9-letter words containing s, y, n
- kissingly — lightly; gently.
- klystrons — Plural form of klystron.
- knavishly — In a knavish manner.
- kuniyoshi — Yasuo [yah-soo-aw] /yɑˈsu ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1953, U.S. painter, born in Japan.
- kyongsong — Seoul
- lang syne — long since; long ago.
- lastingly — continuing or enduring a long time; permanent; durable: a lasting friendship.
- latensify — to increase the developability of (the latent image on a film or plate) after exposure.
- layperson — a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
- lazybones — a lazy person.
- lily pons — Lily [lil-ee;; French lee-lee] /ˈlɪl i;; French liˈli/ (Show IPA), 1904–76, U.S. operatic soprano, born in France.
- lip-synch — the technical process by which this is done.
- lounsbury — Thomas Raynesford [reynz-ferd] /ˈreɪnz fərd/ (Show IPA), 1838–1915, U.S. linguist and educator.
- loyalness — faithful to one's sovereign, government, or state: a loyal subject.
- lynchings — Plural form of lynching.
- lynchpins — Plural form of lynchpin.
- lyndhurst — a township in NE New Jersey.
- lyonnaise — (of food, especially fried potatoes) cooked with pieces of onion.
- lyonnesse — the mythical region where Sir Tristram was born, located near Cornwall in SW England and supposed to have been submerged by the sea.
- lypressin — Lysine vasopressin.
- lysocline — the depth of the ocean at which the solubility of calcium carbonate increases substantially.
- lysogenic — harboring a temperate virus as a prophage or plasmid.
- mainstays — Plural form of mainstay.
- malaysian — a native or inhabitant of Malaysia.
- mangabeys — Plural form of mangabey.
- mannishly — In a mannish manner.
- manoscopy — the measurement of the densities of gases
- mansionry — (obsolete) The state of dwelling or residing; occupancy.
- manslayer — a person who kills another human being.
- mantyhose — a one-piece clinging garment covering the body from the waist to the feet, worn by men
- manyattas — Plural form of manyatta.
- manyplies — Omasum.
- mateyness — The state of being matey, camaraderie, chumminess.
- mesentery — the membrane, consisting of a double layer of peritoneum, that invests the intestines, attaching them to the posterior wall of the abdomen, maintaining them in position in the abdominal cavity, and supplying them with blood vessels, nerves, and lymphatics, especially the part of this membrane investing the jejunum and ileum.
- mesocrany — the state of having a medium breadth of skull
- miscegeny — (rare) Miscegenation.
- mischancy — unlucky; unfortunate
- mislaying — Present participle of mislay.
- misogynic — reflecting or exhibiting hatred, dislike, mistrust, or mistreatment of women.
- missaying — Present participle of missay.
- missingly — with a sense of loss
- mistyping — a number of things or persons sharing a particular characteristic, or set of characteristics, that causes them to be regarded as a group, more or less precisely defined or designated; class; category: a criminal of the most vicious type.
- mnemosyne — the ancient Greek goddess of memory, a daughter of Uranus and Gaea and the mother by Zeus of the Muses.
- monastery — a house or place of residence occupied by a community of persons, especially monks, living in seclusion under religious vows.
- moneybags — a bag for money.
- moneyless — any circulating medium of exchange, including coins, paper money, and demand deposits.
- moneywise — In terms of money; financially speaking.
- monkeyish — Like a monkey.
- monkeyism — the practice of copying or behaving like a monkey
- monocytes — (immunology) Plural form of monocyte.