9-letter words containing o, y, a
- altar boy — In the Roman Catholic church, an altar boy is a boy who helps the priest during Mass.
- always-on — remaining available at all times
- amblyopia — impaired vision with no discernible damage to the eye or optic nerve
- amblyopic — Of, relating to, or suffering from amblyopia.
- ambrotype — an early type of glass negative that could be made to appear as a positive by backing it with black varnish or paper
- amebocyte — any cell capable of moving like an amoeba, esp. one that floats freely in the blood or other body fluids, such as a white blood corpuscle
- amniotomy — the artificial rupturing of the fetal membranes by a doctor or midwife to induce or expedite labour
- amorality — not involving questions of right or wrong; without moral quality; neither moral nor immoral.
- amorosity — a loving feeling
- amorously — inclined or disposed to love, especially sexual love: an amorous disposition.
- amphiboly — ambiguity of speech, especially from uncertainty of the grammatical construction rather than of the meaning of the words, as in The Duke yet lives that Henry shall depose.
- amphigory — a piece of nonsensical writing in verse or, less commonly, prose
- ampholyte — an amphoteric electrolyte
- amyloidal — resembling an amyloid; starch-like
- amylopsin — an enzyme of the pancreatic juice that converts starch into sugar; pancreatic amylase
- amyotonia — a condition in which the muscle tissues lack normal vigor and tension; lack of muscle tone
- anachrony — a discrepancy between the order of events in a story and the order in which they are presented in the plot: Anachronies are either flashbacks or flashforwards.
- anacronym — An acronym the original meaning of which is not known to most speakers.
- anchylose — ankylose
- andragogy — the methods or techniques used to teach adults: Many educators believe that the principles of andragogy, as advanced by Malcolm Knowles, have great relevance to adult education; others are not so certain.
- androgyne — an androgynous plant or animal
- androgyny — Androgyny is the state of being neither distinctly masculine nor distinctly feminine.
- andrology — the branch of medicine concerned with diseases in men, esp of the reproductive organs
- anemology — the study of winds
- angiology — the branch of medical science concerned with the blood vessels and the lymphatic system
- anhydrous — containing no water, esp no water of crystallization
- animosity — Animosity is a strong feeling of dislike and anger. Animosities are feelings of this kind.
- anisogamy — a type of sexual reproduction in which the gametes are dissimilar, either in size alone or in size and form
- ankylosed — Simple past tense and past participle of ankylose.
- ankylosis — abnormal adhesion or immobility of the bones in a joint, as by a direct joining of the bones, a fibrous growth of tissues within the joint, or surgery
- ankylotic — Of or pertaining to ankylosis.
- annoyable — Capable of being annoyed.
- annoyance — Annoyance is the feeling that you get when someone makes you feel fairly angry or impatient.
- annoyedly — With annoyance.
- annoyment — (proscribed) Annoyance.
- annoyware — (software) Shareware that reminds you frequently that you are using an unregistered copy.
- anode ray — a stream of positive ions traveling from a metallic anode to the cathode in a gas-discharge tube.
- anonychia — congenital absence of the nails.
- anonymise — (transitive) To render anonymous; especially to remove data that would establish the identity of a person.
- anonymity — the condition or fact of being anonymous
- anonymize — to carry out or organize in such a way as to preserve anonymity
- anonymous — If you remain anonymous when you do something, you do not let people know that you were the person who did it.
- anorgasmy — inability to experience sexual orgasm.
- anthology — An anthology is a collection of writings by different writers published together in one book.
- anthotaxy — the arrangement of flowers on a stem or parts on a flower
- antimoney — Opposing the concept of money.
- antimonyl — of, consisting of, or containing the monovalent group SbO-
- antiphony — the antiphonal singing of a musical composition by two choirs
- antiroyal — opposed to the monarchy
- antistory — a story which does not conform to the established conventions of storytelling