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There are 17 eight-letter words containing O, R and 2Y

BRYOLOGY	• bryology n. (Botany) The study of bryophytes (non-vascular plants including mosses, liverworts and hornworts). • BRYOLOGY n. the study of mosses.
CRYOGENY	• cryogeny n. (Dated) cryogenics. • CRYOGENY n. a branch of physics.
GYRATORY	• gyratory adj. Moving in a circle, or spirally; revolving; whirling around. • gyratory n. (UK) A large traffic roundabout with non-standard lane markings or priorities, or with buildings on… • GYRATORY adj. moving in a circle or spiral.
GYRODYNE	• gyrodyne n. A kind of VTOL aircraft with a helicopter rotor-like system driven by its engine for takeoff and landing… • GYRODYNE n. a rotorcraft in which the rotors are powered only for takeoff and landing, not for cruising flight.
HYDROPSY	• hydropsy n. (Dated) Edema, dropsy. • HYDROPSY n. (archaic) dropsy, also HYDROPS.
HYDROXYL	• hydroxyl n. (Chemistry) A univalent radical or functional group (–OH) in organic chemistry; present in alcohols… • HYDROXYL n. the group containing oxygen and hydrogen.
MERONYMY	• meronymy n. (Semantics) The relationship of being a constituent part or member of something; a system of meronyms. • MERONYMY n. the state of being a meronym, a word whose relation to another is that of a part to the whole.
PARONYMY	• paronymy n. The quality of being paronymous. • paronymy n. The use of paronymous words. • PARONYMY n. a relationship of two words having the same sound.
POLYMERY	• polymery n. (Chemistry) The condition of being polymeric. • POLYMERY n. in botany, the condition of having many parts.
POLYPARY	• polypary n. Polyparium. • POLYPARY n. the common supporting structure of a polyp colony.
PORPHYRY	• porphyry n. (Geology) a hard igneous rock consisting of large crystals in a fine-grained matrix. • Porphyry prop.n. A Tyrian Neoplatonic philosopher. • PORPHYRY n. (Greek) a very hard, variegated rock of a purple and white colour, used in sculpture.
PYROLOGY	• pyrology n. (Dated) the scientific study of the effects of heat or flame, often in regards to explosives or chemical compounds. • PYROLOGY n. the scientific examination of materials by heat.
PYROLYSE	• pyrolyse v. (Intransitive, chemistry) To undergo pyrolysis. • pyrolyse v. (Transitive, chemistry) To decompose or transform a substance by subjecting it to heat. • PYROLYSE v. to decompose by heating, also PYROLIZE, PYROLISE, PYROLYZE.
PYROLYZE	• pyrolyze v. US spelling of pyrolyse. • PYROLYZE v. to decompose by heating, also PYROLISE, PYROLIZE, PYROLYSE.
PYROXYLE	• pyroxyle n. Archaic form of pyroxylin. • PYROXYLE n. a nitrocellulose.
YEOMANRY	• yeomanry n. (Historical) A class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land. • yeomanry n. A British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense and later incorporated into the Territorial Army. • YEOMANRY n. a collective body of yeomen.
YONDERLY	• yonderly adj. (UK, dialect, obsolete) anxious; absent-minded; vacant. • YONDERLY adj. (dialect) mentally or emotionally distant; absentminded.

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.
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Scrabble in Romanian: no word

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