9-letter words containing a, l, o, y, i
- nobiliary — of or relating to the nobility.
- nominally — by or as regards name; in name; ostensibly: He was nominally the leader, but others actually ran the organization.
- nonfamily — Not a member of the family.
- normality — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- notaphily — the collecting of bank notes as a hobby.
- oedipally — in an oedipal manner
- ohmically — By means of ohmic heating, the process by which the passage of an electric current through a conductor releases heat.
- oligarchy — a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few.
- olympiads — Plural form of olympiad.
- ontically — In an ontic sense.
- optically — of, relating to, or applying optics or the principles of optics.
- optimally — optimum (def 3).
- ordinally — of or relating to an order, as of animals or plants.
- osmically — with regard to smell
- outlaying — an expending or spending, as of money.
- palillogy — the repetition of a phrase or word
- phylakopi — an archaeological site on the Greek island of Melos, in the Cyclades group: excavations have revealed the remains of three successive ancient cities erected on a primitive Cycladic settlement.
- pilcomayo — a river in S central South America, flowing SE from S Bolivia along the boundary between Paraguay and Argentina to the Paraguay River at Asunción. 1000 miles (1610 km) long.
- pivotally — of, relating to, or serving as a pivot.
- placitory — of or relating to pleas made to support a claim or a defence
- playgoing — the activity of attending the theatre
- pleiotaxy — an increase in the normal number of parts.
- polyamide — a polymer in which the monomer units are linked together by the amide group –CONH–.
- polyamine — a compound containing more than one amino group.
- polyanthi — hybrid garden primroses
- polyaxial — having more than one axis
- polybasic — (of an acid) having two or more atoms of replaceable hydrogen.
- polygamic — polygamous.
- polynesia — one of the three principal divisions of Oceania, comprising those island groups in the Pacific lying E of Melanesia and Micronesia and extending from the Hawaiian Islands S to New Zealand.
- profamily — favoring or supporting laws against abortion; antiabortion; pro-life.
- pygmalion — Classical Mythology. a sculptor and king of Cyprus who carved an ivory statue of a maiden and fell in love with it. It was brought to life, in response to his prayer, by Aphrodite.
- pyridoxal — a naturally occurring derivative of pyridoxine that is a precursor of a coenzyme (pyridoxal phosphate) involved in several enzymic reactions. Formula: (CH2OH)(CHO)C5HN(OH)(CH3)
- radiology — the science dealing with x-rays or nuclear radiation, especially for medical uses.
- ribozymal — of or relating to ribozymes
- shadowily — in a shadowy way or manner
- silky oak — any of several trees of the Australian genus Grevillea, esp G. robusta, having divided leaves, smooth glossy wood, and showy clusters of orange, red, or white flowers: cultivated in the tropics as shade trees: family Proteaceae
- sligo bay — an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean situated in the NW Republic of Ireland
- soakingly — so as to saturate or soak
- soaringly — in a soaring manner
- sociality — social nature or tendencies as shown in the assembling of individuals in communities.
- solyman i — Suleiman I.
- sonically — in a sonic manner
- stoically — impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics: a stoical sufferer.
- synodical — of a synod; synodal
- syphiloma — a tumour or gumma caused by infection with syphilis
- taylorism — a modified form of Calvinism that maintains that every person has a free will, and that makes a distinction between depravity, as the tendency to commit sins, and sin, as a voluntary choice of evil actions.
- taylorite — a modified form of Calvinism that maintains that every person has a free will, and that makes a distinction between depravity, as the tendency to commit sins, and sin, as a voluntary choice of evil actions.
- thylakoid — a flattened sac or vesicle lined with a pigmented membrane that is the site of photosynthesis, in plants and algae occurring in interconnected stacks constituting a granum of the chloroplast, and in other photosynthesizing organisms occurring either singly or as part of the cell membrane or other structure.
- thyroidal — of or relating to the thyroid gland
- tonically — a medicine that invigorates or strengthens: a tonic of sulphur and molasses.