9-letter words containing n, y, o
- viscounty — viscountcy.
- visionary — given to or characterized by fanciful, not presently workable, or unpractical ideas, views, or schemes: a visionary enthusiast.
- voluntary — done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice: a voluntary contribution.
- wagonways — Plural form of wagonway.
- way point — a place or point between major points on a route.
- waypoints — Plural form of waypoint.
- winsomely — sweetly or innocently charming; winning; engaging: a winsome smile.
- woman-day — a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy; based on a standard number of woman-hours in a day of work.
- wonderboy — (informal) A male child prodigy, or (loosely) a talented male of any age.
- workmanly — Befitting a workman; skilful; workmanlike.
- woundedly — in a wounded manner
- wyandotte — a city in SE Michigan, on the Detroit River.
- wyn jones — Ieuan (ˈjʊən). born 1949, Welsh politician; leader of Plaid Cymru (2000–2012)
- xanthoxyl — a Brazilian plant of the rue family (Rutaceae)
- xenocryst — a rock or crystal engulfed by magma and retained as an inclusion in the resulting igneous rock.
- xylocaine — lidocaine, often used as a local anesthetic by dentists and plastic surgeons
- xylomancy — Divination by means of pieces of burning wood.
- xylophone — A musical instrument played by striking a row of wooden bars of graduated length with one or more small wooden or plastic mallets.
- yang-shao — of or designating a Neolithic culture of N China c5000–3000 b.c., characterized by dwellings with sunken floors, domestication of the pig, and a fine handmade pottery painted mainly in geometric designs of spirals and circles.
- yankeedom — the region inhabited by Yankees.
- yanktonai — a member of one of two tribes of Dakota Indian people who inhabited the northern Great Plains in the 18th and 19th centuries. Compare Yankton (def 1).
- year-long — Year-long is used to describe something that lasts for a year.
- yellowfin — A widely distributed, commercially important tuna that has yellow anal and dorsal fins.
- yellowing — Present participle of yellow.
- yodelling — (British) present participle of yodel.
- yohimbine — an alkaloid, C 21 H 26 N 2 O 3 , extracted from the bark of Corynanthe johimbe or Rauwolfia serpentina, used as a selective alpha-adrenergic receptor antagonist: purported to have aphrodisiac properties.
- yoke oxen — oxen that are used as draught animals and are attached together by means of a yoke
- young gun — You can use young guns to talk about people, especially young men, who have lots of energy and talent, and are becoming very successful.
- young man — a male in early manhood.
- young one — a child or offspring: They have five young ones and another on the way.
- youngests — superl. of young.
- youngling — a young person.
- youngness — The state or qualities of being young or youthful; youth.
- youngster — a child.
- youngthly — youthful, pertaining to youth
- yourcenar — Marguerite (Marguerite Antoinette Jeanne Marie Ghislaine Cleenewerck de Crayencour) [krey-uh n-koo r] /ˌkreɪ ənˈkʊər/ (Show IPA), 1903–87, U.S. poet and novelist, born in Belgium.
- zakynthos — Greek name of Zante.
- zootechny — the science of breeding animals
- zsigmondy — Richard [rikh-ahrt] /ˈrɪx ɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1865–1929, German chemist, born in Austria: Nobel prize 1925.
- zymogenic — of or relating to a zymogen