9-letter words containing n, t, y
- keynoting — Present participle of keynote.
- keystoner — a native or inhabitant of Pennsylvania (used as a nickname).
- keystones — Plural form of keystone.
- klystrons — Plural form of klystron.
- laberynth — Obsolete spelling of labyrinth.
- labryinth — Misspelling of labyrinth.
- labyrinth — an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit. Synonyms: maze, network, web.
- lambently — In a lambent manner, brightly.
- lastingly — continuing or enduring a long time; permanent; durable: a lasting friendship.
- latensify — to increase the developability of (the latent image on a film or plate) after exposure.
- latitancy — The act or state of lying hidden, or lurking.
- latrociny — banditry
- lay it on — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- lengthily — having or being of great length; very long: a lengthy journey.
- leniently — agreeably tolerant; permissive; indulgent: He tended to be lenient toward the children. More lenient laws encouraged greater freedom of expression.
- liltingly — rhythmic swing or cadence.
- lineality — The quality of being lineal.
- linearity — the property, quality, or state of being linear.
- lingayata — a Saiva cult emphasizing devotion and faith.
- linotyper — a person who uses a Linotype printing machine
- longevity — a long individual life; great duration of individual life: Our family is known for its longevity.
- lymington — a market town in S England, in SW Hampshire, on the Solent: yachting centre and holiday resort. Pop: 14 227 (2001)
- lyndhurst — a township in NE New Jersey.
- lyttelton — Humphrey. 1921–2008, British jazz trumpeter and band leader who influenced the British revival of New Orleans jazz
- m-payment — a point-of-sale payment made through a wireless device such as a mobile phone or PDA
- mainstays — Plural form of mainstay.
- malignity — the state or character of being malign; malevolence; intense ill will; spite.
- mandatary — a person or nation holding a mandate.
- mandatory — authoritatively ordered; obligatory; compulsory: It is mandatory that all students take two years of math.
- manometry — an instrument for measuring the pressure of a fluid, consisting of a tube filled with a liquid, the level of the liquid being determined by the fluid pressure and the height of the liquid being indicated on a scale.
- manta bay — an inlet of the Pacific, on the W coast of Ecuador.
- manta ray — marine fish
- mantyhose — a one-piece clinging garment covering the body from the waist to the feet, worn by men
- manyattas — Plural form of manyatta.
- martyring — a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion.
- maternity — the state of being a mother; motherhood.
- mateyness — The state of being matey, camaraderie, chumminess.
- matriliny — the tracing of descent through the mother's line of a family.
- matrimony — the state of being married; marriage: He was married in 1870 and lived in matrimony 12 years.
- mccartney — (Sir) (James) Paul, born 1942, English singer, songwriter, and bass guitarist for the Beatles.
- meltingly — In a melting way.
- mendacity — the quality of being mendacious; untruthfulness; tendency to lie.
- mendicity — mendicancy.
- mentality — mental capacity or endowment: a person of average mentality.
- mesentery — the membrane, consisting of a double layer of peritoneum, that invests the intestines, attaching them to the posterior wall of the abdomen, maintaining them in position in the abdominal cavity, and supplying them with blood vessels, nerves, and lymphatics, especially the part of this membrane investing the jejunum and ileum.
- metagnomy — (rare) divination.
- methylene — containing the methylene group.
- metonymic — Of, or relating to, a word or phrase that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object.
- militancy — vigorously active and aggressive, especially in support of a cause: militant reformers.
- mistyping — a number of things or persons sharing a particular characteristic, or set of characteristics, that causes them to be regarded as a group, more or less precisely defined or designated; class; category: a criminal of the most vicious type.