9-letter words containing i, y, e
- mystifier — to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely.
- mystifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mystify.
- mythicise — Alt form mythicize.
- mythicize — to turn into, treat, or explain as a myth.
- necessity — something necessary or indispensable: food, shelter, and other necessities of life.
- neodymium — a rare-earth, metallic, trivalent element occurring with cerium and other rare-earth metals, and having rose-colored to violet-colored salts. Symbol: Nd; atomic weight: 144.24; atomic number: 60; specific gravity: 6.9 at 20°C.
- neophytic — a beginner or novice: He's a neophyte at chess.
- nervosity — the quality of being nervous; nervousness.
- neurility — the ability belonging to nerves to conduct electrical impulses
- nictheroy — Niterói.
- night key — a key for a night latch.
- nikolayev — a city in S Ukraine, in the SW on the Bug River.
- ninepenny — noting a nail 2.75 inches (7 cm) long. Symbol: 9d.
- nonentity — a person or thing of no importance.
- notoriety — the state, quality, or character of being notorious or widely known: a craze for notoriety.
- nymphetic — relating to a nymphet
- nymphlike — Resembling a nymph.
- obeyingly — (rare) obediently.
- objectify — to present as an object, especially of sight, touch, or other physical sense; make objective; externalize.
- obliquely — in an oblique manner or direction.
- obscenity — the character or quality of being obscene; indecency; lewdness.
- oedipally — in an oedipal manner
- oenophily — a liking for or expert knowledge of wine
- ogreishly — in the manner of an ogre
- old-timey — belonging to or characteristic of former times, usually eliciting a sentimental yearning for the past; old-time: an inn with charming, old-timey details.
- onerosity — burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship: onerous duties.
- open city — a city that, during a war, is officially declared demilitarized and open to occupation, and that will consequently not be defended, in order to spare it, under international law, from bombardment or other military attack.
- operosity — the quality or characteristic of being operose
- ossietzky — Carl von [kahrl fuh n] /kɑrl fən/ (Show IPA), 1889–1938, German pacifist: Nobel Peace Prize 1935.
- overlying — present participle of overlie.
- oxygenize — oxygenate.
- oystering — any of several edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, occurring on the bottom or adhering to rocks or other objects in shallow water.
- paediatry — the branch of medical science concerned with children and their diseases
- painterly — of, relating to, or characteristic of a painter.
- palsylike — resembling palsy
- panegyric — a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
- pargyline — a monoamine oxidase inhibitor used to treat hypertension and depression
- passively — not reacting visibly to something that might be expected to produce manifestations of an emotion or feeling.
- paternity — the state of being a father; fatherhood.
- patiently — a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- pay raise — an increase in wages or salary
- pecuniary — of or relating to money: pecuniary difficulties.
- pelletify — to shape into pellets
- pellitory — any of various urticaceous plants of the S and W European genus Parietaria, esp P. diffusa (pellitory-of-the-wall or wall pellitory), that grow in crevices and have long narrow leaves and small pink flowers
- penitency — the state of being penitent
- pensively — dreamily or wistfully thoughtful: a pensive mood.
- pepticity — good digestion
- pericycle — the outermost cell layer of the stele in a plant, frequently becoming a multilayered zone.
- perikarya — parts of nerve cells that contain the nuclei
- perilymph — the fluid between the bony and membranous labyrinths of the ear.