8-letter words containing y, n
- hungerly — marked by a hungry look.
- hungrily — having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger.
- huntaway — a sheep dog.
- hurrying — to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed by up): Hurry, or we'll be late. Hurry up, it's starting to rain.
- huxleyan — of, relating to, or characteristic or suggestive of Aldous Huxley or his writings.
- huysmans — Joris Karl [zhoh-rees kahrl] /ʒoʊˈris kɑrl/ (Show IPA), (Charles Marie Georges Huysmans) 1848–1907, French novelist.
- hyacinth — a female given name.
- hyalogen — any of several insoluble substances found in many animal structures such as cartilage which yield sugars on hydrolysis structures
- hydranth — the terminal part of a hydroid polyp that bears the mouth and tentacles and contains the stomach region.
- hydrants — Plural form of hydrant.
- hydrogen — a colorless, odorless, flammable gas that combines chemically with oxygen to form water: the lightest of the known elements. Symbol: H; atomic weight: 1.00797; atomic number: 1; density: 0.0899 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- hydronic — of or relating to a heating system for a building in which the medium for carrying heat throughout the structure is circulating water, especially when the circulation is aided by a pump.
- hygenist — Alternative spelling of hygienist.
- hygienes — Also, hygienics. the science that deals with the preservation of health.
- hygienic — conducive to good health; healthful; sanitary.
- hymeneal — of or relating to marriage.
- hymenean — A hymn, song or poem in honour of a wedding; a hymeneal.
- hymenial — relating to the layer of certain fungi which bears spores, composed of asci or basidia
- hymenium — the sporogenous layer in a fungus, composed of asci or basidia often interspersed with various sterile structures, as paraphyses.
- hymnally — In a hymnal way.
- hymnbook — (British) A book containing a collection of hymns.
- hymnists — Plural form of hymnist.
- hymnless — having no hymn
- hymnlike — Resembling a hymn in form or sound.
- hyoidean — Also, hyoidal, hyoidean. noting or pertaining to a U -shaped bone at the root of the tongue in humans, or a corresponding bone or collection of bones in animals.
- hyoscine — scopolamine.
- hyperion — Classical Mythology. a Titan, the father of Helios, Selene, and Eos.
- hypernet — (Internet) the Internet inclusive of smartphones and WiFi networks.
- hypernym — superordinate (def 4).
- hyperons — Plural form of hyperon.
- hyphened — Simple past tense and past participle of hyphen.
- hyphenic — relating to a hyphen
- hypnoses — the ancient Greek god of sleep.
- hypnosis — an artificially induced trance state resembling sleep, characterized by heightened susceptibility to suggestion.
- hypnotee — a person being hypnotized
- hypnotic — of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.
- hypogean — Existing or growing underground.
- hypogene — formed beneath the earth's surface, as granite (opposed to epigene).
- hypogyny — situated on the receptacle beneath the pistil and free of the ovary, as stamens, petals, or sepals.
- hyponoia — a slow mental function or imagination
- hyponyms — Plural form of hyponym.
- hyponymy — the state or quality of being a hyponym, a term that denotes a subcategory of a more general class: A relationship of hyponymy exists between “dog” and “animal.”.
- hypopnea — abnormally shallow and slow breathing.
- hypopyon — an effusion of pus into the anterior chamber of the eye.
- hyrcania — an ancient province of the Persian empire, SE of the Caspian Sea.
- hytelnet — (networking) A hypertext database of publicly accessible Internet sites created and maintained by Peter Scott <[email protected]>. Hytelnet currently lists over 1400 sites, including Libraries, Campus-Wide Information Systems, Gopher, WAIS, WWW and Freenets. Hytelnet software is available for the IBM PC, Macintosh, Unix and VMS systems. Mailing list: [email protected] (no subject, body: subscribe hytelnet FirstName LastName).
- identify — to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
- identity — the state or fact of remaining the same one or ones, as under varying aspects or conditions: The identity of the fingerprints on the gun with those on file provided evidence that he was the killer.
- idoneity — appropriate; fit; suitable; apt.
- ignominy — disgrace; dishonor; public contempt.