11-letter words containing y, n
- haemocyanin — a blue copper-containing respiratory pigment in crustaceans and molluscs that functions as haemoglobin
- haines city — a town in central Florida.
- hairstyling — a person who designs and arranges hair styles.
- half an eye — a modicum of perceptiveness
- handy-dandy — handy (def 2).
- handyperson — a person who is practiced at doing maintenance work.
- hangability — the ability to be hanged
- hanky-panky — unethical behavior; deceit: When the bank teller bought an expensive car and house, they suspected there might be some hanky-panky going on.
- happy event — the birth of a child
- harassingly — in a harassing manner
- harness eye — the eyelet on a heddle or on harness cords. Compare mail2 (def 3).
- harney peak — a mountain in SW South Dakota: the highest peak in the Black Hills. 7242 feet (2207 meters).
- harrowingly — extremely disturbing or distressing; grievous: a harrowing experience.
- head injury — wound to the head
- heavy chain — a type of polypeptide chain present in an immunoglobulin molecule
- heavy going — a soft and muddy surface to race on
- heavy-laden — carrying a heavy load; heavily laden: a heavy-laden cart.
- hectoringly — So as to hector or bully.
- hedonically — of, characterizing, or pertaining to pleasure: a hedonic thrill.
- hello money — a charge made by a retailer to a supplier for introducing the supplier's goods to its stores
- hemanalysis — an analysis, especially of the chemical constituents, of the blood.
- hematoxylin — a colorless or pale-yellow, crystalline compound, C 16 H 14 O 6 ·3H 2 O, the coloring material of logwood: used as a mordant dye and as an indicator.
- hemerythrin — a type of protein responsible for oxygen transportation in some marine invertebrates
- hemielytron — hemelytron.
- hemodynamic — the branch of physiology dealing with the forces involved in the circulation of the blood.
- henry fonda — Henry, 1905–82, U.S. actor.
- henry's law — the principle that at a constant temperature the concentration of a gas dissolved in a fluid with which it does not combine chemically is almost directly proportional to the partial pressure of the gas at the surface of the fluid.
- heptagynous — (of a flower) having seven pistils
- hessian fly — a small fly, Phytophaga destructor, the larvae of which feed on the stems of wheat and other grasses.
- heterodyned — Simple past tense and past participle of heterodyne.
- heterophony — the simultaneous performance of the same melodic line, with slight individual variations, by two or more performers.
- hexagonally — In a hexagonal manner.
- hieronymite — a member of a congregation of hermits named after St. Jerome.
- high-energy — possessing speed and energy beyond the classical laws of motion, esp of particles which have been accelerated in an accelerator
- high-flying — moving upward to or along at a considerable height: highflying planes.
- hinderingly — in a hindering manner, so as to hinder or obstruct
- hobgoblinry — the behaviour or activities of hobgoblins
- holoenzymes — an enzyme complete in both its apoenzyme and coenzyme components.
- holy island — Also called Lindisfarne. an island off the E coast of Northumberland, England. 3 miles (4.8 km) long.
- holystoning — Present participle of holystone.
- home-buying — the purchase of a house or flat
- homogeneity — composition from like parts, elements, or characteristics; state or quality of being homogeneous.
- honesty bar — an unattended area in a hotel, resort, etc, where patrons may serve themselves drinks and are expected to leave money to pay for them
- honesty box — a container into which members of the public are trusted to place payments when there is no attendant to collect them
- honey eater — any of numerous oscine birds of the family Meliphagidae, chiefly of Australasia, having a bill and tongue adapted for extracting the nectar from flowers.
- honey guide — any of several small, usually dull-colored birds of the family Indicatoridae, of Africa and southern Asia, certain species of which are noted for their habit of leading people or animals to nests of honeybees in order to feed on the honey, larvae, and wax of the nests after they have been broken open.
- honey mouse — a small agile Australian marsupial, Tarsipes spenserae, having dark-striped pale brown fur, a long prehensile tail, and a very long snout and tongue with which it feeds on honey, pollen, and insects: family Phalangeridae
- honey plant — any of various plants that are particularly useful in providing bees with nectar
- honey wagon — a wagon or truck for collecting and carrying excrement or manure.
- honey-eater — any of numerous oscine birds of the family Meliphagidae, chiefly of Australasia, having a bill and tongue adapted for extracting the nectar from flowers.