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9-letter words containing i, y, e

  • iridocyte — a guanine-containing cell in the skin of fish and some cephalopods, giving these animals their iridescence
  • irish yew — a variety of yew, Taxus baccata stricta, of Eurasia and northern Africa, having upright branches and dark green foliage with color variations.
  • irksomely — In an irksome manner; tediously.
  • iron grey — a neutral or dark grey colour
  • irreality — unreal.
  • isoenzyme — isozyme.
  • isohyetal — a line drawn on a map connecting points having equal rainfall at a certain time or for a stated period.
  • isopentyl — isoamyl.
  • itinerary — a detailed plan for a journey, especially a list of places to visit; plan of travel.
  • ivorytype — an antiquated photoprinting technique in which two prints are made of the same image, and the weaker one, made transparent with varnish and colored on the back, is laid over the stronger one.
  • jeeringly — to speak or shout derisively; scoff or gibe rudely: Don't jeer unless you can do better.
  • jellyfish — any of various marine coelenterates of a soft, gelatinous structure, especially one with an umbrellalike body and long, trailing tentacles; medusa.
  • jellylike — a food preparation of a soft, elastic consistency due to the presence of gelatin, pectin, etc., especially fruit juice boiled down with sugar and used as a sweet spread for bread and toast, as a filling for cakes or doughnuts, etc.
  • jequirity — the rosary pea, Abrus precatorius, of the legume family.
  • jerkingly — in a jerking manner
  • jerry-rig — jury-rig.
  • jestingly — Said, written or done in jest.
  • jockeying — a person who rides horses professionally in races.
  • jockeyish — resembling a jockey
  • jockeyism — the skills and practices of jockeys
  • jointedly — In a jointed way; with, or by means of, joints.
  • joy-rider — a pleasure ride in an automobile, especially when the vehicle is driven recklessly or used without the owner's permission.
  • joyridden — Past participle of joyride.
  • joyriders — Plural form of joyrider.
  • kadiyevka — former name of Stakhanov.
  • kaffiyehs — Plural form of kaffiyeh.
  • kallitype — an photographic printing process using silver and ferric salts, popular in the 19th century
  • ketolysis — the breaking down of ketones.
  • ketolytic — the breaking down of ketones.
  • key drive — a very small, portable storage device that plugs into a computer and facilitates moving data between machines
  • key field — (database)   A field of a database (typically a relational database) table which together form a unique identifier for a record (a table entry). The aggregate of these fields is usually referred to simply as "the key".
  • key fruit — a samara.
  • key light — (in photography or motion pictures) the main light that illuminates the subject being photographed or filmed.
  • keyclicks — Plural form of keyclick.
  • keynesian — of or relating to the economic theories, doctrines, or policies of Keynes or his followers, especially the policy of maintaining high employment and controlling inflation by varying the interest rates, tax rates, and public expenditure.
  • keynoting — Present participle of keynote.
  • killarney — a town in the SW Republic of Ireland.
  • kilobytes — Plural form of kilobyte.
  • kilocycle — a unit equal to 1000 cycles: used especially in radio as 1000 cycles per second for expressing the frequency of electromagnetic waves; kilohertz. The term kilohertz is now preferred in technical use. Abbreviation: kc.
  • kimberley — a city in E Cape of Good Hope province, in the central Republic of South Africa: diamond mines.
  • kuibyshev — a port in the Russian Federation in Europe, on the Volga.
  • latensify — to increase the developability of (the latent image on a film or plate) after exposure.
  • lawyering — a person whose profession is to represent clients in a court of law or to advise or act for clients in other legal matters.
  • lay aside — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
  • laymanize — to simplify (technical information) into a form that can be understood by ordinary people
  • leeringly — In a leering manner.
  • legionary — of, relating to, or belonging to a legion.
  • leiomyoma — a benign tumor composed of nonstriated muscular tissue.
  • leisurely — acting, proceeding, or done without haste; unhurried; deliberate: a leisurely conversation.
  • lengthily — having or being of great length; very long: a lengthy journey.
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