9-letter words containing n, o, y, l
- only just — by slight margin
- ontically — In an ontic sense.
- operantly — In an operant manner.
- opulently — In an opulent manner.
- ordinally — of or relating to an order, as of animals or plants.
- orotundly — In an orotund manner.
- outflying — Present participle of outfly.
- outlaying — an expending or spending, as of money.
- overlying — present participle of overlie.
- pantology — a systematic view of all human knowledge.
- pentalogy — a combination of five closely related things, esp (in medicine) closely connected symptoms or (in art) related works of art
- phenology — the science dealing with the influence of climate on the recurrence of such annual phenomena of animal and plant life as budding and bird migrations.
- philogyny — love of or liking for women.
- phonology — the study of the distribution and patterning of speech sounds in a language and of the tacit rules governing pronunciation.
- phylogeny — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- play down — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- play upon — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- playgoing — the activity of attending the theatre
- plutonomy — the study of economics or the production of wealth
- poenology — the study of the punishment of crime, in both its deterrent and its reformatory aspects.
- pointedly — having a point or points: a pointed arch.
- pollyanna — an excessively or blindly optimistic person.
- polo pony — a small, swift, agile horse specially trained for use in polo.
- polyamine — a compound containing more than one amino group.
- polyandry — the practice or condition of having more than one husband at one time. Compare monandry (def 1).
- polyantha — a type of clustering flower
- polyanthi — hybrid garden primroses
- polyconic — pertaining to or utilizing two or more cones.
- polygenes — multiple factors
- polygenic — one of a group of nonallelic genes that together control a quantitative characteristic in an organism.
- polygonal — a figure, especially a closed plane figure, having three or more, usually straight, sides.
- polygonum — any polygonaceous plant of the genus Polygonum, having stems with knotlike joints and spikes of small white, green, or pink flowers
- polymyxin — any of various polypeptide antibiotics derived from Bacillus polymyxa.
- polynesia — one of the three principal divisions of Oceania, comprising those island groups in the Pacific lying E of Melanesia and Micronesia and extending from the Hawaiian Islands S to New Zealand.
- polynices — a son of Oedipus and Jocasta and brother of Eteocles and Antigone on whose behalf the Seven against Thebes were organized.
- polyomino — a polygon made from joining identical squares at their edges
- polyonymy — the employment of multiple names for the same thing or person
- polyphone — a polyphonic letter or symbol.
- polyphony — Music. polyphonic composition; counterpoint.
- polypneic — characterized by polypnea
- polypnoea — rapid breathing; panting.
- polythene — polyethylene.
- polytonal — marked by or using polytonality.
- polyvinyl — pertaining to or derived from a vinyl polymer.
- polyzonal — having many zones
- pond lily — any of several water lilies, as the common water lily, Nymphaea odorata, or the spatterdock.
- pontypool — a town in Torfaen, in SE Wales.
- pony club — an international youth organization that educates young people about horses and horse riding
- pouringly — in a pouring fashion
- probingly — with a probing approach