9-letter words containing y, e, a
- attorneys — Plural form of attorney.
- aulophyte — a free-living plant growing on or in another plant.
- austerely — severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding: an austere teacher.
- austerity — Austerity is a situation in which people's living standards are reduced because of economic difficulties.
- autocycle — a bicycle powered or assisted by a small engine
- 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.
- autophyte — an autotrophic plant, such as any green plant
- autoreply — a facility for sending automated replies to email messages
- aux cayes — former name of Les Cayes.
- averagely — a quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean: Her golf average is in the 90s. My average in science has gone from B to C this semester.
- avertedly — in an averted or offended manner
- away game — a game played at an opponent's ground
- away team — a team playing away from its home ground.
- awesomely — causing or inducing awe; inspiring an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, or fear: an awesome sight.
- aydelotte — Frank, 1880–1956, U.S. educator.
- aylesbury — a town in SE central England, administrative centre of Buckinghamshire. Pop: 69 021 (2001)
- ayr stone — a fine-grained stone used for polishing marble and as a whetstone.
- ayurvedic — Ayurvedic medicine is a type of complementary medicine, originally from India, that uses herbs and other natural treatments.
- azeotropy — the existence of azeotropes
- azine dye — any of various dyes derived from phenazine, used chiefly for dyeing wood, leather, and textiles.
- azoic dye — any of a group of brilliant, long-lasting azo dyes, formed on the fiber by coupling diazotized materials, used chiefly for printing on cotton.
- b battery — the power source for the plate and screen-grid electrodes of electron tubes in battery-operated equipment
- baboonery — uncouth or brutish behaviour
- baby beef — meat from a prime heifer or steer fattened for butchering when one to two years old
- baby bell — one of the seven regional telephone companies formed after the breakup of the Bell system in 1983.
- baby blue — a very light blue.
- baby face — a face having a bland babyish or childish appearance, especially a plump, small-featured face unmarked by characteristic lines.
- baby seat — a seat anchored to the body of the car, with straps to buckle across the baby
- baby step — (in the game of giant steps) the shortest step permitted a player, executed by placing the heel of one foot against the toe of the other and drawing the back foot up to the front foot.
- baby wipe — a disposable moistened medicated paper towel, usually supplied in a plastic drum or packet, used for cleaning babies
- baby-blue — in a pastel shade of blue
- baby-face — a smooth round face like a baby's
- babycakes — (slang) Term of endearment for a young woman.
- babyfaced — Alternative spelling of baby-faced.
- babyhouse — A place for children's dolls and dolls' furniture.
- babymaker — Somebody who gives birth to a baby.
- badassery — (slang) The behaviour or quality of a badass.
- baldmoney — Meum athamanticum, an ornamental plant in the Apiaceae family.
- balefully — In a baleful manner.
- ballymena — a district in central Northern Ireland, in Co Antrim. Pop: 59 516 (2003 est). Area: 634 sq km (247 sq miles)
- baneberry — any ranunculaceous plant of the genus Actaea, esp A. spicata, which has small white flowers and red or white poisonous berries
- banefully — In a baneful way.
- barebelly — a sheep with a defective growth of wool on its belly and legs.
- barometry — the process of measuring atmospheric pressure.
- baronetcy — the rank, position, or patent of a baronet
- baroquely — in a baroque fashion
- barreleye — any of the bathypelagic fishes of the family Opisthoproctidae, especially Macropinna microstoma, having telescoping eyes.
- barrymore — a US family of actors, esp Ethel (1879–1959), John (1882–1942), Lionel (1878–1954), and Drew (born 1975)
- base year — a year used as an index for some phenomenon measured in other years