10-letter words containing y, n
- cynophobia — an irrational fear of dogs
- cynopodous — (of some mammals, such as dogs) having claws that do not retract
- cypherpunk — A person who uses encryption when accessing a computer network in order to ensure privacy, especially from government authorities.
- cyprinoids — Plural form of cyprinoid.
- cysteamine — a drug used to treat cystine excretion or radiation sickness
- cystinosis — a disease caused by a build-up of the amino acid cystine in the body
- cystinuria — a condition in which excessive levels of cystine are present in the urine
- cytarabine — a toxic synthetic nucleoside, C 9 H 13 N 3 O 5 , used as an immunosuppressive and cytotoxic agent in the treatment of certain leukemias.
- cytoglobin — (protein) A globin that is produced by all types of human and other mammalian cells.
- cytokinins — Plural form of cytokinin.
- cytotoxins — Plural form of cytotoxin.
- dairywoman — a woman who owns, manages, or works in a dairy.
- dairywomen — Plural form of dairywoman.
- damagingly — In a damaging manner.
- damnyankee — (in the southern U.S.) a person native to the northern states of the U.S., especially one who is disliked or regarded with suspicion.
- dandifying — Present participle of dandify.
- dandy roll — a light roller used in the manufacture of certain papers to produce watermarks
- dandyishly — in the manner of a dandy
- dark money — money donated to politically active nonprofit organizations or anonymous corporate entities, which spend this money to influence political campaigns or other special interests but are not required to reveal their donors.
- data entry — Data entry is the activity of putting data into a computer, for example, by using a keyboard.
- daunomycin — an anthracycline drug that is used as a medication in the treatment of some forms of cancer
- dauntingly — In a daunting manner.
- davy jones — the ocean's bottom, esp when regarded as the grave of those lost or buried at sea
- day return — A day return is a train or bus ticket which allows you to go somewhere and come back on the same day for a lower price than an ordinary return ticket.
- dazzlingly — to overpower or dim the vision of by intense light: He was dazzled by the sudden sunlight.
- de quincey — Thomas. 1785–1859, English critic and essayist, noted particularly for his Confessions of an English Opium Eater (1821)
- debasingly — In a debasing manner.
- debatingly — in an argumentative manner
- debonairly — In a debonair manner.
- decadently — In a decadent manner.
- decagynian — having ten pistils or female organs of reproduction and belonging to the order Decagynia
- decidingly — that settles a question or dispute or leads to a final decision; determining; decisive: the deciding vote; The weather will be the deciding factor as to whether we have the picnic or not.
- decrypting — Present participle of decrypt.
- decryption — to decode or decipher.
- decumbency — Decumbence.
- decurrency — the action of flowing downwards
- defensibly — capable of being defended against assault or injury: The troops were bivouacked in a defensible position.
- deficiency — Deficiency in something, especially something that your body needs, is not having enough of it.
- definately — Misspelling of definitely.
- definitely — You use definitely to emphasize that something is the case, or to emphasize the strength of your intention or opinion.
- defrayment — payment of some or all charges or expenses.
- degeneracy — If you refer to the behaviour of a group of people as degeneracy, you mean that you think it is shocking, immoral, or disgusting.
- deidentify — To anonymize data, often preserving the original identification data separately.
- delay line — a device in which a known delay time is introduced in the transmission of a signal. An acoustic delay line delays a sound wave by circulating it through a liquid or solid medium
- delayering — Delayering is the process of simplifying the administrative structure of a large organization in order to make it more efficient.
- dementedly — crazy; insane; mad.
- demonology — Demonology is a set of beliefs which says that a particular situation or group of people is evil or unacceptable.
- denasality — The quality of being denasal.
- dendrology — the branch of botany that is concerned with the natural history of trees and shrubs
- densifying — to impregnate (wood) with additives under heat and pressure in order to achieve greater density and hardness.