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11-letter words containing y, i

  • agonizingly — accompanied by, filled with, or resulting in agony or distress: We spent an agonizing hour waiting to hear if the accident had been serious or not.
  • agrobiology — the science of plant growth and nutrition in relation to agriculture
  • air battery — a set of two or more air cells connected together to supply electricity.
  • air cavalry — an infantry or reconnaissance unit transported by air to combat areas.
  • air quality — the composition of the air in terms of how much pollution it contains
  • air sprayer — a pneumatic sprayer.
  • air waybill — a document made out by the consignor of goods by air freight giving details of the goods and the name of the consignee
  • air-sprayed — sprayed by means of compressed air
  • airwaybills — Plural form of airwaybill.
  • alcoholysis — chemical decomposition resulting from the interaction of a compound and an alcohol.
  • alcyonarian — any of various colonial anthozoans of the subclass Alcyonaria with eight tentacles and other body parts in branches or segments of eight
  • aldermanity — the body of aldermen
  • alethiology — the branch of logic dealing with truth and error.
  • alexithymia — an inability to recognize, understand, and describe emotions
  • alienatedly — In an alienated way.
  • alimentally — So as to serve for nourishment or food.
  • alkalifying — Present participle of alkalify.
  • alkalimetry — determination of the amount of alkali or base in a solution, measured by an alkalimeter or by volumetric analysis
  • alkyd resin — any synthetic resin made from a dicarboxylic acid, such as phthalic acid, and diols or triols: used in paints and adhesives
  • alleviatory — having the ability to reduce or moderate the severity of something
  • alley light — a searchlight mounted on a public-safety vehicle or other motor vehicle for sideways lighting.
  • allophylian — (of languages, especially those of Europe and Asia) neither Indo-European nor Semitic.
  • allyl resin — any of several thermosetting synthetic resins made by polymerizing esters of allyl alcohol with a dibasic acid. They are used as adhesives
  • alpha cygni — Deneb
  • amaryllises — Plural form of amaryllis.
  • amatorially — in an amatory manner
  • ambiguously — open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations; equivocal: an ambiguous answer.
  • ambitiously — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
  • ambivalency — uncertainty or fluctuation, especially when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things.
  • amblygonite — a white or greyish mineral consisting of lithium aluminium fluorophosphate in triclinic crystalline form. It is a source of lithium. Formula: (Li,Na)Al(PO4)(F,OH)
  • ambrosially — In an ambrosial manner.
  • amenability — ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable; submissive; tractable: an amenable servant.
  • amenity bed — (in Britain) a hospital bed whose occupant receives free treatment but pays for nonmedical advantages, such as privacy
  • amethystine — Like amethyst, especially when referring to colour.
  • amicability — characterized by or showing goodwill; friendly; peaceable: an amicable settlement.
  • aminopyrine — a colorless, crystalline powder, C13H17N3O, sometimes used to reduce fever or pain: may cause agranulocytosis
  • ammonifying — Present participle of ammonify.
  • ammonolysis — solvolysis in liquid ammonia
  • amniography — an x-ray examination of the amniotic sac after the injection of an opaque solution, performed to permit visualization of the umbilical cord and the placenta.
  • amoxycillin — Obsolete spelling of amoxicillin.
  • amphibology — ambiguity of expression, esp when due to a grammatical construction, as in save rags and waste paper
  • amphictyony — (in ancient Greece) a religious association of states for the maintenance of temples and the cults connected with them
  • amphikaryon — a diploid nucleus.
  • amphistylar — (esp of a classical temple) having a set of columns at both ends or at both sides
  • amphithyron — amphithyra (def 1).
  • ampullosity — pretentious, turgid, or bombastic use of language
  • amyloidosis — the deposition of amyloid in various tissues of the body, as occurs in certain chronic infections
  • amylopectin — the major component of starch (about 80 per cent), consisting of branched chains of glucose units. It is insoluble and gives a red-brown colour with iodine
  • amyotrophic — (medicine) Characterized by atrophy of the muscles.
  • anaglyptics — (arts) The art of carving or embossing in low relief.
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