9-letter words containing u, y
- monkey up — To hack together hardware for a particular task, especially a one-shot job. Connotes an extremely crufty and consciously temporary solution. Compare hack up, kluge up.
- mountainy — living in, located in, or related to mountains
- muay thai — a martial art developed in Thailand in which blows may be struck with the fists, elbows, knees, and shins
- muckymuck — a person who is or looks very important
- mucolytic — denoting or pertaining to enzymes that break down mucus.
- mud puppy — any of several often large, aquatic salamanders of the genus Necturus, of eastern North America, having bushy, red gills and well-developed limbs.
- muley saw — a saw having a long, stiff blade that is not stretched in a gate, but whose motion is directed by clamps at each end mounted on guide rails.
- mullarkey — Alternative form of malarkey.
- multi-ply — having or composed of several plies: a multi-ply fabric.
- multicity — having or involving more than one city
- multicopy — any of several or many copies (of a book, document, record, etc)
- multigyms — Plural form of multigym.
- multiplay — Denoting a compact disc player that can be stacked with a number of discs before needing to be reloaded.
- multisync — (hardware) An NEC trademark term for multiscan. As NEC was the first to manufacture multiscan monitors the term is often used interchangeably with multiscan.
- multiyear — Having a duration of multiple years.
- mummy bag — a snug-fitting sleeping bag tapered from the shoulders to the feet, enclosing both the body and head except for a small opening for the face.
- mummychog — Alternative form of mummichog.
- mumpishly — in a mumpish manner
- mundanely — common; ordinary; banal; unimaginative.
- mundanity — the condition or quality of being mundane; mundaneness.
- muscology — the scientific study of mosses
- museology — the systematic study of the organization, management, and function of a museum.
- mushroomy — Redolent of mushrooms.
- musically — of, relating to, or producing music: a musical instrument.
- mutinying — revolt or rebellion against constituted authority, especially by sailors against their officers.
- mutuality — condition or quality of being mutual; reciprocity; mutual dependence.
- muybridge — Eadweard [ed-werd] /ˈɛd wərd/ (Show IPA), (Edward James Muggeridge) 1830–1904, U.S. photographer, born in England: pioneered in photographic studies of animals and humans in motion.
- mycerinus — king of ancient Egypt c2600–2570 b.c.: builder of the third great pyramid at ·El· Giza.
- mycovirus — any fungus-infecting virus.
- myoclonus — an abrupt spasm or twitch of a muscle or group of muscles, occurring in some neurological diseases.
- myomatous — a tumor composed of muscular tissue.
- myoneural — of or relating to both muscle and nerve.
- mysterium — (chemistry, alchemy, now historical) Any of various unknown elements thought to make up existing forms of matter, or a substance seen as an elemental or pure form of something else.
- myxovirus — any of a group of medium-sized, RNA-containing viruses having a helical envelope, infectious to humans and other animals and a cause of influenza.
- namaycush — a lake trout.
- naturally — in a natural or normal manner.
- naturedly — (in combinations) With a certain nature, in a certain manner.
- naugahyde — a brand of synthetic leather made from vinyl-coated fabric
- naughtily — disobedient; mischievous (used especially in speaking to or about children): Weren't we naughty not to eat our spinach?
- navy blue — a dark blue.
- navy plug — a strong, dark tobacco in plug form.
- needfully — In a needful manner.
- neodymium — a rare-earth, metallic, trivalent element occurring with cerium and other rare-earth metals, and having rose-colored to violet-colored salts. Symbol: Nd; atomic weight: 144.24; atomic number: 60; specific gravity: 6.9 at 20°C.
- nervously — highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive: to become nervous under stress.
- netanyahu — Benjamin, born 1949, Israeli prime minister 1996–99.
- neurility — the ability belonging to nerves to conduct electrical impulses
- neurology — the science of the nerves and the nervous system, especially of the diseases affecting them.
- neurotomy — the cutting of a nerve, as to relieve neuralgia.
- neutrally — not taking part or giving assistance in a dispute or war between others: a neutral nation during World War II.
- nocuously — In a nocuous manner.