9-letter words containing y, i, n
- pink lady — a cocktail made with gin, grenadine, and the white of eggs, shaken and strained before serving.
- pinky bar — a chocolate-covered marshmallow bar
- pinon jay — pinyon jay.
- pityingly — full of or expressing pity: a pitying look.
- planarity — of or relating to a geometric plane.
- playgoing — the activity of attending the theatre
- plaything — a thing to play with; toy.
- pododynia — pain in the sole of the foot.
- poignancy — the state or condition of being poignant.
- pointedly — having a point or points: a pointed arch.
- polyamine — a compound containing more than one amino group.
- polyanthi — hybrid garden primroses
- polyconic — pertaining to or utilizing two or more cones.
- polygenic — one of a group of nonallelic genes that together control a quantitative characteristic in an organism.
- polymyxin — any of various polypeptide antibiotics derived from Bacillus polymyxa.
- 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.
- polynices — a son of Oedipus and Jocasta and brother of Eteocles and Antigone on whose behalf the Seven against Thebes were organized.
- polyomino — a polygon made from joining identical squares at their edges
- polypneic — characterized by polypnea
- polyvinyl — pertaining to or derived from a vinyl polymer.
- pond lily — any of several water lilies, as the common water lily, Nymphaea odorata, or the spatterdock.
- porphyrin — a dark red, photosensitive pigment consisting of four pyrrole rings linked by single carbon atoms: a component of chlorophyll, heme, and vitamin B 1 2 .
- pouringly — in a pouring fashion
- prayingly — with prayer, prayerfully
- prenotify — to notify in advance
- probingly — with a probing approach
- procyonid — any animal of the family Procyonidae, including the raccoons
- profanity — the quality of being profane; irreverence.
- puffingly — in a puffing manner
- pugnacity — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- punningly — in a punning manner
- puromycin — a substance with antibiotic properties, obtained from certain species of Streptomyces
- purringly — in a purring manner
- pycnidium — (in certain ascomycetes and fungi imperfecti) a globose or flask-shaped fruiting body bearing conidia on conidiophores.
- pygmalion — Classical Mythology. a sculptor and king of Cyprus who carved an ivory statue of a maiden and fell in love with it. It was brought to life, in response to his prayer, by Aphrodite.
- pyramidon — a pedal organ stop made of wooden pipes in the shape of an inverted pyramid
- pyreneite — a garnet, of greyish-black colour, usually identified as a variety of andradite
- pyrethrin — Also called pyrethrin I. a viscous, water-insoluble liquid, C 2 1 H 2 8 O 3 , extracted from pyrethrum flowers, used as an insecticide.
- pyrogenic — producing or produced by heat or fever.
- pyromania — a compulsion to set things on fire.
- pyrotoxin — pyrogen.
- pyroxylin — a nitrocellulose compound containing fewer nitrate groups than guncotton, used in the manufacture of artificial silk, leather, oilcloth, etc.
- quakingly — In a quaking fashion, especially with fear.
- quarrying — an excavation or pit, usually open to the air, from which building stone, slate, or the like, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc.
- querimony — a complaint
- quinology — The science of the cultivation of cinchona and its use in medicine as quinine.
- quintuply — in a quintuple manner; involving five times as much
- rackingly — in a racking manner
- radiantly — emitting rays of light; shining; bright: the radiant sun; radiant colors.
- railingly — in a complaining or disgruntled manner