10-letter words containing n, y, o
- van rompuy — Herman. born 1947, Belgian politician; prime minister of Belgium (2008–09); president of the European Council (2009–14)
- vancomycin — a bactericidal antibiotic, C 66 H 75 ClN 9 O 24 , produced by Streptomyces orientalis, used in the treatment of antibiotic-associated colitis and endocarditis.
- vanity box — a woman's box, larger than a vanity bag, used to carry cosmetics, etc
- venerology — the branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of venereal, or sexually transmitted, disease.
- venography — x-ray examination of a vein or veins following injection of a radiopaque substance.
- venomously — (of an animal) having a gland or glands for secreting venom; able to inflict a poisoned bite, sting, or wound: a venomous snake.
- vinylation — the process of introducing the vinyl group into a compound by reaction with acetylene.
- viscountcy — the rank or station of a viscount.
- von bekesy — Georg [gey-awrg;; Hungarian ge-awrg] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg;; Hungarian ˈgɛ ɔrg/ (Show IPA), 1899–1972, U.S. physicist, born in Hungary: Nobel Prize in medicine 1961.
- waynesboro — a city in N Virginia.
- welsh pony — one of a breed of small, sturdy ponies raised originally in Wales.
- whitmonday — the Monday following Whitsunday.
- wind poppy — a Californian plant, Stylomecon heterophylla, of the poppy family, having satiny, brick-red flowers with purple centers.
- with young — (of animals) pregnant
- wobblingly — With a wobbling motion.
- woman-year — a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy, based on a standard number of woman-days in a year of work.
- womanfully — in a manner full of womanly spirit: She struggled womanfully to complete the task.
- womanishly — In a womanish way.
- wonder boy — a young man who is unusually successful or especially popular.
- wondrously — wonderful; remarkable.
- wood nymph — (especially in legend) a nymph of the woods; dryad.
- worry line — a line on someone's face, believed to be cause by worry
- worryingly — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
- woundingly — In a way that wounds.
- wrongfully — unjust or unfair: a wrongful act; a wrongful charge.
- wrongously — in an unjust or unfair manner
- wyomingite — a state in the NW United States. 97,914 sq. mi. (253,595 sq. km). Capital: Cheyenne. Abbreviation: WY (for use with zip code), Wyo., Wy.
- xenocrysts — Plural form of xenocryst.
- xenoglossy — Knowledge of a language one has never learned.
- xenography — The process of surgically transplanting organs or tissue between different species.
- xylogenous — living in or on wood
- xylophagan — an insect in the Xylophaga or Xylophagi that eats wood
- xylophones — Plural form of xylophone.
- xylophonic — Of or pertaining to a xylophone.
- year-round — continuing, active, operating, etc., throughout the year: a year-round vacation spot.
- yellowfins — Plural form of yellowfin.
- yellowness — The state or quality of being yellow.
- yenakiyevo — a city in E Ukraine: suburb of Donetsk.
- yes and no — You say yes and no in reply to a question when you cannot give a definite answer, because in some ways the answer is yes and in other ways the answer is no.
- yestermorn — (obsolete) Yesterday morning.
- yesternoon — yesterday noon.
- yoga pants — pants made of a stretchable knit fabric, worn as exercise or casual wear: slim-fitting yoga pants with a flared leg.
- yoke front — oxbow front.
- yorubaland — a former kingdom in W Africa, in the E part of the Slave Coast: now a region in SW Nigeria.
- young lady — a young, usually unmarried woman of refinement, grace, etc.
- young plan — a plan reducing the reparations provided by the Dawes plan, devised by an international committee headed by Owen D. Young and put into effect in 1929.
- young turk — a member of a Turkish reformist and nationalist party that was founded in the latter part of the 19th century and was the dominant political party in Turkey in the period 1908–18.
- young-eyed — clear-eyed; bright-eyed.
- youngberry — a blackberry that is a cultivated variety of Rubus ursinus of the southwestern U.S.
- youngblood — youthful, vigorous, and fresh in ideas or practices: an aging company badly in need of youngblood management.