperboy | 17 | a boy who sells or delivers newspapers | - |
futility | 14 | uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result | - |
miscarry | 15 | be unsuccessful | - |
legality | 12 | lawfulness by virtue of conformity to a legal statute | - |
villainy | 14 | the quality of evil by virtue of villainous behavior | - |
takeaway | 18 | prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises | in England they call takeout food `takeaway' |
thievery | 17 | the act of taking something from someone unlawfully | - |
divinely | 15 | by divine means | the divinely appointed means of rescue from temporal existence |
intently | 11 | with strained or eager attention | listened intently |
jokingly | 23 | not seriously | - |
castaway | 16 | a shipwrecked person | - |
vagrancy | 17 | the state of wandering from place to place; having no permanent home or means of livelihood | - |
savagely | 15 | in a vicious manner | - |
humanely | 16 | in a humane manner | let's treat the prisoners of war humanely |
reliably | 13 | in a faithful manner | - |
patently | 13 | unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly') | it is all patently nonsense |
quandary | 21 | a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one | - |
butchery | 18 | the business of a butcher | - |
buoyancy | 18 | the property of something weightless and insubstantial | - |
greenway | 15 | a belt of parks or rural land surrounding a town or city | - |
gratuity | 12 | a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter) | - |
normalcy | 15 | being within certain limits that define the range of normal functioning | - |
crockery | 19 | tableware (eating and serving dishes) collectively | - |
racially | 13 | with respect to race | racially integrated |
heredity | 15 | the total of inherited attributes | - |
idolatry | 12 | the worship of idols; the worship of physical objects or images as gods | - |
wizardry | 24 | exceptional creative ability | - |
potbelly | 15 | slang for a paunch | - |
superbly | 15 | (used as an intensifier) extremely well | her voice is superbly disciplined |
squiggly | 22 | wavy and twisting | - |
amicably | 17 | in an amicable manner | they separated amicably |
enormity | 13 | the quality of being outrageous | - |
funerary | 14 | of or for or relating to a funeral | funerary urn |
guaranty | 12 | a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults | - |
corduroy | 14 | a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton | - |
candidly | 15 | (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that | candidly, I think she doesn't have a conscience |
wordplay | 17 | a humorous play on words | - |
rigidity | 13 | the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe | - |
savagery | 15 | the trait of extreme cruelty | - |
scullery | 13 | a small room (in large old British houses) next to the kitchen; where kitchen utensils are cleaned and kept and other rough household jobs are done | - |
senility | 11 | mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations | - |
princely | 15 | ostentatiously rich and superior in quality | a princely sum |
mortally | 13 | - | - |
oncology | 14 | the branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of tumors | - |
choirboy | 18 | a boy who sings in a choir | - |
wickedly | 21 | in a wicked evil manner | act wickedly |
suitably | 13 | in accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances | - |
sacristy | 13 | a room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept or meetings are held | - |
solidify | 15 | become solid | - |
quantify | 23 | express as a number or measure or quantity | Can you quantify your results? |
westerly | 14 | of wind; from the west | - |
pedagogy | 16 | the profession of a teacher | pedagogy is recognized as an important profession |
lividity | 15 | unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) | - |
covertly | 16 | in a covert manner | he did it covertly |
shrewdly | 18 | in a shrewd manner | - |
overstay | 14 | stay too long | overstay or outstay one's welcome |
apoplexy | 22 | a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain | - |
easterly | 11 | from the east; used especially of winds | the winds are easterly |
finality | 14 | the quality of being final or definitely settled | the finality of death |
forestry | 14 | the science of planting and caring for forests and the management of growing timber | - |
joyously | 21 | in a joyous and gleeful manner | - |
lavishly | 17 | in a wasteful manner | the United States, up to the 1920s, used fuel lavishly, mainly because it was so cheap |
devoutly | 15 | in a devout and pious manner | she was devoutly Catholic |
rockaway | 20 | - | - |
sanctify | 16 | render holy by means of religious rites | - |
puppetry | 17 | a stilted dramatic performance (as if by puppets) | - |
banality | 13 | a trite or obvious remark | - |
advocacy | 19 | active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something | - |
feathery | 17 | resembling or suggesting a feather or feathers | feathery palm trees |
impurity | 15 | worthless or dangerous material that should be removed | - |
lethargy | 15 | weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy | - |
waterway | 17 | a conduit through which water flows | - |
veracity | 16 | unwillingness to tell lies | - |
stretchy | 16 | capable of being easily stretched and resuming former size or shape | - |
temerity | 13 | fearless daring | - |
statuary | 11 | statues collectively | - |
drudgery | 14 | hard monotonous routine work | - |
expertly | 20 | in an expert manner | he repaired the TV set expertly |
doughboy | 18 | an American infantryman in World War I | - |
draughty | 16 | not airtight | - |
mightily | 17 | (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree | they rejoiced mightily |
misogyny | 17 | hatred of women | - |
clumsily | 15 | in a clumsy manner | he snatched the bills clumsily |
unwieldy | 15 | difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape | we set about towing the unwieldy structure into the shelter |
wilfully | 17 | in a willful manner | - |
tertiary | 11 | coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position | - |
timidity | 14 | fear of the unknown or unfamiliar or fear of making decisions | - |
slobbery | 15 | - | - |
ardently | 12 | in an ardent manner | the spirit of God knew very well that there was a deeper question to be settled before there could be the intervention in power that was so ardently desired |
beautify | 16 | make more beautiful | - |
blithely | 16 | in a joyous manner | - |
hatchery | 19 | a place where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions (especially fish eggs) | the park authorities operated a trout hatchery |
leathery | 14 | resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable | - |
salinity | 11 | the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth | - |
sisterly | 11 | like or characteristic of or befitting a sister | sisterly kindness |
pleurisy | 13 | inflammation of the pleura of the lungs (especially the parietal layer) | - |
antibody | 14 | any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response | - |
lethally | 14 | - | - |
creamery | 15 | a workplace where dairy products (butter and cheese etc.) are produced or sold | - |
touristy | 11 | visited by throngs of tourists | tourists descend in busloads...so the whole place is rather touristy |
unevenly | 14 | in an unequal or partial manner | profits were distributed unevenly |
slovenly | 14 | negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt | slovenly appearance |
speedily | 14 | with speed | - |
printery | 13 | - | - |
brazenly | 22 | in a brazen manner | he spoke brazenly |
hatchway | 22 | an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship | - |
illusory | 11 | based on or having the nature of an illusion | Secret activities offer presidents the alluring but often illusory promise that they can achieve foreign policy goals without the bothersome debate and open decision that are staples of democracy |
gingerly | 13 | with extreme care or delicacy | they proceeded with gingerly footwork over the jagged stones |
mainstay | 13 | a prominent supporter | - |
markedly | 18 | in a clearly noticeable manner | sales of luxury cars dropped markedly |
negatory | 12 | - | - |
woefully | 17 | in an unfortunate or deplorable manner | it was woefully inadequate |
underlay | 12 | a pad placed under a carpet | - |
scantily | 13 | in a skimpy manner | scantily clad |
snobbery | 15 | the trait of condescending to those of lower social status | - |
dreamily | 14 | in a dreamy manner | `She would look beautiful in the new dress,' Tommy said dreamily |
entryway | 17 | something that provides access (to get in or get out) | beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral |
entreaty | 11 | earnest or urgent request | an entreaty to stop the fighting |
downplay | 17 | understate the importance or quality of | - |
doolally | 12 | - | - |
greedily | 13 | in a greedy manner | - |
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 |
hoarsely | 14 | in a hoarse or husky voice | `Excuse me,' he said hoarsely |
masterly | 13 | having or revealing supreme mastery or skill | a masterly performance of the sonata |
morbidly | 16 | in a morbid manner or to a morbid degree | he was morbidly fascinated by dead bodies |
latchkey | 20 | key for raising or drawing back a latch or opening an outside door | - |
cinerary | 13 | containing or used for ashes of the cremated dead | a cinerary urn |
ungainly | 12 | difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape | the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl |
ritually | 11 | in a ceremonial manner | - |
salutary | 11 | tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health | the salutary influence of pure air |
scraggly | 15 | being very thin | - |
acrimony | 15 | a rough and bitter manner | - |
guernsey | 12 | a Channel Island to the northwest of Jersey | - |
glittery | 12 | having brief brilliant points or flashes of light | glittery costume jewelry |
ontology | 12 | (computer science) a rigorous and exhaustive organization of some knowledge domain that is usually hierarchical and contains all the relevant entities and their relations | - |
clearway | 16 | a road on which you are not allowed to stop (unless you have a breakdown) | - |
demagogy | 16 | impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace | - |
unwisely | 14 | without good sense or judgment | - |
vivacity | 19 | characterized by high spirits and animation | - |
sunshiny | 14 | - | - |
toiletry | 11 | artifacts used in making your toilet (washing and taking care of your body) | - |
thuggery | 16 | violent or brutal acts as of thugs | - |
ridgeway | 16 | - | - |
shabbily | 18 | so as to appear worn and threadbare or dilapidated | a shabbily dressed man |
sikorsky | 19 | United States industrialist (born in Russia) who designed the first four-engine airplane and the first mass-produced helicopter (1889-1972) | - |
sparsely | 13 | in a sparse way | sparsely inhabited |
prettily | 13 | in a pretty manner | all this is most prettily done |
rapidity | 14 | a rate that is rapid | - |
boyishly | 19 | like a boy | he smiled boyishly at his fiancee |
alacrity | 13 | liveliness and eagerness | he accepted with alacrity |
fiscally | 16 | in financial matters | fiscally irresponsible |
fluttery | 14 | - | - |
innately | 11 | in an innate manner | the child is said to be innately disposed to learn language |
gimmicky | 22 | - | - |
minutely | 13 | in minute detail | our inability to see everything minutely and clearly is due merely to the infirmity of our senses |
modality | 14 | a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility | - |
motility | 13 | a change of position that does not entail a change of location | gastrointestinal motility |
chattery | 16 | - | - |
witchery | 19 | the art of sorcery | - |
vibrancy | 18 | having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant | - |
vinegary | 15 | tasting or smelling like vinegar | - |
rocketry | 17 | the branch of engineering science that studies rocket design and operation | - |
serenely | 11 | in a peacefully serene manner | I had the feeling that he was waiting, too--serenely patient |
snippety | 15 | - | - |
quackery | 26 | the dishonesty of a charlatan | - |
artfully | 14 | in an artful manner | her foot pointed artfully toward tapering toes |
banditry | 14 | the practice of plundering in gangs | - |
bayberry | 18 | deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries | - |
boringly | 14 | in a tedious manner | boringly slow work |
feminity | 16 | - | - |
hilarity | 14 | great merriment | - |
houseboy | 16 | - | - |
housefly | 17 | common fly that frequents human habitations and spreads many diseases | - |
hungrily | 15 | in the manner of someone who is very hungry | he pounced on the food hungrily |
inwardly | 15 | with respect to private feelings | inwardly, she was raging |
knightly | 19 | being attentive to women like an ideal knight | - |
luminary | 13 | a celebrity who is an inspiration to others | - |
lifebuoy | 16 | - | - |
chancery | 18 | a court with jurisdiction in equity | - |
colliery | 13 | a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it | - |
cometary | 15 | of or relating to or resembling a comet | - |
corsetry | 13 | - | - |
detoxify | 22 | remove poison from | detoxify the soil |
galloway | 15 | a district in southwestern Scotland | - |
zealotry | 20 | excessive intolerance of opposing views | - |
ruggedly | 14 | in a rugged manner | - |
rogatory | 12 | - | - |
salivary | 14 | of or relating to saliva | salivary gland |
sexology | 19 | - | - |
sleepily | 13 | in a sleepy manner | the two children who were snuggled sleepily in the back of the car |
sneakily | 15 | in a surreptitious manner | - |
solidity | 12 | the quality of being solid and reliable financially or factually or morally | the solidity of the evidence worked in his favor |
sonority | 11 | having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant | - |
solvency | 16 | the ability to meet maturing obligations as they come due | - |
pedantry | 14 | an ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning | - |
rascally | 13 | lacking principles or scruples | the rascally rabble |
overplay | 16 | exaggerate one's acting | - |
antinomy | 13 | a contradiction between two statements that seem equally reasonable | - |
beggarly | 15 | (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt | - |
biweekly | 20 | twice a week | - |
everyway | 20 | - | - |
fluidity | 15 | a changeable quality | a charming Oriental fluidity of manner |
foldaway | 18 | capable of being folded up and stored | a foldaway bed |
fourthly | 17 | in the fourth place | fourthly, you must pay the rent on the first of the month |
garlicky | 18 | relating to or tasting or smelling of garlic | garlicky sauce |
disunity | 12 | lack of unity (usually resulting from dissension) | - |
doggedly | 15 | with obstinate determination | he pursued her doggedly |
gravelly | 15 | abounding in small stones | - |
horridly | 15 | in a hideous manner | - |
horsefly | 17 | large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals | - |
inequity | 20 | injustice by virtue of not conforming with rules or standards | - |
gentrify | 15 | renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations | gentrify a row of old houses |
glossary | 12 | an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field | - |
necropsy | 15 | an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease | - |
coquetry | 22 | playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest | - |
cytology | 17 | the branch of biology that studies the structure and function of cells | - |
cushiony | 16 | softened by the addition of cushions or padding | - |
upwardly | 17 | spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position | upwardly mobile |
worthily | 17 | in a worthy manner; with worthiness | - |
vulgarly | 15 | in a smutty manner | - |
tangibly | 14 | in a tangible manner | virtue is tangibly rewarded |
typology | 17 | classification according to general type | - |
unitedly | 12 | with cooperation and interchange | - |
uneasily | 11 | with anxiety or apprehension | - |
spookily | 17 | in an unnatural eery manner | - |
serology | 12 | the branch of medical science that deals with serums; especially with blood serums and disease | - |
sedately | 12 | in a sedate manner | - |
shimmery | 18 | glistening tremulously | the shimmery surface of the lake |
slithery | 14 | having a slippery surface or quality | slithery mud |
sloppily | 15 | in a sloppy manner | this work was done rather sloppily |
passably | 15 | to certain extent or degree | - |
psalmody | 16 | the act of singing psalms or hymns | - |
raggedly | 14 | with a ragged and uneven appearance | a long beard, raggedly cut |
blustery | 13 | noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others | - |
agronomy | 14 | the application of soil and plant sciences to land management and crop production | - |
drowsily | 15 | in a drowsy manner | `Time to get up,' she said drowsily |
etiology | 12 | the cause of a disease | - |
flexibly | 23 | with flexibility | `Come whenever you are free,' he said flexibly |
fructify | 19 | bear fruit | the apple trees fructify |
dogsbody | 16 | a worker who has to do all the unpleasant or boring jobs that no one else wants to do | - |
docility | 14 | the trait of being agreeably submissive and manageable | - |
gramercy | 16 | - | - |
heraldry | 15 | emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms | - |
homebody | 19 | a person who seldom goes anywhere; one not given to wandering or travel | - |
ignominy | 14 | a state of dishonor | suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison |
kolinsky | 19 | - | - |
monitory | 13 | serving to warn | shook a monitory finger at him |