9-letter words containing y, i, n
- nystagmic — Exhibiting or pertaining to nystagmus (involuntary eye movement).
- obeyingly — (rare) obediently.
- obscenity — the character or quality of being obscene; indecency; lewdness.
- obstinacy — the quality or state of being obstinate; stubbornness.
- obtundity — the state of having the senses numbed or less sharp
- occupying — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- oenophily — a liking for or expert knowledge of wine
- ominosity — The state or quality of being ominous.
- ominously — portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious: an ominous bank of dark clouds.
- oncolysis — the destruction of tumours
- oncolytic — absorbing or destroying tumours
- onerosity — burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship: onerous duties.
- onion fly — a small grey dipterous insect, Delia antiqua, that is a serious pest of onions. The larvae destroy the bulbs
- ontically — In an ontic sense.
- open city — a city that, during a war, is officially declared demilitarized and open to occupation, and that will consequently not be defended, in order to spare it, under international law, from bombardment or other military attack.
- ordinally — of or relating to an order, as of animals or plants.
- originary — (rare) Of, pertaining to or causing the origin of something.
- oscitancy — yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
- ossifying — Present participle of ossify.
- outcrying — Present participle of outcry.
- outflying — Present participle of outfly.
- outlaying — an expending or spending, as of money.
- overlying — present participle of overlie.
- oxycontin — an opiate drug, oxycodone hydrochloride, used as a painkiller and, illegally, as an alternative to heroin
- oxygenize — oxygenate.
- oystering — any of several edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, occurring on the bottom or adhering to rocks or other objects in shallow water.
- painfully — affected with, causing, or characterized by pain: a painful wound; a painful night; a painful memory.
- painterly — of, relating to, or characteristic of a painter.
- panegyric — a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
- panically — in a panicky manner
- pantingly — eagerly
- paraffiny — of, relating to, or characteristic of paraffin; covered with or smelling of paraffin
- pargyline — a monoamine oxidase inhibitor used to treat hypertension and depression
- parodying — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
- parsimony — extreme or excessive economy or frugality; stinginess; niggardliness.
- passingly — in passing; in a passing manner
- paternity — the state of being a father; fatherhood.
- patiently — a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- patriliny — the tracing of descent exclusively through the male members of a family.
- patrimony — an estate inherited from one's father or ancestors.
- pausingly — with a pause or pauses
- pecuniary — of or relating to money: pecuniary difficulties.
- penitency — the state of being penitent
- pensively — dreamily or wistfully thoughtful: a pensive mood.
- personify — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- phenytoin — a barbiturate-related substance, C 1 5 H 1 2 N 2 O 2 , used as an anticonvulsant in the treatment of grand mal epilepsy and in focal seizures.
- philogyny — love of or liking for women.
- physician — a person who is legally qualified to practice medicine; doctor of medicine.
- picaninny — pickaninny.
- pin money — any small sum set aside for nonessential minor expenditures.