10-letter words containing n, o, t, r, y
- hyperbaton — the use, especially for emphasis, of a word order other than the expected or usual one, as in “Bird thou never wert.”.
- hypertonia — increased rigidity, tension, and spasticity of the muscles.
- hypertonic — Physiology. of or relating to hypertonia.
- hyphenator — One who, or that which, hyphenates.
- hypnotizer — One who, or that which, hypnotizes.
- hypocenter — focus (def 5).
- hypocentre — (geology) The focus of an earthquake, directly under the epicentre.
- hypocretin — Either of the peptide hormones orexin.
- hypothenar — the fleshly prominence on the palm at the base of the little finger.
- iconolatry — the worship or adoration of icons.
- iconometry — measurement by an iconometer
- ignorantly — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
- importancy — (obsolete) importance; significance.
- incubatory — the act or process of incubating.
- indagatory — investigatory
- indicatory — That indicates, signifies or implies.
- inhibitory — to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
- initiatory — introductory; initial: an initiatory step toward a treaty.
- innovatory — to introduce something new; make changes in anything established.
- insobriety — lack of sobriety or moderation; intemperance; drunkenness.
- interiorly — being within; inside of anything; internal; inner; further toward a center: the interior rooms of a house.
- 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.
- iron putty — a compound of iron oxide and boiled linseed oil for caulking pipe joints.
- john tyler — John, 1790–1862, 10th president of the U.S. 1841–45.
- jouy print — toile de Jouy.
- kidneywort — the navelwort, Umbilicus rupestris, of the stonecrop family, having drooping yellowish-green flowers.
- kryptonate — (inorganic chemistry) To infuse a solid with krypton gas (especially with radioactive krypton-85).
- kryptonite — The one weakness of something or someone that is otherwise invulnerable, an Achilles' heel.
- lectionary — a book or a list of lections for reading in a divine service.
- marry into — become part of: a family
- matrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
- matronymic — metronymic.
- metronymic — derived from the name of a mother or other female ancestor.
- monetarily — of or relating to the coinage or currency of a country.
- money tree — a fanciful tree that when shaken sheds coins or paper money.
- moneyworts — Plural form of moneywort.
- monostylar — having or comprising a sole upright or pillar
- mont-royal — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada: suburb of Montreal.
- montgomery — a state in the SE United States. 51,609 sq. mi. (133,670 sq. km). Capital: Montgomery. Abbreviation: AL (for use with zip code), Ala.
- mortifying — to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect.
- nameworthy — worthy of or deserving a name
- necrolatry — worship of the dead.
- negentropy — The entropy that a living thing exports to keep its own entropy low.
- nephrotomy — incision into the kidney, as for the removal of a calculus.
- neurectomy — the removal of part or all of a nerve.
- neurolytic — Pathology. disintegration of nerve tissue. exhaustion of a nerve by excess stimulation.
- neuropathy — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- neurotropy — the quality of being neurotropic.
- news story — a news report of any length, usually presented in a straightforward style and without editorial comment.