10-letter words containing n, y, o
- innovatory — to introduce something new; make changes in anything established.
- inoperancy — The quality of being inoperant or inoperative, of lacking the power to be effective or effectual.
- insobriety — lack of sobriety or moderation; intemperance; drunkenness.
- insociably — in an insociable manner
- insolently — boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting: an insolent reply.
- insolidity — weakness or lack of solidity
- insolvency — the condition of being insolvent; bankruptcy.
- interiorly — being within; inside of anything; internal; inner; further toward a center: the interior rooms of a house.
- intoningly — in an intonational manner
- inviolably — prohibiting violation; secure from destruction, violence, infringement, or desecration: an inviolable sanctuary; an inviolable promise.
- 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.
- involvedly — in an involved manner
- iron putty — a compound of iron oxide and boiled linseed oil for caulking pipe joints.
- ironically — pertaining to, of the nature of, exhibiting, or characterized by irony or mockery: an ironical compliment; an ironical smile.
- isocyanate — a salt or ester of isocyanic acid.
- isocyanide — a compound containing an isocyano group.
- isocyanine — a member of the group of cyanine dyes.
- isodynamic — pertaining to or characterized by equality of force, intensity, or the like.
- isoenzymes — Plural form of isoenzyme.
- isopycnals — Plural form of isopycnal.
- jabotinsky — Vladimir, 1880–1940, Russian Zionist leader in Palestine.
- jnana yoga — a type of yoga based on pure spiritual understanding
- john henry — Informal. a person's signature.
- john lynch — John ("Jack") 1917–1999, Irish political leader: prime minister 1966–73, 1977–79.
- john tukey — (person) The eminent statistician credited with coining the term "bit" in 1949.
- john tyler — John, 1790–1862, 10th president of the U.S. 1841–45.
- john wayne — Anthony ("Mad Anthony") 1745–96, American Revolutionary War general.
- johnny law — Andrew Bonar [bon-er] /ˈbɒn ər/ (Show IPA), 1858–1923, English statesman, born in Canada: prime minister 1922–23.
- johnny raw — a novice; new recruit
- johnny reb — U.S. History. a Confederate soldier.
- johnnycake — a cake or bread made of corn meal and water or milk, usually cooked on a griddle.
- jollifying — Present participle of jollify.
- journeying — a traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time; trip: a six-day journey across the desert.
- journeyman — a person who has served an apprenticeship at a trade or handicraft and is certified to work at it assisting or under another person.
- journeymen — a person who has served an apprenticeship at a trade or handicraft and is certified to work at it assisting or under another person.
- jouy print — toile de Jouy.
- jouysaunce — joy
- jovysaunce — joy
- joyfulness — full of joy, as a person or one's heart; glad; delighted.
- joyousness — The state of being joyous.
- keylogging — the practice of using a software program or hardware device (keylogger) to record all keystrokes on a computer keyboard, either overtly as a surveillance tool or covertly as spyware: Many employers are making use of keylogging to monitor their employees' computer habits.
- kidney ore — a form of hematite that occurs in kidney-shaped masses
- 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.
- laminotomy — (surgery) The neurosurgical procedure that removes part of a lamina of the vertebral arch in order to decompress the spinal cord.
- lampoonery — a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
- lay person — a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
- lazy tongs — extensible tongs for grasping objects at a distance, consisting of a series of pairs of crossing pieces, each pair pivoted together in the middle and connected with the next pair at the extremities.