11-letter words containing y, n
- honey-sweet — sweet as honey.
- honeycombed — Having a perforated structure, resembling a honeycomb.
- honeyeaters — Plural form of honeyeater.
- honeylocust — any of a genus (Gleditsia) of trees of the caesalpinia family, esp. a North American species (G. triacanthos) usually having strong, thorny branches, featherlike foliage, and large, twisted pods containing beanlike seeds and a sweet pulp
- honeymooned — Simple past tense and past participle of honeymoon.
- honeymooner — A person on his/her honeymoon.
- honeysucker — a bird that feeds on the nectar of flowers.
- honeysuckle — any upright or climbing shrub of the genus Diervilla, especially D. lonicera, cultivated for its fragrant white, yellow, or red tubular flowers.
- horny coral — a gorgonian.
- hue and cry — Early English Law. the pursuit of a felon or an offender with loud outcries or clamor to give an alarm.
- humidifying — Present participle of humidify.
- hurry along — rush, go quickly
- hyacinthine — of or like the hyacinth.
- hyalomelane — a type of basaltic glass
- hybernating — Present participle of hybernate.
- hybernation — Obsolete spelling of hibernation.
- hybrid corn — a crossbred corn, especially the grain of corn developed by hybridization of repeatedly self-pollinated, and therefore genetically pure, varieties.
- hybridizing — Present participle of hybridize.
- hydnocarpic — of or relating to hydnocarpic acid
- hydralazine — a white crystalline powder, C 8 H 8 N 4 , that dilates blood vessels and is used in the treatment of hypertension.
- hydrocarbon — any of a class of compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon, as an alkane, methane, CH 4 , an alkene, ethylene, C 2 H 4 , an alkyne, acetylene, C 2 H 2 , or an aromatic compound, benzene, C 6 H 6 .
- hydrocodone — an opioid analgesic, C 18 H 21 NO 3 , used to treat moderate to severe pain.
- hydrocyanic — of or derived from hydrocyanic acid.
- hydrogenase — an enzyme in certain microorganisms that speeds up the reversible oxidation of hydrogen
- hydrogenate — to combine or treat with hydrogen, especially to add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound).
- hydrogenize — hydrogenate.
- hydrogenous — of or containing hydrogen.
- hydrolyzing — Present participle of hydrolyze.
- hydromancer — One who practices hydromancy.
- hydronation — (chemistry) The formation of a complex with hydrogen.
- hydrophones — Plural form of hydrophone.
- hydrophyton — a branched plant-like structure which supports colonial animals such as zooids
- hydroplaned — Simple past tense and past participle of hydroplane.
- hydroplaner — a person who pilots a hydroplane, especially a professional speedboat racer.
- hydroplanes — Plural form of hydroplane.
- hydroponics — the cultivation of plants by placing the roots in liquid nutrient solutions rather than in soil; soilless growth of plants. Compare aeroculture, geoponics (def 2).
- hydroxonium — (chemistry) The cation obtained by reacting a proton with water - H3O+; hydronium.
- hydroxyzine — an antihistaminic compound, C 21 H 27 ClN 2 O 2 , used in the treatment of allergy, nausea, and anxiety.
- hylogenesis — the formation or coming into being of matter
- hymenophore — the fruiting body of some basidiomycetous fungi
- hymenoptera — hymenopteran.
- hymnography — the craft of hymn composition
- hymnologist — A composer or compiler of hymns; one versed in hymnology.
- hyoscyamine — a poisonous alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from henbane and other solanaceous plants, used as a sedative, analgesic, mydriatic, and antispasmodic.
- hyperborean — Classical Mythology. one of a people supposed to live in a land of perpetual sunshine and abundance beyond the north wind.
- hypercapnia — Excessive carbon dioxide in the bloodstream, typically caused by inadequate respiration.
- hyperdorian — of or related to the mode above the Dorian mode in ancient Greek music
- hyperextend — Forcefully extend (a limb or joint ) beyond its normal limits, either in exercise or therapy or so as to cause injury.
- hyperimmune — protected from a disease or the like, as by inoculation.
- hyperinosis — a blood condition characterized by the presence of excessive levels of fibrin