11-letter words containing y, n
- polynuclear — having many nuclei.
- polyonymous — having or known by several or many names.
- polyphonist — a musical composer of or theorist in polyphony
- polyphonous — Music. polyphonic composition; counterpoint.
- polystyrene — a clear plastic or stiff foam, a polymer of styrene, used chiefly as an insulator in refrigerators and air conditioners.
- polytechnic — of, relating to, or offering instruction in a variety of industrial arts, applied sciences, or technical subjects: a polytechnic institute.
- polyvalence — Chemistry. having more than one valence.
- polyvoltine — multivoltine.
- pond hockey — ice hockey played on a frozen pond
- ponderingly — in a pondering manner
- ponderosity — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- ponderously — of great weight; heavy; massive.
- pondicherry — a union territory of India, on the Coromandel Coast: formerly the chief settlement of French India; territory includes Mahé (on the Malabar Coast), Karikal, and Yanaon. 181 sq. mi. (469 sq. km).
- pony league — a baseball league similar to a Little League and having teams whose players are from 13 to 14 years of age.
- pornography — sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, whose purpose is to elicit sexual arousal.
- porphyratin — any of various complex compounds formed of metals and porphyrins
- postnatally — after birth, following a birth
- potentially — possibly but not yet actually: potentially useful information.
- potteringly — in a pottering fashion, slowly
- potty-train — to teach a small child to use a potty or toilet
- potvaliancy — brave only as a result of being drunk.
- poultry-man — a person who raises domestic fowls, especially chickens, to sell as meat; a chicken farmer.
- poyang lake — a lake in E China, in N Jiangxi province, connected by canal with the Yangtze River: the second largest lake in China. Area (at its greatest): 2780 sq km (1073 sq miles)
- preachingly — in a preaching manner, with preaching
- precedently — in a precedent or preceding fashion, beforehand
- predynastic — of, relating to, or belonging to a time or period before the first dynasty of a nation, especially the period in Egypt before c3200 b.c.
- preliminary — preceding and leading up to the main part, matter, or business; introductory; preparatory: preliminary examinations.
- premonetary — of or relating to the coinage or currency of a country.
- premonitory — giving premonition; serving to warn beforehand.
- prepollency — the quality of being prepollent
- presanctify — to sanctify ahead of an event
- presenility — premature old age.
- present-day — current; modern: present-day techniques; present-day English.
- press money — prest money.
- prest money — a sum of money advanced to men enlisting in the navy or the army, given to bind the bargain and as an inducement.
- presumingly — presumptuous.
- presynaptic — being or occurring on the transmitting end of a discharge across a synapse.
- pretendedly — in a manner of pretence
- prettyprint — /prit'ee-print/ (Or "pretty-print") To generate "pretty" human-readable output from a hairy internal representation; especially used for the process of grinding program code.
- prevalently — widespread; of wide extent or occurrence; in general use or acceptance.
- principally — chiefly; mainly.
- prison yard — a piece of enclosed ground attached to a prison, where prisoners may take exercise at certain times
- prize money — money offered, won, or received in prizes.
- profanatory — tending to desecrate; profaning.
- proficiency — the state of being proficient; skill; expertness: proficiency in music.
- prominently — standing out so as to be seen easily; conspicuous; particularly noticeable: Her eyes are her most prominent feature.
- promisingly — giving favorable promise; likely to turn out well: a promising young man; a promising situation.
- prony brake — a friction brake serving as a dynamometer for measuring torque.
- prophesying — to foretell or predict.
- propinquity — nearness in place; proximity.