10-letter words containing u, y
- humorously — characterized by humor; funny; comical: a humorous anecdote.
- humouredly — (only in combination with good, bad or ill) In the manner of a specified kind of humour. See good-humouredly, bad-humouredly, ill-humouredly.
- hump bluey — to carry one's bundle; tramp
- hunky-dory — about as well as one could wish or expect; satisfactory; fine; OK.
- hurlyburly — (archaic) A noisy and disorderly tumult and confusion, especially as of battle.
- hurtlessly — harmlessly
- hush money — a bribe to keep someone silent about something, especially to keep the receiver from exposing a scandal.
- hush puppy — a small, unsweetened cake or ball of cornmeal dough fried in deep fat.
- hyacinthus — a youth loved but accidentally killed by Apollo: from the youth's blood sprang the hyacinth.
- hyaluronic — Of or pertaining to hyaluronic acid or its derivatives.
- hydragogue — causing the discharge of watery fluid, as from the bowels.
- hydraulics — the science that deals with the laws governing water or other liquids in motion and their applications in engineering; practical or applied hydrodynamics.
- hydromulch — to spread mulch on (a field, garden, etc.) in a stream of water propelled through a hose.
- hylotomous — (of insects) wood-cutting or wood-boring
- hyoscyamus — the dried leaves, with or without the tops, of the henbane, Hyoscyamus niger, containing the alkaloids hyoscyamine and scopolamine, used in medicine.
- hypanthium — a cup-shaped or tubular body formed by the conjoined sepals, petals, and stamens.
- hyperacute — sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain.
- hypercubes — Plural form of hypercube.
- hyperdulia — the veneration offered to the Virgin Mary as the most exalted of creatures.
- hypocausts — Plural form of hypocaust.
- hypogenous — growing beneath, or on the undersurface, as fungi on leaves.
- hypogeusia — a disease characterized by a decreased ability to taste and, sometimes, to smell: associated with a zinc deficiency
- hypogynous — situated on the receptacle beneath the pistil and free of the ovary, as stamens, petals, or sepals.
- hyponymous — a term that denotes a subcategory of a more general class: “Chair” and “table” are hyponyms of “furniture.”. Compare superordinate (def 4).
- hypoptilum — (ornithology) An aftershaft.
- hypotenuse — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
- hypozeugma — the use of a succession of subjects with a single predicate.
- hypozeuxis — the use of a series of parallel clauses, each of which has a subject and predicate, as in “I came, I saw, I conquered.”.
- illuminary — Illuminative.
- illusively — illusory.
- illusorily — causing illusion; deceptive; misleading.
- immaculacy — free from spot or stain; spotlessly clean: immaculate linen.
- immaturely — not mature, ripe, developed, perfected, etc.
- immaturity — a state or condition of being immature: the immaturity of one's behavior; the immaturity of a country's technology.
- immunology — the branch of science dealing with the components of the immune system, immunity from disease, the immune response, and immunologic techniques of analysis.
- impudently — of, relating to, or characterized by impertinence or effrontery: The student was kept late for impudent behavior.
- impudicity — immodesty.
- in a hurry — rushing
- in custody — Someone who is in custody or has been taken into custody has been arrested and is being kept in prison until they can be tried in a court.
- in summary — to sum up, to conclude
- inaccuracy — something inaccurate; error.
- inadequacy — Also, inadequateness [in-ad-i-kwit-nis] /ɪnˈæd ɪ kwɪt nɪs/ (Show IPA). the state or condition of being inadequate; insufficiency.
- inarguably — not arguable: Her conclusion is so obvious as to be inarguable.
- incubatory — the act or process of incubating.
- inculpably — In an inculpable way; blamelessly.
- incumbency — the quality or state of being incumbent.
- indulgency — indulgence.
- ineludibly — not eludible; inescapable.
- inequality — social or economic disparity: inequality between the rich and the poor; widening income inequality in America. unequal opportunity or treatment resulting from this disparity: inequality in healthcare and education.
- infamously — having an extremely bad reputation: an infamous city.