11-letter words containing y, n
- opportunity — an appropriate or favorable time or occasion: Their meeting afforded an opportunity to exchange views.
- oppurtunity — Misspelling of opportunity.
- optionality — left to one's choice; not required or mandatory: Formal dress is optional.
- or anything — You can add or anything to the end of a clause or sentence in order to refer vaguely to other things that are or may be similar to what has just been mentioned.
- orange lily — a bulbous lily, Lilium bulbiferum, of the mountainous regions of southern Europe, having erect, crimson-spotted, orange flowers.
- oregon city — a town in NW Oregon, on the Willamette River.
- organically — in an organic manner.
- orientality — the state of being oriental
- originality — the quality or state of being original.
- ornithology — the branch of zoology that deals with birds.
- ostensively — (manner) In an ostensive manner.
- out of sync — out of synchronization (with)
- out-country — a remote area or region; hinterland.
- outspokenly — In an outspoken manner.
- overanalyse — Alternative spelling of overanalyze.
- overanalyze — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- overanxiety — Excessive anxiety.
- overenjoyed — Simple past tense and past participle of overenjoy.
- overpayment — to pay more than (an amount due): I received a credit after overpaying the bill.
- oxygen acid — oxyacid.
- oxygen debt — the body's oxygen deficiency resulting from strenuous physical activity.
- oxygen mask — a masklike device placed or worn over the nose and mouth when inhaling supplementary oxygen from an attached tank.
- oxygen tent — a small tentlike canopy placed over a sick person for delivering and maintaining a flow of oxygen at critical periods.
- oxygenation — to treat, combine, or enrich with oxygen: to oxygenate the blood.
- oxyhydrogen — pertaining to or involving a mixture of oxygen and hydrogen.
- oxymorphone — a potent semisynthetic morphine-derived narcotic analgesic, C 1 7 H 1 9 NO 4 , used as a substitute for morphine.
- oxyrhynchus — a fish found in the Nile, sometimes depicted on Egyptian sculptures and coins
- oyster pink — a delicate pinkish-white colour, sometimes with a greyish tinge
- oysterwoman — a woman who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters.
- ozone layer — Meteorology. the layer of the upper atmosphere where most atmospheric ozone is concentrated, from about 8 to 30 miles (12 to 48 km) above the earth, with the maximum ozone concentration occurring at an altitude of about 12 miles (19 km).
- pachysandra — any plant of the genus Pachysandra, as the Allegheny spurge or Japanese spurge, the leaves of which grow in a rounded clump, widely used as a ground cover in the U.S.
- paddy wagon — Informal. patrol wagon.
- paint spray — paint bought in a special can which you spray on a surface by pressing a button on the top of the can
- paleobotany — the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil plants.
- palm sunday — the Sunday before Easter, celebrated in commemoration of Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem.
- panama city — Panama (def 2).
- pancake day — Christian calendar: Shrove Tuesday
- panegyrical — a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
- panegyricon — a collection of sermons
- panpsychism — a theory that all matter has some form of consciousness.
- panpsychist — someone who believes that all matter has an element of consciousness
- pantheology — a branch of theology embracing all gods and all religions
- pantonality — twelve-tone technique.
- panty liner — a pad worn inside a woman's underwear for feminine hygiene purposes such as absorbing light menstrual flow, daily vaginal discharge, etc
- paper money — currency in paper form, such as government and bank notes, as distinguished from metal currency.
- para-cymene — a colorless liquid, C 1 0 H 1 4 , derived from benzene, found in various essential oils, and obtained as a by-product of papermaking.
- paralympian — a competitor in the Paralympics
- paramountcy — chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: a point of paramount significance.
- paramountly — chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: a point of paramount significance.
- parasensory — extrasensory.