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There are 14 eight-letter words ending with STAY

babystay backstay buckstay farmstay forestay gainstay headstay homestay jackstay mainstay overstay seatstay seat␣stay withstay

25 definitions found

babystay — n. (Nautical) A stay just forward of the mast, used to support the mast.
backstay — n. (Nautical) A part of the rigging of a sailing ship extending… — n. A strengthening or supporting piece that is built into the back of something.
buckstay — n. A vertical support for a furnace or boiler, to give it rigidity.
farmstay — n. A working farm that also offers accommodation to paying guests.
forestay — n. (Nautical) A stay that extends from the top of the foremast… — v. (Transitive) To stay beforehand; secure or fasten with or as with a forestay. — v. (Transitive) To stay, delay, postpone, or hinder beforehand;…
gainstay — v. (Transitive) To stand against or in opposition to; resist; oppose. — v. (Transitive) To deny (the right to); deprive (of).
headstay — n. (Nautical) Synonym of forestay.
homestay — n. A system whereby students, visiting a foreign country to study… — n. A house used primarily as the residence of the owner but with…
jackstay — n. (Nautical) A stay (rope, bar or batten), running along a ship’s… — n. (Nautical) A cable between two ships or from a ship to a fixed… — n. (Nautical) A line (rope, webbing or cable), attached to a boat…
mainstay — n. A chief support. — n. Someone or something that can be depended on to make a regular contribution. — n. (Nautical) A stabilising rope from the top of the mainmast…
overstay — v. (Intransitive) To remain present after the agreed or appropriate… — v. (Transitive) To remain present beyond the limits of. — n. The act of staying too long.
seatstay — n. Alternative spelling of seat stay.
seat␣stay — n. One of the two bicycle frame tubes running diagonally downward…
withstay — v. (Transitive) To hold back; oppose; withstand.

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Scrabble in English: 7 words
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Dutch Wiktionary: 1 word

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