9-letter words containing n, i, y, a
- goadingly — So as to goad or incite.
- grannyish — typical of or suitable for an elderly woman; old-fashioned
- gratingly — irritating or unpleasant to one's feelings.
- gray iron — pig iron or cast iron having much of its carbon in the form of graphite and exhibiting a gray fracture.
- gray pine — jack pine.
- graylings — Plural form of grayling.
- guberniya — (in the Soviet Union) an administrative division of the volosts, smaller than a district.
- gymnasial — relating to gymnasium schools
- gymnasium — a building or room designed and equipped for indoor sports, exercise, or physical education.
- gymnastic — of or relating to physical exercises that develop and demonstrate strength, balance, and agility, especially such exercises performed mostly on special equipment.
- gynaecoid — Characteristic of a woman.
- gynarchic — relating to gynarchy or rule by women
- gynobasic — an elevation of the receptacle of a flower, bearing the gynoecium.
- gyrations — Plural form of gyration.
- habitancy — the act or fact of inhabiting; inhabitancy.
- halcyonic — calm; peaceful; tranquil: halcyon weather.
- haltingly — faltering or hesitating, especially in speech.
- hanefiyeh — (in the courtyard of a mosque) a fountain for ritual washing.
- haycation — A vacation stay on a farm, in which guests often help out with daily farm tasks.
- haymaking — The cutting of grass and subsequently curing it to make hay as fodder for animals.
- healingly — in a healing manner, intended to heal
- heavy ion — the nucleus of a heavy element.
- hemingway — Ernest (Miller) 1899–1961, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and journalist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- hendiadys — a figure in which a complex idea is expressed by two words connected by a copulative conjunction: “to look with eyes and envy” instead of “with envious eyes.”.
- hercynian — denoting a period of mountain building in Europe in the late Palaeozoic
- hesitancy — hesitation; indecision or disinclination.
- hill myna — an Asian bird of the genus Gracula, of the starling family Sturnidae, especially G. religiosa, that has glossy black plumage and yellow neck wattles and is easily tamed and taught to mimic speech.
- himalayan — the, a mountain range extending about 1500 miles (2400 km) along the border between India and Tibet. Highest peak, Mt. Everest, 29,028 feet (8848 meters).
- hooraying — Present participle of hooray.
- hyacinths — Plural form of hyacinth.
- hyalinize — to become hyaline.
- hydantoin — a colorless, needlelike, crystalline compound, C 3 H 4 N 2 O 2 , used in the synthesis of pharmaceutical substances and resins.
- hydramine — an amine derived from a glycol in which one hydroxyl is replaced by an amino group.
- hydrating — Present participle of hydrate.
- hydration — any of a class of compounds containing chemically combined water. In the case of some hydrates, as washing soda, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O, the water is loosely held and is easily lost on heating; in others, as sulfuric acid, SO 3 ⋅H 2 O, or H 2 SO 4 , it is strongly held as water of constitution.
- hydrazine — Also called diamine. a colorless, oily, fuming liquid, N 2 H 4 , that is a weak base in solution and forms a large number of salts resembling ammonium salts: used chiefly as a reducing agent and a jet-propulsion fuel.
- hyenalike — Resembling a hyena or some aspect of one.
- hymettian — a mountain in SE Greece, near Athens. 3370 feet (1027 meters).
- hynagogic — Misspelling of hypnagogic.
- hypanthia — Plural form of hypanthium.
- hypnoidal — characterizing a state that resembles mild hypnosis but that is usually induced by other than hypnotic means.
- hypomania — a mania of low intensity.
- hypomanic — Afflicted with a mild state of mania.
- hypotonia — An abnormal loss of muscle tone.
- hyrcanian — an ancient province of the Persian empire, SE of the Caspian Sea.
- iatrogeny — a disease caused by medical intervention or treatment
- imaginary — existing only in the imagination or fancy; not real; fancied: an imaginary illness; the imaginary animals in the stories of Dr. Seuss.
- immanency — remaining within; indwelling; inherent.
- imre nagy — Imre [im-re] /ˈɪm rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1958, Hungarian political leader: premier 1953–55, 1956.
- in a fury — very angry