9-letter words containing l, y, i, n
- oncolysis — the destruction of tumours
- oncolytic — absorbing or destroying tumours
- onion fly — a small grey dipterous insect, Delia antiqua, that is a serious pest of onions. The larvae destroy the bulbs
- ontically — In an ontic sense.
- ordinally — of or relating to an order, as of animals or plants.
- outflying — Present participle of outfly.
- outlaying — an expending or spending, as of money.
- overlying — present participle of overlie.
- painfully — affected with, causing, or characterized by pain: a painful wound; a painful night; a painful memory.
- painterly — of, relating to, or characteristic of a painter.
- panically — in a panicky manner
- pantingly — eagerly
- pargyline — a monoamine oxidase inhibitor used to treat hypertension and depression
- passingly — in passing; in a passing manner
- patiently — a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- patriliny — the tracing of descent exclusively through the male members of a family.
- pausingly — with a pause or pauses
- pensively — dreamily or wistfully thoughtful: a pensive mood.
- philogyny — love of or liking for women.
- pink lady — a cocktail made with gin, grenadine, and the white of eggs, shaken and strained before serving.
- pityingly — full of or expressing pity: a pitying look.
- planarity — of or relating to a geometric plane.
- playgoing — the activity of attending the theatre
- plaything — a thing to play with; toy.
- pointedly — having a point or points: a pointed arch.
- polyamine — a compound containing more than one amino group.
- polyanthi — hybrid garden primroses
- polyconic — pertaining to or utilizing two or more cones.
- polygenic — one of a group of nonallelic genes that together control a quantitative characteristic in an organism.
- polymyxin — any of various polypeptide antibiotics derived from Bacillus polymyxa.
- 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.
- polynices — a son of Oedipus and Jocasta and brother of Eteocles and Antigone on whose behalf the Seven against Thebes were organized.
- polyomino — a polygon made from joining identical squares at their edges
- polypneic — characterized by polypnea
- polyvinyl — pertaining to or derived from a vinyl polymer.
- pond lily — any of several water lilies, as the common water lily, Nymphaea odorata, or the spatterdock.
- pouringly — in a pouring fashion
- prayingly — with prayer, prayerfully
- probingly — with a probing approach
- puffingly — in a puffing manner
- punningly — in a punning manner
- purringly — in a purring manner
- 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.
- pyroxylin — a nitrocellulose compound containing fewer nitrate groups than guncotton, used in the manufacture of artificial silk, leather, oilcloth, etc.
- quakingly — In a quaking fashion, especially with fear.
- quinology — The science of the cultivation of cinchona and its use in medicine as quinine.
- quintuply — in a quintuple manner; involving five times as much
- rackingly — in a racking manner
- radiantly — emitting rays of light; shining; bright: the radiant sun; radiant colors.
- railingly — in a complaining or disgruntled manner