10-letter words containing n, y, o
- honeymoons — Plural form of honeymoon.
- honky-tonk — a cheap, noisy, and garish nightclub or dance hall.
- honorarily — given for honor only, without the usual requirements, duties, privileges, emoluments, etc.: The university presented the new governor with an honorary degree.
- honourably — (British) In a honourable manner.
- hootenanny — a social gathering or informal concert featuring folk singing and, sometimes, dancing.
- hormonally — In a hormonal way.
- horn poppy — a European plant, Glaucium flavum, of the poppy family, having yellow flowers, naturalized along sandy shores in eastern North America.
- horny frog — horned frog.
- horrifying — to cause to feel horror; strike with horror: The accident horrified us all.
- hoydenhood — the condition of a rude, ill-bred or boisterous and noisy girl or woman, or a tomboy
- hu yaobang — 1915–89, Chinese Communist leader: general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party 1981–87.
- hudson bay — a large inland sea in N Canada. 850 miles (1370 km) long; 600 miles (965 km) wide; 400,000 sq. mi. (1,036,000 sq. km).
- human body — the physical structure and material substance of a human being, consisting of many billions of cells as well as components outside of the cells: The average adult human body is 50–65% water.
- hunky-dory — about as well as one could wish or expect; satisfactory; fine; OK.
- hush money — a bribe to keep someone silent about something, especially to keep the receiver from exposing a scandal.
- hyalophane — a variety of orthoclase in which some of the potassium is replaced by barium.
- hyaluronic — Of or pertaining to hyaluronic acid or its derivatives.
- hycanthone — A particular schistosomicide, a metabolite of lucanthone.
- hydrogenic — (chemistry) hydrogen-like.
- hydromancy — divination by means of the motions or appearance of water.
- hydromania — an excessive craving or love for water
- hydrophane — a partly translucent variety of opal, which becomes more translucent or transparent when immersed in water.
- hydrophone — a device for locating sources of sound under water, as for detecting submarines by the noise of their engines.
- hydroplane — a seaplane.
- hydroponic — the cultivation of plants by placing the roots in liquid nutrient solutions rather than in soil; soilless growth of plants. Compare aeroculture, geoponics (def 2).
- hydrozoans — Plural form of hydrozoan.
- hygiaphone — a glass screen through which an employee may speak to members of the public, eg at a ticket office
- hymenotomy — incision of the hymen.
- hymnodists — Plural form of hymnodist.
- hyoid bone — the horseshoe-shaped bone that lies at the base of the tongue and above the thyroid cartilage or a corresponding bone or group of bones in other vertebrates
- hypaethron — a part of a building or court which is open to the sky
- hyperbaton — the use, especially for emphasis, of a word order other than the expected or usual one, as in “Bird thou never wert.”.
- hypernovae — Plural form of hypernova.
- hyperoodon — (zoology) A whale in the genus Hyperoodon of the order Cetacea, comprising both species of bottlenose whale.
- hyperpnoea — abnormally deep or rapid respiration.
- hypersonic — noting or pertaining to speed that is at least five times that of sound in the same medium.
- hypertonia — increased rigidity, tension, and spasticity of the muscles.
- hypertonic — Physiology. of or relating to hypertonia.
- hyphenator — One who, or that which, hyphenates.
- hypnagogia — (medicine) A condition characterized by dreamlike auditory, visual, or tactile sensations when half-awake.
- hypnagogic — of or relating to drowsiness.
- hypnodrama — the acting out of a traumatic experience, under hypnosis, by a person undergoing psychotherapy.
- hypnogenic — of or relating to the induction of sleep
- hypnogogic — Alternative spelling of hypnagogic.
- hypnograph — an instrument that measures activities of the human body during sleep.
- hypnoidize — to induce a state of sleep
- hypnopedia — sleep learning.
- hypnotised — Simple past tense and past participle of hypnotise.
- hypnotises — to put in the hypnotic state.
- hypnotists — Plural form of hypnotist.