7-letter words containing y, n
- nessary — Eye dialect of necessary.
- netplay — (video games) Multiplayer gameplay over a network.
- neuilly — a suburb of Paris, in N France: treaty of peace (1919) between the Allies and Bulgaria. 66,095.
- newbery — John, 1713–67, English publisher.
- newbury — a market town in West Berkshire unitary authority, S England: scene of a Parliamentarian victory (1643) and a Royalist victory (1644) during the Civil War; telecommunications, racecourse. Pop: 32 675 (2001)
- newsboy — a person, typically a boy, who sells or delivers newspapers.
- newyacc — A parser generator by Jack Callahan <[email protected]>. Version 1.0.
- nicolay — John George, 1832–1901, U.S. biographer.
- niftily — In a nifty manner; cleverly.
- nightly — coming or occurring each night: his nightly walk to the newsstand.
- nigrify — to blacken.
- nimeiry — Gaafar Muhammad al- [gah-fahr,, al] /ˈgɑ fɑr,, æl/ (Show IPA), 1930–2009, Sudanese political leader: president 1969–85.
- nimiety — excess; overabundance: nimiety of mere niceties in conversation.
- nippily — In a nippy way.
- nitrify — to oxidize (ammonia, ammonium compounds, or atmospheric nitrogen) to nitrites, nitrates, or their respective acids, especially by bacterial action.
- noisily — making much noise: noisy children.
- nonbody — (chiefly, philosophy) That which is not a body.
- nonjury — a trial without a jury
- nonoily — not oily
- nonplay — social behaviour that is not classed as play
- nookery — a snug, secure, or cozy nook.
- noology — the study of thought, knowledge, and intellect
- noonday — of or at noon or midday: the usual noonday meal.
- nordkyn — Cape, a cape in N Norway, E of North Cape: northernmost point of the European mainland.
- nosegay — a small bunch of flowers; bouquet; posy.
- noshery — (informal) A restaurant.
- notably — worthy of note or notice; noteworthy: a notable success; a notable theory.
- notedly — well-known; celebrated; famous: a noted scholar.
- novelly — In a novel manner.
- novelty — state or quality of being novel, new, or unique; newness: the novelty of a new job.
- novotny — Antonín [an-tuh-nin;; Czech ahn-taw-nyeen] /ˈæn tə nɪn;; Czech ˈɑn tɔˌnyin/ (Show IPA), 1904–75, Czech political leader: president 1957–68.
- nowaday — Existing nowadays; current, present; contemporary.
- nowdays — Eye dialect of nowadays.
- noyance — a nuisance; a source of annoyance
- nuggety — a lump of something, as of precious metal.
- nullary — (programming) A description of an operator or function which takes no arguments, e.g. a function that returns the current time. "Nullary" is part of the unary, binary, ternary sequence, and is more common than its synonym niladic.
- nullify — to render or declare legally void or inoperative: to nullify a contract.
- nullity — the state or quality of being null; nothingness; invalidity.
- nummary — of or relating to coins or money.
- nunnery — a building or group of buildings for nuns; convent.
- nureyev — Rudolf (Hametovich) [khuh-mye-tuh-vyich] /xʌˈmyɛ tə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1938–93, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer; Austrian citizen 1982.
- nursery — a room or place set apart for young children.
- nut key — a tool for extracting a nut, chock, etc, from a crack after use
- nuttery — an area where trees that bear nuts are grown
- nuttily — In a nutty way.
- nyatiti — A traditional type of lyre with eight strings, used by the Luo people of Kenya.
- nybbles — Plural form of nybble.
- nyerere — Julius Kambarage [Swahili kahm-bah-rah-guh] /Swahili kɑmˈbɑ rɑ gə/ (Show IPA), 1921–1999, African statesman: president of Tanzania 1964–85.
- nykvist — Sven [sven] /svɛn/ (Show IPA), 1922–2006, Swedish cinematographer.
- nylghai — nilgai.