9-letter words containing n, y, l
- golomynka — an oily fish found only in Lake Baikal
- gonyaulax — any marine dinoflagellate of the genus Gonyaulax, sometimes occurring in great numbers and causing red tide.
- granulary — granular
- gratingly — irritating or unpleasant to one's feelings.
- graylings — Plural form of grayling.
- gropingly — In a groping manner; blindly.
- growingly — becoming greater in quantity, size, extent, or intensity: growing discontent among industrial workers.
- guanylate — (biochemistry) any salt or ester of guanylic acid; the salts are used as flavour enhancers.
- gun lobby — a group of people who argue for the right of members of the public to be able to own guns
- gushingly — In a gushing manner; with overeffusive sentimentality.
- gwendolyn — a female given name: from a Welsh word meaning “white.”.
- gymnasial — relating to gymnasium schools
- gyrfalcon — a large falcon, Falco rusticolus, of arctic and subarctic regions, having white, gray, or blackish color phases: now greatly reduced in number.
- gyroplane — autogiro.
- halcyonic — calm; peaceful; tranquil: halcyon weather.
- halfpenny — a bronze coin of the United Kingdom, equal to half a penny: use phased out in 1984.
- halomancy — Divination by use of salt. This is the origin for the superstition of spilled salt.
- haltingly — faltering or hesitating, especially in speech.
- hand-play — the practice of fighting with fists
- healingly — in a healing manner, intended to heal
- hedgingly — So as to hedge; without making a firm commitment.
- heinously — hateful; odious; abominable; totally reprehensible: a heinous offense.
- helvellyn — a mountain in NW England. 3118 feet (950 meters).
- hemolysin — a substance, as an antibody, that in cooperation with complement causes dissolution of red blood cells.
- hennishly — in a hennish manner
- 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).
- hintingly — In a hinting manner.
- hissingly — in a hissing manner
- hol-unity — A verification tool for UNITY? Version 2.1. E-mail: Flemming Andersen <[email protected]>?
- hologynic — of or relating to a heritable trait appearing only in females (opposed to holandric).
- holy land — Palestine (def 1).
- holystone — a block of soft sandstone used in scrubbing the decks of a ship.
- honeyless — without any honey
- honeylike — Like honey in taste, texture, or appearance.
- honeywell — (company) A US company known for its mainframes and operating systems. The company's history is long and tortuous, with many mergers, acquisitions and name changes. A company formed on 1886-04-23 to make furnace regulators eventually merged in 1927 with another company formed in 1904 by a young plumbing and heating engineer named Mark Honeywell who was perfecting the heat generator. A 1955 joint venture with Raytheon Corp., called Datamatic Corporation, marked Honeywell's entry into the computer business. Their first computer was the D-1000. In 1960 Honeywell bought out Raytheon's interest and the name changed to Electronic Data Processing (EDP) then in 1963 it was officially renamed Honeywell Inc. In 1970 Honeywell merged its computer business with General Electric's to form Honeywell Information Systems. In 1986 a joint venture with the french company Bull and japanese NEC Corporation created Honeywell Bull. By 1991 Honeywell had withdrawn from the computer business, focussing more on aeropspace. See also: brain-damaged.
- honorably — in accordance with or characterized by principles of honor; upright: They were all honorable men.
- howlingly — producing or uttering a howling noise: a howling mob.
- huey long — Crawford Williamson [wil-yuh m-suh n] /ˈwɪl yəm sən/ (Show IPA), 1815–78, U.S. surgeon.
- husbandly — Having the characteristics of a husband; marital.
- hyalinize — to become hyaline.
- hyalonema — a species of sponge with a long stem made up of long, twisted glass-like fibres
- hydrolant — an urgent warning of navigational dangers in the Atlantic Ocean, issued by the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office.
- hyenalike — Resembling a hyena or some aspect of one.
- hymeneals — (plurale tantum) Nuptials.
- hymnology — the study of hymns, their history, classification, etc.
- hyperlink — hypertext link
- hypnoidal — characterizing a state that resembles mild hypnosis but that is usually induced by other than hypnotic means.
- hypnology — the science dealing with the phenomena of sleep.
- ichnology — the branch of paleontology concerned with the study of fossilized tracks, trails, burrows, borings, or other trace fossils as evidence of the occurrence or behavior of the organisms that produced them.