9-letter words containing h, y
- hypophora — (rhetoric) A device in which the author poses a question which is in turn answered.
- hypophyge — apophyge (def 2).
- hypoploid — having a chromosome number that is less than the diploid number.
- hypopneas — Plural form of hypopnea.
- hypopneic — of or relating to hypopnoea
- hypopnoea — Alternative spelling of hypopnea.
- hypopyons — Plural form of hypopyon.
- hyporheic — Denoting an area or ecosystem beneath the bed of a river or stream that is saturated with water and that supports invertebrate fauna which play a role in the larger ecosystem.
- hypospray — (science fiction) A kind of jet injector.
- hypostoma — Hypostome.
- hypostome — any of several parts or organs of the mouth, as the labrum of a crustacean.
- hypostyle — having many columns carrying the roof or ceiling: a hypostyle hall.
- hypotaxis — dependent relation or construction, as of clauses; syntactic subordination.
- hypotheca — (microbiology, planktology) The lower or posterior half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate.
- hypotonia — An abnormal loss of muscle tone.
- hypotonic — Physiology. (of tissue) having less than the normal tone.
- hypotonus — Hypotonia.
- hypotrich — any ciliate of the suborder Hypotricha, having cilia chiefly on the ventral surface.
- hypoxemia — inadequate oxygenation of the blood.
- hypoxemic — inadequate oxygenation of the blood.
- hyrcanian — an ancient province of the Persian empire, SE of the Caspian Sea.
- hysterics — Usually, hysterics. a fit of uncontrollable laughter or weeping; hysteria.
- hysteroid — resembling hysteria.
- hywel dda — known as Hywel the Good. died 950 ad, Welsh prince. He united S and N Wales and codified Welsh law
- ice yacht — a sailing craft having a cross-shaped frame with a cockpit and runners for travelling over ice
- ichnology — the branch of paleontology concerned with the study of fossilized tracks, trails, burrows, borings, or other trace fossils as evidence of the occurrence or behavior of the organisms that produced them.
- ichthyoid — Also, ichthyoidal. fishlike.
- idiopathy — a disease not preceded or occasioned by any known morbid condition.
- iechyd da — a drinking toast; good health; cheers
- in theory — in principle
- indepthly — (nonstandard) in depth.
- inharmony — Lack of harmony.
- inherency — inherence.
- inhumanly — lacking qualities of sympathy, pity, warmth, compassion, or the like; cruel; brutal: an inhuman master.
- irish yew — a variety of yew, Taxus baccata stricta, of Eurasia and northern Africa, having upright branches and dark green foliage with color variations.
- isochrony — the fact or state of occurrence at the same time; contemporaneity.
- isohydric — having the same acidity or hydrogen-ion concentration
- isohyetal — a line drawn on a map connecting points having equal rainfall at a certain time or for a stated period.
- isorhythm — a structural feature characteristic of the Ars Nova motet, consisting of a single rhythmic phrase pattern repeated, usually in the tenor, throughout the composition.
- jayhawker — a native or inhabitant of Kansas (used as a nickname).
- jellyfish — any of various marine coelenterates of a soft, gelatinous structure, especially one with an umbrellalike body and long, trailing tentacles; medusa.
- jockeyish — resembling a jockey
- john dory — any fish of the family Zeidae, especially Zeus faber, of European seas, having a vertically compressed body and long spines in the dorsal fin.
- joshingly — In a joshing manner; teasingly.
- kaffiyehs — Plural form of kaffiyeh.
- katyushas — Plural form of katyusha.
- key light — (in photography or motion pictures) the main light that illuminates the subject being photographed or filmed.
- key punch — Also, key punch. Also called card punch. a machine, operated by a keyboard, for coding information by punching holes in cards or paper tape in specified patterns.
- keyphrase — (cryptography) A phrase used in encryption in the style of a keyword.
- kitschify — to make something kitsch