10-letter words containing y, n
- manifoldly — In a manifold manner.
- manila bay — a bay in the Philippines, in W Luzon Island: the American fleet under Admiral Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet 1898.
- mansionary — a resident or dweller
- manularity — /man"yoo-la"ri-tee/ ("manual" + "granularity") A notional measure of the manual labor required for some task, particularly one of the sort that automation is supposed to eliminate. "Composing English on paper has much higher manularity than using a text editor, especially in the revising stage." Hackers tend to consider manularity a symptom of primitive methods; in fact, a true hacker confronted with an apparent requirement to do a computing task by hand will inevitably seize the opportunity to build another tool (see toolsmith).
- many a one — many people
- many-sided — having many sides.
- mapinguary — A legendary red-furred ground-dwelling sloth-like creature said to live in the Amazon rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia.
- marginally — pertaining to a margin.
- marine ivy — a vine, Cissus incisa, of the grape family, native to the southern U.S., having three leaflets or three-lobed leaves and black fruit, grown as a houseplant.
- marry into — become part of: a family
- mary janes — flat or low-heeled shoes for women or girls, usually with a rounded toe and a single strap that buckles across the instep
- marylander — a person born or living in Maryland
- mason city — a city in N Iowa.
- mastodynia — (medicine) mastalgia; pain in the breast.
- maternally — of, pertaining to, having the qualities of, or befitting a mother: maternal instincts.
- matricliny — matrocliny.
- matrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
- matronymic — metronymic.
- mawlamyine — Moulmein.
- mayonnaise — a thick dressing of egg yolks, vinegar or lemon juice, oil, and seasonings, used for salads, sandwiches, vegetable dishes, etc.
- mcreynolds — James Clark, 1862–1946, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1914–41.
- meddlingly — In a meddling manner.
- melancholy — sober thoughtfulness; pensiveness.
- melanocyte — a cell producing and containing melanin.
- menacingly — something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.
- mendeleyev — Dmitri Ivanovich [dmyee-tryee ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /ˈdmyi tryi iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1834–1907, Russian chemist: helped develop the periodic law.
- mendicancy — the practice of begging, as for alms.
- merchantry — (dated) The body of merchants taken collectively.
- meromyosin — either of two protein subunits of myosin obtained esp by tryptic digestion
- mesenchyme — cells of mesodermal origin that are capable of developing into connective tissues, blood, and lymphatic and blood vessels.
- mesitylene — a colorless, liquid, aromatic hydrocarbon, C 9 H 1 2 , occurring naturally in coal tar and prepared from acetone: used chiefly as a chemical intermediate.
- metasyntax — (grammar) Syntax used to describe syntax. The best known example is BNF and its variants such as EBNF. A metasyntactic variable is a variable used in metasyntax.
- metonymies — a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part, as “scepter” for “sovereignty,” or “the bottle” for “strong drink,” or “count heads (or noses)” for “count people.”.
- metrifying — Present participle of metrify.
- metronymic — derived from the name of a mother or other female ancestor.
- midcentury — Occurring around the center or middle of the century.
- middlingly — In a middling manner; averagely, moderately.
- militantly — vigorously active and aggressive, especially in support of a cause: militant reformers.
- millihenry — a unit of inductance equal to one thousandth of a henry. Abbreviation: mH, mh.
- millionary — Of or relating to millions; consisting of millions.
- mind (you) — You use mind you to emphasize a piece of information that you are adding, especially when the new information explains what you have said or contrasts with it. Some people use mind in a similar way.
- mind's eye — the hypothetical site of visual recollection or imagination: In her mind's eye she saw the city as it had been in Caesar's time.
- mindlessly — without intelligence; senseless: a mindless creature.
- mindszenty — Joseph (Joseph Pehm) 1892–1975, Hungarian Roman Catholic clergyman: primate of Hungary 1945–74.
- minelayers — Plural form of minelayer.
- minelaying — the activity of laying explosive mines
- mineralogy — the science or study of minerals.
- minglingly — in a manner characterized by mingling and mixing
- minifloppy — Alternative spelling of mini-floppy.
- minisystem — a set of hi-fi equipment in which the components are smaller than standard size