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9-letter words containing y, e, n, a

  • oxygenase — an oxidoreductase enzyme that catalyzes the introduction of molecular oxygen into an organic substance.
  • oxygenate — to treat, combine, or enrich with oxygen: to oxygenate the blood.
  • oysterman — a person who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters.
  • pachynema — the third stage of prophase in meiosis, during which each chromosome pair separates into sister chromatids with some breakage and crossing over of genes.
  • pachytene — the third stage of prophase in meiosis, during which each chromosome pair separates into sister chromatids with some breakage and crossing over of genes.
  • pageantry — spectacular display; pomp: the pageantry of a coronation.
  • painterly — of, relating to, or characteristic of a painter.
  • panegyric — a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
  • pantyhose — (used with a plural verb) a one-piece, skintight garment worn by women, combining panties and stockings.
  • parcenary — joint heirship or coheirship; the undivided holding of land by two or more coheirs.
  • pargyline — a monoamine oxidase inhibitor used to treat hypertension and depression
  • paternity — the state of being a father; fatherhood.
  • pathogeny — the production and development of disease.
  • patiently — a person who is under medical care or treatment.
  • pay phone — a public telephone requiring that the caller deposit coins or use a credit card to pay for a call.
  • peasantry — peasants collectively.
  • pecuniary — of or relating to money: pecuniary difficulties.
  • pendantly — in the shape or manner of a pendant
  • pennyland — in Caithness and the Orkney and Shetland islands a piece of land on which one penny's worth of tax was owed to the overlord
  • pentalogy — a combination of five closely related things, esp (in medicine) closely connected symptoms or (in art) related works of art
  • pentapody — a measure consisting of five feet.
  • pentarchy — a government by five persons.
  • phlyctena — a small vesicle, blister, or pustule.
  • planetary — of, relating to, or resembling a planet or the planets.
  • polyamine — a compound containing more than one amino group.
  • polynesia — one of the three principal divisions of Oceania, comprising those island groups in the Pacific lying E of Melanesia and Micronesia and extending from the Hawaiian Islands S to New Zealand.
  • polypnoea — rapid breathing; panting.
  • pregnancy — the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant.
  • profanely — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
  • prytaneum — a public building in ancient Greece, containing the symbolic hearth of the community and commonly resembling a private dwelling in plan, used as a community meeting place and as a lodging for guests of the community.
  • quarrymen — Plural form of quarryman.
  • read-only — of or relating to files or memory that can be read but cannot normally be changed.
  • recreancy — cowardly or craven.
  • recusancy — the state of being recusant.
  • relevancy — the condition of being relevant, or connected with the matter at hand: Some traditional institutions of the media lack relevance in this digital age.
  • renewably — in a renewable fashion, in such a way as to be renewable
  • repayment — to pay back or refund, as money.
  • rope yarn — thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving.
  • roundelay — a song in which a phrase, line, or the like, is continually repeated.
  • saliently — prominent or conspicuous: salient traits.
  • sameyness — the quality of being monotonous, repetitive, or unvaried
  • say uncle — a brother of one's father or mother.
  • seakindly — sailing easily in a rough sea.
  • seannachy — Highland genealogist, chronicler, or bard
  • searingly — in a searing manner
  • secondary — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
  • sedentary — characterized by or requiring a sitting posture: a sedentary occupation.
  • seminally — pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen.
  • send away — dismiss
  • sensually — pertaining to, inclined to, or preoccupied with the gratification of the senses or appetites; carnal; fleshly.
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