10-letter words containing n, a, y, r
- invariably — not variable; not changing or capable of being changed; static or constant.
- inveracity — untruthfulness; mendacity.
- inveteracy — the quality or state of being inveterate or deeply ingrained: the inveteracy of people's prejudices.
- invitatory — serving to invite; conveying an invitation.
- invocatory — the act of invoking or calling upon a deity, spirit, etc., for aid, protection, inspiration, or the like; supplication.
- irenically — In an irenical manner.
- irian jaya — the W part of the island of New Guinea, formerly a Dutch territory: a province of Indonesia since 1963. About 159,000 sq. mi. (411,810 sq. km). Capital: Jayapura.
- ironically — pertaining to, of the nature of, exhibiting, or characterized by irony or mockery: an ironical compliment; an ironical smile.
- irradiancy — Alternative form of irradiance.
- itinerancy — the act of traveling from place to place.
- johnny raw — a novice; new recruit
- journeyman — a person who has served an apprenticeship at a trade or handicraft and is certified to work at it assisting or under another person.
- kryptonate — (inorganic chemistry) To infuse a solid with krypton gas (especially with radioactive krypton-85).
- kyrgyzstan — official name of Kirghizia.
- labyrinths — Plural form of labyrinth.
- ladyfinger — a small, finger-shaped sponge cake.
- lampoonery — a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
- lanternfly — any of several large tropical insects of the family Fulgoridae, formerly thought to be luminescent.
- laryngeals — Plural form of laryngeal.
- laryngitic — Pertaining to or suffering from laryngitis.
- laryngitis — inflammation of the larynx, often with accompanying sore throat, hoarseness or loss of voice, and dry cough.
- laundryman — a person who works in or operates a laundry.
- laundrymen — Plural form of laundryman.
- lawn party — garden party.
- lay person — a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
- lectionary — a book or a list of lections for reading in a divine service.
- leyden jar — a device for storing electric charge, consisting essentially of a glass jar lined inside and outside, for about two-thirds of its height, with tinfoil.
- loganberry — the large, dark-red, acid fruit of a plant, Rubus ursinus loganobaccus.
- lunar year — year (def 4a).
- luxuriancy — Obsolete form of luxuriance.
- lymantriid — (zoology) Any of the moth family Lymantriidae.
- lyre snake — any of several mildly venomous colubrid snakes of the genus Trimorphodon, inhabiting rocky areas from the southwestern U.S. to Central America, having fangs in the rear of the upper jaw and a lyre-shaped marking on the head.
- main entry — the principal entry of an item in a reference text, often placed in alphabetical order.
- man friday — a male assistant to an administrator or executive; right-hand man.
- mansionary — a resident or dweller
- manularity — /man"yoo-la"ri-tee/ ("manual" + "granularity") A notional measure of the manual labor required for some task, particularly one of the sort that automation is supposed to eliminate. "Composing English on paper has much higher manularity than using a text editor, especially in the revising stage." Hackers tend to consider manularity a symptom of primitive methods; in fact, a true hacker confronted with an apparent requirement to do a computing task by hand will inevitably seize the opportunity to build another tool (see toolsmith).
- mapinguary — A legendary red-furred ground-dwelling sloth-like creature said to live in the Amazon rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia.
- marginally — pertaining to a margin.
- marine ivy — a vine, Cissus incisa, of the grape family, native to the southern U.S., having three leaflets or three-lobed leaves and black fruit, grown as a houseplant.
- marry into — become part of: a family
- mary janes — flat or low-heeled shoes for women or girls, usually with a rounded toe and a single strap that buckles across the instep
- marylander — a person born or living in Maryland
- maternally — of, pertaining to, having the qualities of, or befitting a mother: maternal instincts.
- matricliny — matrocliny.
- matrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
- matronymic — metronymic.
- merchantry — (dated) The body of merchants taken collectively.
- millionary — Of or relating to millions; consisting of millions.
- minelayers — Plural form of minelayer.
- mineralogy — the science or study of minerals.