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9-letter words containing n, y

  • ayckbourn — Sir Alan. born 1939, English dramatist. His plays include Absurd Person Singular (1973), the trilogy The Norman Conquests (1974), A Chorus of Disapproval (1985), House and Garden (2000), and Private Fears in Public Places (2004)
  • ayia napa — a coastal resort in SE Cyprus. Pop: 9500 (2004 est)
  • ayr stone — a fine-grained stone used for polishing marble and as a whetstone.
  • ayub khan — Mohammed. 1907–74, Pakistani field marshal; president of Pakistan (1958–69)
  • azine dye — any of various dyes derived from phenazine, used chiefly for dyeing wood, leather, and textiles.
  • baboonery — uncouth or brutish behaviour
  • baby bond — a sum of money invested shortly after the birth of a child, the returns of which may not be collected until the child reaches adulthood
  • babylonia — the southern kingdom of ancient Mesopotamia: a great empire from about 2200–538 bc, when it was conquered by the Persians
  • backronym — an existing word turned into an acronym by creating an apt phrase whose initial letters match the word, as to help remember it or offer a theory of its origin. For example, rap has been said to be a backronym of “rhythm and poetry.”.
  • baldmoney — Meum athamanticum, an ornamental plant in the Apiaceae family.
  • balkingly — in a balking manner
  • ballymena — a district in central Northern Ireland, in Co Antrim. Pop: 59 516 (2003 est). Area: 634 sq km (247 sq miles)
  • baneberry — any ranunculaceous plant of the genus Actaea, esp A. spicata, which has small white flowers and red or white poisonous berries
  • banefully — In a baneful way.
  • bang tidy — of exceptionally good quality
  • barnyards — Plural form of barnyard.
  • baronetcy — the rank, position, or patent of a baronet
  • bayoneted — a daggerlike steel weapon that is attached to or at the muzzle of a gun and used for stabbing or slashing in hand-to-hand combat.
  • beamingly — in a beaming manner
  • beggingly — in a begging manner
  • belly pan — a plate enclosing the bottom of an automotive vehicle or the like below the chassis.
  • bellyband — a strap around the belly of a draught animal, holding the shafts of a vehicle
  • belomancy — the art of divination using arrows
  • bendingly — in a curving direction or manner
  • bendy bus — an articulated bus
  • benignity — the quality of being benign; favourable attitude
  • berdyansk — a city in S Ukraine, on the Sea of Azov.
  • bevin boy — (in Britain during World War II) a young man selected by ballot to work in a coal mine instead of doing conventional military service
  • big money — Big money is an amount of money that seems very large to you, especially money which you get easily.
  • bimonthly — A bimonthly event or publication happens or appears every two months.
  • bindi-eye — any of various small weedy Australian herbaceous plants of the genus Calotis, with burlike fruits: family Asteraceae (composites)
  • bindingly — in a binding manner
  • bioenergy — the renewable energy derived from biological sources
  • bivalency — Chemistry. having a valence of two. having two valences, as aluminum with valences of two and three.
  • blatantly — Blatantly is used to add emphasis when you are describing states or situations which you think are bad.
  • blazingly — in a blazing manner
  • bleomycin — a glycopeptide antibiotic drug used in the treatment of cancer and Hodgkin's Disease
  • blue onyx — jasper stained blue in imitation of lapis lazuli.
  • bobby pin — A bobby pin is a small piece of metal or plastic bent back on itself, which someone uses to hold their hair in position.
  • body plan — Biology. the basic shape of members of an animal phylum; the general structure each individual organism assumes as it develops. Compare bilateral symmetry, radial symmetry.
  • body-line — denoting or relating to fast bowling aimed at the batsman's body
  • boilingly — in a boiling manner
  • bony fish — any fish of the class Osteichthyes, including most of the extant species, having a skeleton of bone rather than cartilage
  • boogeyman — a frightening imaginary being, often one used as a threat in disciplining children
  • boomingly — in a booming manner
  • boundedly — having bounds or limits.
  • bountyhed — the quality of being bounteous
  • boyfriend — Someone's boyfriend is a man or boy with whom they are having a romantic or sexual relationship.
  • bracingly — strengthening; invigorating: This mountain air is bracing.
  • branchery — a group or system of branches
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