9-letter words containing u, y
- authority — The authorities are the people who have the power to make decisions and to make sure that laws are obeyed.
- autocracy — Autocracy is government or control by one person who has complete power.
- autocycle — a bicycle powered or assisted by a small engine
- autolatry — the worship of oneself
- autolycus — a crater in the NW quadrant of the moon about 38 km in diameter and 3000 m deep
- autolysed — Simple past tense and past participle of autolyse.
- autolyses — the breakdown of plant or animal tissue by the action of enzymes contained in the tissue affected; self-digestion.
- autolysin — any agent that produces autolysis
- autolysis — the destruction of cells and tissues of an organism by enzymes produced by the cells themselves
- autolytic — the breakdown of plant or animal tissue by the action of enzymes contained in the tissue affected; self-digestion.
- autophagy — the consumption of one's own tissue by biting oneself
- autophoby — the reluctance to refer to oneself or be egotistical
- autophony — a diagnosis made by listening to vibration of one's own voice on the patient's chest
- autophyte — an autotrophic plant, such as any green plant
- autoreply — a facility for sending automated replies to email messages
- autoscopy — the experience of hallucination in which one sees oneself from outside one's own body
- aux cayes — former name of Les Cayes.
- auxiliary — An auxiliary is a person who is employed to assist other people in their work. Auxiliaries are often medical workers or members of the armed forces.
- auxilytic — promoting lysis or increasing lytic action.
- ayahuasca — a Brazilian plant, Banisteriopsis caapi, that has winged fruits and yields a powerful hallucinogenic alkaloid sometimes used to treat certain disorders of the central nervous system: family Malpighiaceae
- ayckbourn — Sir Alan. born 1939, English dramatist. His plays include Absurd Person Singular (1973), the trilogy The Norman Conquests (1974), A Chorus of Disapproval (1985), House and Garden (2000), and Private Fears in Public Places (2004)
- aylesbury — a town in SE central England, administrative centre of Buckinghamshire. Pop: 69 021 (2001)
- ayub khan — Mohammed. 1907–74, Pakistani field marshal; president of Pakistan (1958–69)
- ayurvedic — Ayurvedic medicine is a type of complementary medicine, originally from India, that uses herbs and other natural treatments.
- ayutthaya — a city in S Thailand, on the Chao Phraya River: capital of the country until 1767; noted for its canals and ruins. Pop (province): 727 300 (2000)
- b bursary — the lower of two bursaries available for students entering university, polytechnic, etc
- baby blue — a very light blue.
- baby bump — the rounded abdominal area of a pregnant woman: She's delighted to be pregnant, and loves showing off her baby bump.
- baby-blue — in a pastel shade of blue
- babyhouse — A place for children's dolls and dolls' furniture.
- balefully — In a baleful manner.
- banefully — In a baneful way.
- baroquely — in a baroque fashion
- bashfully — In a bashful manner.
- bathybius — a gelatinous substance discovered on the Atlantic seabed, originally thought to be protoplasm, but later discovered to be inorganic
- bead-ruby — a N temperate liliaceous plant with small white bell-shaped flowers and small red berries
- beautyful — Misspelling of beautiful.
- bell buoy — a navigational buoy fitted with a bell, the clapper of which strikes when the waves move the buoy
- bemusedly — bewildered or confused: a bemused expression on his face.
- bendy bus — an articulated bus
- beryllium — a corrosion-resistant toxic silvery-white metallic element that occurs chiefly in beryl and is used mainly in X-ray windows and in the manufacture of alloys. Symbol: Be; atomic no: 4; atomic wt: 9.012; valency: 2; relative density: 1.848; melting pt: 1289°C; boiling pt: 2472°C
- bi-hourly — occurring every two hours.
- big muddy — a nickname of the Missouri River.
- biliously — in a bilious or bad manner
- bismuthyl — Chemistry. the univalent group BiO + , occurring in certain bismuth salts, as bismuth oxychloride, BiOCl.
- bless you — You can say 'bless you' to someone who has just sneezed.
- blue army — an organization maintaining a directory of tradesmen and checking on the quality of the service they provide.
- blue baby — A blue baby is a baby whose skin is slightly blue because it has been born with something wrong with its heart.
- blue onyx — jasper stained blue in imitation of lapis lazuli.
- blue-eyed — having blue eyes