9-letter words containing n, a, y
- ayia napa — a coastal resort in SE Cyprus. Pop: 9500 (2004 est)
- ayr stone — a fine-grained stone used for polishing marble and as a whetstone.
- ayub khan — Mohammed. 1907–74, Pakistani field marshal; president of Pakistan (1958–69)
- azine dye — any of various dyes derived from phenazine, used chiefly for dyeing wood, leather, and textiles.
- baboonery — uncouth or brutish behaviour
- baby bond — a sum of money invested shortly after the birth of a child, the returns of which may not be collected until the child reaches adulthood
- babylonia — the southern kingdom of ancient Mesopotamia: a great empire from about 2200–538 bc, when it was conquered by the Persians
- backronym — an existing word turned into an acronym by creating an apt phrase whose initial letters match the word, as to help remember it or offer a theory of its origin. For example, rap has been said to be a backronym of “rhythm and poetry.”.
- baldmoney — Meum athamanticum, an ornamental plant in the Apiaceae family.
- balkingly — in a balking manner
- ballymena — a district in central Northern Ireland, in Co Antrim. Pop: 59 516 (2003 est). Area: 634 sq km (247 sq miles)
- baneberry — any ranunculaceous plant of the genus Actaea, esp A. spicata, which has small white flowers and red or white poisonous berries
- banefully — In a baneful way.
- bang tidy — of exceptionally good quality
- barnyards — Plural form of barnyard.
- baronetcy — the rank, position, or patent of a baronet
- bayoneted — a daggerlike steel weapon that is attached to or at the muzzle of a gun and used for stabbing or slashing in hand-to-hand combat.
- beamingly — in a beaming manner
- belly pan — a plate enclosing the bottom of an automotive vehicle or the like below the chassis.
- bellyband — a strap around the belly of a draught animal, holding the shafts of a vehicle
- belomancy — the art of divination using arrows
- berdyansk — a city in S Ukraine, on the Sea of Azov.
- bivalency — Chemistry. having a valence of two. having two valences, as aluminum with valences of two and three.
- blatantly — Blatantly is used to add emphasis when you are describing states or situations which you think are bad.
- blazingly — in a blazing manner
- body plan — Biology. the basic shape of members of an animal phylum; the general structure each individual organism assumes as it develops. Compare bilateral symmetry, radial symmetry.
- boogeyman — a frightening imaginary being, often one used as a threat in disciplining children
- bracingly — strengthening; invigorating: This mountain air is bracing.
- branchery — a group or system of branches
- brinjarry — (in India) an itinerant grain and salt trader
- buoyantly — in a happy, confident manner
- by a nose — by the length of the animal's nose in horse racing, etc.
- by and by — presently or eventually
- by chance — Something that happens by chance was not planned by anyone.
- by nature — essentially or innately
- by-and-by — the future: to meet in the sweet by-and-by.
- bypassing — a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
- byrd land — a part of Antarctica, east of the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea: claimed for the US by Admiral Richard E. Byrd in 1929, though all claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty of 1959
- byrewoman — a woman who works in a byre
- bystander — A bystander is a person who is present when something happens and who sees it but does not take part in it.
- byzantine — Byzantine means related to or connected with the Byzantine Empire.
- byzantium — an ancient Greek city on the Bosporus: founded about 660 bc; rebuilt by Constantine I in 330 ad and called Constantinople; present-day Istanbul
- ca' canny — call “canny”; hence, go cautiously
- caa canny — to proceed cautiously; go slow
- cabin boy — a boy who waits on the officers and passengers of a ship
- cabinetry — cabinets collectively
- cacophony — You can describe a loud, unpleasant mixture of sounds as a cacophony.
- cageyness — the quality of being cagey
- calcedony — Alt form chalcedony.
- calmingly — in a calming manner