11-letter words containing n, a, y
- arytenoidal — relating to the arytenoid cartilages in the larynx and also to other parts relating to them
- as anything — You use as anything after an adjective to emphasize a quality that someone has.
- ascendantly — in an ascendant manner
- ascendingly — moving upward; rising.
- ash-shaytan — (in Muslim usage) Satan; the devil.
- asphyxiants — Plural form of asphyxiant.
- assemblyman — In the United States, an assemblyman is an elected member of an assembly of people who make decisions and laws.
- assemblymen — Plural form of assemblyman.
- assentingly — in a concurring or complying manner
- assessingly — So as to assess.
- astringency — An astringent taste.
- astrobotany — the branch of botany that investigates the possibility that plants grow on other planets
- astrophyton — The giant basket star, an early Mesozoic invertebrate.
- asynartetic — having or containing two different types of metre
- asynclitism — The position of a baby in the uterus such that the head is presenting first, tilted to the shoulder and thus no longer in line with the birth canal.
- asyncronous — (spelling) It's spelled "asynchronous".
- at any cost — If you say that something must be done at any cost, you are emphasizing that it must be done, even if this requires a lot of effort or money.
- at any rate — You use at any rate to indicate that what you have just said might be incorrect or unclear in some way, and that you are now being more precise.
- at any time — If something could happen at any time, it is possible that it will happen very soon, though nobody can predict exactly when.
- attentively — while giving attention; observantly: Please listen attentively.
- attentivity — The quality of being attentive; attentiveness.
- attorneydom — the state or power of being an attorney
- attorneyism — the slyness and cleverness associated with attorneys
- attractancy — the capacity of a pheromone to attract
- austromancy — Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the winds or cloud formations.
- authenticly — Alternative spelling of authentically.
- autoantonym — (rare) A word that has two opposing meanings.
- autochthony — pertaining to autochthons; aboriginal; indigenous (opposed to heterochthonous).
- autodynamic — Supplying its own power.
- avuncularly — in the manner of an uncle
- baby lotion — a skin lotion for babies
- baby-minder — a person who is paid to look after other people's babies or very young children
- babyishness — The state or quality of being babyish.
- babylonians — of or relating to Babylon or Babylonia.
- babysitting — to take charge of a child while the parents are temporarily away.
- backcountry — an area far from cities and towns that is thinly populated and largely undeveloped; hinterland
- baggy green — the Australian Test cricket cap
- baking tray — A baking tray is the same as a baking sheet.
- ballyhooing — Present participle of ballyhoo.
- band theory — a theory of the electrical properties of metals, semiconductors, and insulators based on energy bands
- bandy about — If someone's name or something such as an idea is bandied about or is bandied around, that person or that thing is discussed by many people in a casual way.
- bandy-bandy — a small Australian elapid snake, Vermicella annulata, ringed with black and yellow
- bandylegged — having bandy legs; bowlegged
- bandywallop — an imaginary town, far from civilization
- bankability — acceptable for processing by a bank: bankable checks and money orders.
- banteringly — in a bantering fashion
- banyan-tree — Also called banyan tree. an East Indian fig tree, Ficus benghalensis, of the mulberry family, having branches that send out adventitious roots to the ground and sometimes cause the tree to spread over a wide area.
- baranavichy — a city in W central Belarus, SW of Minsk.
- bárány test — a test which detects diseases of the semicircular canals of the inner ear, devised by Robert Bárány (1876–1936)
- barley wine — an exceptionally strong beer