10-letter words containing i, r, o, n, y
- non-injury — harm or damage that is done or sustained: to escape without injury.
- nonlibrary — not belonging or related to a library
- nonvarying — Not varying.
- numerosity — very many; being or existing in great quantity: numerous visits; numerous fish.
- omniparity — a state of universal equality
- on liberty — a treatise (1859) by John Stuart Mill on the rights of the individual within the state.
- oneirology — The study that relates with dreams.
- ordinarily — most of the time; generally; usually: Ordinarily he wakes at seven.
- ordinately — in an ordered manner
- organicity — noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.
- orientally — In an oriental manner.
- originally — with respect to origin; by origin: Originally he came from California.
- orotundity — (of the voice or speech) characterized by strength, fullness, richness, and clearness.
- overbuying — Present participle of overbuy.
- overlaying — to lay or place (one thing) over or upon another.
- overnicely — in an overnice manner
- oxymoronic — a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly.”.
- oxyneurine — betaine.
- paronychia — inflammation of the folds of skin bordering a nail of a finger or toe, usually characterized by infection and pus formation; felon.
- passionary — passional (def 3).
- patrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- patronymic — (of family names) derived from the name of a father or ancestor, especially by the addition of a suffix or prefix indicating descent.
- pensionary — a pensioner.
- perigynous — situated around the pistil on the edge of a cuplike receptacle, as stamens or petals.
- perikaryon — cell body.
- periphyton — the community of tiny organisms, as protozoans, hydras, insect larvae, and snails, that lives on the surfaces of rooted aquatic plants.
- pillorying — a wooden framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, formerly used to expose an offender to public derision.
- polyandric — polyandrous.
- pontypridd — an industrial town in S Wales, in Rhondda Cynon Taff county borough. Pop: 29 781 (2001)
- portraying — to make a likeness of by drawing, painting, carving, or the like.
- potentiary — a person with power or authority
- pre-notify — to inform (someone) or give notice to: to notify the police of a crime.
- profundity — the quality or state of being profound; depth.
- prominency — Also, prominency. the state of being prominent; conspicuousness.
- propensity — a natural inclination or tendency: a propensity to drink too much.
- protensity — the actuality of duration
- prowlingly — in the manner of a prowl
- pyramidion — a miniature pyramid, as at the apex of an obelisk.
- pyranoside — a glycoside containing a pyran ring structure.
- pyrazoline — any of the group of heterocyclic compounds containing three carbon atoms, two adjacent nitrogen atoms, and one double bond in the ring.
- pyridoxine — a derivative of pyridine, C 8 H 1 1 NO 3 , occurring in whole-grain cereals, meats, fish, etc., and also made synthetically: required for the prevention of pellagra and the formation of hemoglobin; vitamin B 6 .
- pyromaniac — a compulsion to set things on fire.
- pyromantic — divination by fire, or by forms appearing in fire.
- pyroxenite — any rock composed essentially, or in large part, of pyroxene of any kind.
- pyroxenoid — any of a group of triclinic silicates including wollastonite, rhodonite, and pectolite
- pyrrhonism — the Skeptic doctrines of Pyrrho and his followers.
- rationally — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
- regionally — of or relating to a region of considerable extent; not merely local: a regional meeting of the Boy Scouts.
- rhinophyma — a red-coloured bump or bumps on the nose which form as a result of enlarged sebaceous glands and rosacea
- rhinoscopy — examination of the nasal passages, esp with a rhinoscope