10-letter words containing y, i
- agreeingly — (obsolete) In a manner that agrees or corresponds.
- agrypnotic — inducing, relating to, or characterized by insomnia
- ahmadiyyah — a messianic Islamic sect founded in Qadian, India, in 1889 by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad; it split into two branches in 1914
- aid agency — an organization that gives money, equipment, or services to people who need them but who cannot provide them for themselves
- air piracy — the hijacking of an aircraft; skyjacking
- air system — a system of refrigeration utilizing air as a coolant.
- airwaybill — An airbill.
- airy-fairy — If you describe someone's ideas as airy-fairy, you are critical of them because you think the ideas are vague, impractical, and unrealistic.
- aktyubinsk — city in W Kazakhstan: pop. 248,000
- al-ubayyid — El Obeid
- alarmingly — causing alarm or fear: an alarming case of pneumonia; an alarming lack of respect.
- alchymists — Plural form of alchymist.
- alimentary — of or relating to nutrition
- alkalinity — the quality or state of being alkaline
- alkylating — Present participle of alkylate.
- alkylation — the attachment of an alkyl group to an organic compound, usually by the addition or substitution of a hydrogen atom or halide group
- all righty — all right
- alluringly — very attractive or tempting; enticing; seductive.
- allusively — having reference to something implied or inferred; containing, abounding in, or characterized by allusions.
- alogically — in an alogical manner
- alvin york — a member of the royal house of England that ruled from 1461 to 1485.
- ambagitory — ambiguous
- ambiophony — the reproduction of sound to create an illusion to a listener of being in a spacious room, such as a concert hall
- ambystomid — Also called mole salamander. any of various small- to moderate-sized salamanders of the genus Ambystoma, terrestrial or semiaquatic, inhabiting North America from New England to Florida and westward to Texas.
- amiability — Amiability is the quality of being friendly and pleasant.
- amnestying — Present participle of amnesty.
- amnioscopy — Examination of a foetus and the amniotic fluid in the lowest part of the amniotic sac using an amnioscope introduced through the cervical canal.
- amphictyon — a delegate to an amphictyonic council
- amphithyra — Also, amphithyron, amphithura [am-fuh-thoo r-uh] /ˌæm fəˈθʊər ə/ (Show IPA), amphithuron. Greek Orthodox Church. a divided curtain in front of the door of the iconostasis.
- amphitryon — the grandson of Perseus and husband of Alcmene
- ampholytic — capable of ionizing into both anions and cations; amphoteric.
- amplidynes — Plural form of amplidyne.
- amplifying — Present participle of amplify.
- amygdaline — of or relating to a tonsil
- amygdaloid — a volcanic igneous rock containing amygdales
- amylolysis — the conversion of starch into sugar
- anaglyphic — Relating to anaglyphs.
- anaglyptic — Of or pertaining to anaglyptics or to an anaglyph.
- analysis's — the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).
- analysises — Misconstruction of analyses.
- analytical — An analytical way of doing something involves the use of logical reasoning.
- analytique — an elevation drawing of a façade, surrounded by a decorative arrangement composed of drawings of the important details and sometimes a plan or section of the façade.
- anchylosis — (anatomy, medicine) alternative spelling of ankylosis.
- ancilliary — Misspelling of ancillary.
- anemically — Pathology. suffering from anemia.
- anemophily — fertilized by wind-borne pollen or spores.
- aneuploidy — (genetics) The condition of being aneuploid; the state of possessing chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number.
- angiopathy — (pathology) Any disease of the blood vessels.
- angularity — the condition of being angular
- anhydremia — an abnormal decrease in the volume of the blood, due to loss of water.