8-letter words containing s, y, n
- mooneyes — Plural form of mooneye.
- moseying — Present participle of mosey.
- munkacsy — Mihály von [mi-hahy fuh n] /ˈmɪ haɪ fən/ (Show IPA), (Michael Lieb) 1844–1900, Hungarian painter.
- musingly — absorbed in thought; meditative.
- myonemes — Plural form of myoneme.
- nannyish — Like a nanny; tending to coddle.
- nasality — of or relating to the nose: the nasal cavity.
- nascency — beginning to exist or develop: That nascent republic is holding its first election this month.
- nasology — the scientific study of noses.
- naysayer — a person who habitually expresses negative or pessimistic views: Despite a general feeling that things were going well, a few naysayers tried to cast gloom.
- nebbishy — a pitifully ineffectual, luckless, and timid person.
- necropsy — the examination of a body after death; autopsy.
- neostyle — a manifolding device similar to the cyclostyle.
- neotypes — Plural form of neotype.
- newsboys — Plural form of newsboy.
- newslady — A newswoman.
- nijinsky — Vaslav or Waslaw [vah-sluh f] /ˈvɑ sləf/ (Show IPA), 1890–1950, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer.
- nimbyism — The ideology of a nimby, often used pejoratively.
- ninnyish — Silly; foolish.
- ninnyism — Predisposition to act like a ninny.
- nitrosyl — nitroso.
- no savvy — I don't (he doesn't, etc) understand
- nodosity — having nodes.
- nonstory — a story of little interest, substance, or importance
- nonstyle — a style that cannot be identified as such
- nosegays — a small bunch of flowers; bouquet; posy.
- nosology — the systematic classification of diseases.
- nostalgy — nostalgia.
- nowadays — at the present day; in these times: Few people do their laundry by hand nowadays.
- nyatitis — Plural form of nyatiti.
- nymphets — a young nymph.
- nystatin — a light-yellow antibiotic powder, C 4 6 H 7 7 NO 1 9 , produced by the microorganism Streptomyces noursei and used as an antifungal for infections due to various susceptible fungi, especially those of the genus Candida that primarily infect the skin, mucous membranes, gastrointestinal tract, and vagina.
- odyssean — (italics) an epic poem attributed to Homer, describing Odysseus's adventures in his ten-year attempt to return home to Ithaca after the Trojan War.
- olynthus — an ancient city in NE Greece, on the Chalcidice Peninsula.
- opsonify — to facilitate phagocytosis of (a microorganism, as a bacterium) by treatment with opsonin.
- oriskany — a village in central New York, near Utica: battle 1777.
- panofsky — Erwin, 1892–1968, U.S. art historian, born in Germany.
- pansophy — universal wisdom or knowledge.
- paysandu — a city in W Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- peasanty — having qualities ascribed to traditional country life or people; simple or unsophisticated
- phantasy — fantasy.
- ponyskin — the leather from a pony hide
- posingly — in a posing manner
- postsync — postsynchronization
- psyching — psych1 .
- pycnosis — the reduction in size and increase in staining of a cell or its nucleus, usually a feature of cell degeneration
- pyknosis — a process of thickening, esp. in the shrinking nucleus of a degenerating cell
- pyonings — the work of military sappers, such as the digging of trenches
- pyranose — any monosaccharide having a pyran ring structure.
- pyrenees — mountains between France and Spain