10-letter words containing o, y
- agrypnotic — inducing, relating to, or characterized by insomnia
- akaryocyte — A cell that has no nucleus.
- alkylation — the attachment of an alkyl group to an organic compound, usually by the addition or substitution of a hydrogen atom or halide group
- alloplasty — implantation of a synthetic material to replace a diseased or damaged body tissue or organ.
- allycholly — melancholy
- alogically — in an alogical manner
- alveolarly — in an alveolar manner
- alvin york — a member of the royal house of England that ruled from 1461 to 1485.
- ambagitory — ambiguous
- ambiophony — the reproduction of sound to create an illusion to a listener of being in a spacious room, such as a concert hall
- ambulatory — of, relating to, or designed for walking
- ambystomid — Also called mole salamander. any of various small- to moderate-sized salamanders of the genus Ambystoma, terrestrial or semiaquatic, inhabiting North America from New England to Florida and westward to Texas.
- amebocytes — Plural form of amebocyte, an alternative spelling of amoebocyte.
- amendatory — serving to amend; corrective
- ammonolyze — to subject to ammonolysis.
- amnioscopy — Examination of a foetus and the amniotic fluid in the lowest part of the amniotic sac using an amnioscope introduced through the cervical canal.
- amoebocyte — any cell having properties similar to an amoeba, such as shape, mobility, and ability to engulf particles
- amphictyon — a delegate to an amphictyonic council
- amphitryon — the grandson of Perseus and husband of Alcmene
- ampholytic — capable of ionizing into both anions and cations; amphoteric.
- amygdaloid — a volcanic igneous rock containing amygdales
- amyl group — any of several univalent, isomeric groups having the formula C 5 H 11 –, whose derivatives are found in fusel oil, fruit extracts, etc.
- amylaceous — of or resembling starch
- amylolysis — the conversion of starch into sugar
- amyloplast — a non-pigmented granule in a plant cell which stores amylopectin
- amyotrophy — wasting of muscles, caused by disease of the nerves supplying them
- amyxorrhea — the absence of the normal secretion of mucus.
- anachronym — Synonym of backronym.
- anadyomene — (describing Venus or Aphrodite) rising from the sea
- anchylosis — (anatomy, medicine) alternative spelling of ankylosis.
- androcracy — social and political rule by men.
- androgynal — Androgynous.
- androgynes — Plural form of androgyne.
- anemochory — the dispersal of plant seeds or spores by the wind.
- anemometry — the technique of measuring wind speed and direction
- anemophily — fertilized by wind-borne pollen or spores.
- aneuploidy — (genetics) The condition of being aneuploid; the state of possessing chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number.
- angelology — a doctrine or theory treating of angels
- angiopathy — (pathology) Any disease of the blood vessels.
- anhydrosis — the deficiency or absence of perspiration; adiaphoresis.
- anisotropy — Physics. of unequal physical properties along different axes. Compare isotropic (def 1).
- ankylosaur — any of various quadrupedal herbivorous ornithischian dinosaurs constituting the suborder Ankylosauria, which were most abundant in upper Cretaceous times and had a very heavily armoured tanklike body
- ankylosing — Present participle of ankylose.
- annoyances — Plural form of annoyance.
- annoyingly — causing annoyance; irritatingly bothersome: annoying delays.
- anodically — In an anodic manner.
- anonymised — Simple past tense and past participle of anonymise.
- anonymized — carried out or organized in such a way as to preserve anonymity
- anonymizer — (Internet) A software tool that attempts to make a user's Internet activity untraceable by acting as a proxy.
- anonymouse — (informal) a person who posts to an online forum, or otherwise distributes information anonymously.