8-letter words containing y, n
- movingly — capable of or having movement: a moving object.
- muddying — Cause to become covered in or full of mud.
- mulroney — (Martin) Brian, born 1939, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1984–93.
- munkacsy — Mihály von [mi-hahy fuh n] /ˈmɪ haɪ fən/ (Show IPA), (Michael Lieb) 1844–1900, Hungarian painter.
- musingly — absorbed in thought; meditative.
- my aunt! — an exclamation of surprise or amazement
- myatonia — deficient muscle tone.
- myingyan — a city in central Burma.
- mylonite — Geology. a rock that has been crushed and sheared to such an extent that its original texture has been destroyed.
- myogenic — originating in muscle, as an impulse or sensation.
- myomancy — a form of divination by observing mice
- myonemes — Plural form of myoneme.
- myotonia — tonic muscle spasm or muscular rigidity.
- myotonic — Of or pertaining to myotonia.
- myrmidon — Classical Mythology. one of the warlike people of ancient Thessaly who accompanied Achilles to the Trojan War.
- mytilene — Also called Lesbos. a Greek island in the NE Aegean. 836 sq. mi. (2165 sq. km).
- name day — the feast day of the saint after whom a person is named.
- nancyboy — (slang, derogatory) An effeminate or homosexual man.
- nannygai — a small red saltwater fish, Trachichthodes affinis, of Australian waters.
- nannying — Present participle of nanny.
- nannyish — Like a nanny; tending to coddle.
- naphthyl — containing the naphthyl group.
- narrowly — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- nasality — of or relating to the nose: the nasal cavity.
- nascency — beginning to exist or develop: That nascent republic is holding its first election this month.
- nasology — the scientific study of noses.
- natality — birthrate.
- natantly — in a natant or floating manner
- natatory — pertaining to, adapted for, or characterized by swimming: natatorial birds.
- natively — being the place or environment in which a person was born or a thing came into being: one's native land.
- nativity — birth.
- naughtly — (obsolete) naughtily; wrongly.
- naumachy — naumachia.
- navarchy — experience of or skill in nautical matters
- navy cut — tobacco finely cut from a block
- naysayer — a person who habitually expresses negative or pessimistic views: Despite a general feeling that things were going well, a few naysayers tried to cast gloom.
- ne'erday — New Year's Day
- nebbishy — a pitifully ineffectual, luckless, and timid person.
- neckyoke — A yoke which touches or surrounds the carrier's neck, rather then just resting on the shoulders.
- necropsy — the examination of a body after death; autopsy.
- negatory — marked by negation; denying; negative.
- neocracy — Government by the new or inexperienced.
- neohippy — A new age hippy.
- neomycin — an antibiotic produced by an actinomycete, Streptomyces fradiae, administered orally or locally, used chiefly for skin, urinary tract, and eye infections and as a surgical antiseptic.
- neophyte — a beginner or novice: He's a neophyte at chess.
- neostyle — a manifolding device similar to the cyclostyle.
- neotypes — Plural form of neotype.
- net play — play made from a position close to the net
- netnanny — (networking) A small program for children to block access to certain sites.
- neurally — of or relating to a nerve or the nervous system.