8-letter words containing y, n
- dry rent — rent seck.
- dry sink — a wooden kitchen sink, especially of the 19th century, not connected to an external water supply, with a shallow zinc- or tin-lined well on top in which a dishpan can be placed, and usually a cupboard below.
- dry wine — wine that is not sweet
- drypoint — a technique of engraving, especially on copper, in which a sharp-pointed needle is used for producing furrows having a burr that is often retained in order to produce a print characterized by soft, velvety black lines.
- drystone — (of a stone wall) built without using mortar.
- dubinsky — David, 1892–1982, U.S. labor leader, born in Poland: president of the I.L.G.W.U. 1932–66.
- dummying — Present participle of dummy.
- dung fly — any of various muscid flies of the subfamily Cordilurinae, such as the predatory yellow dung fly (Scatophaga stercoraria), that frequents cowpats to feed and lay its eggs
- dunleary — a port in E Republic of Ireland, on Dublin Bay. Pop: 24 447 (2002)
- duopsony — the market condition that exists when there are only two buyers.
- dye-line — a contact print of a line drawing, giving brown lines on an off-white background.
- dynamics — The branch of mechanics concerned with the motion of bodies under the action of forces.
- dynamise — Alternative spelling of dynamize.
- dynamism — The quality of being characterized by vigorous activity and progress.
- dynamist — A subscriber to the philosophy of dynamism.
- dynamite — A high explosive consisting of nitroglycerine mixed with an absorbent material and typically molded into sticks.
- dynamize — Give power or energy to; make dynamic.
- dynastic — Pertaining to a dynasty.
- dynatron — an electron tube, usually a tetrode, that produces an oscillating current at certain frequencies
- dysgenic — pertaining to or causing degeneration in the type of offspring produced.
- dysgonic — growing poorly on artificial media, as certain bacteria (opposed to eugonic).
- dyspneal — Alt form dyspnoeal.
- dyspneic — difficult or labored breathing.
- dyspnoea — Alternative spelling of dyspnea.
- dystonia — abnormal tone of any tissue.
- dystonic — abnormal tone of any tissue.
- early on — in or during the first part of a period of time, a course of action, a series of events, etc.: early in the year.
- ecdysone — an insect hormone that stimulates metamorphosis.
- ectogeny — the effect of pollination and fertilization on the tissues of a plant
- ecycling — the process of recycling electronic equipment or components
- edifying — to instruct or benefit, especially morally or spiritually; uplift: religious paintings that edify the viewer.
- egyptian — person from Egypt
- el minya — a city in central Egypt, on the Nile. Pop: 225 000 (2005 est)
- elegancy — Alternative form of elegance.
- eleventy — (humorous) The number 110, 11 \u00d7 10.
- eminency — Prominence or relative importance.
- emptying — Present participle of to empty.
- empyrean — Belonging to or deriving from heaven.
- encrypts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encrypt.
- encysted — Simple past tense and past participle of encyst.
- endarchy — a central government
- endogamy — The custom of marrying only within the limits of a local community, clan, or tribe.
- endogeny — Growth from within.
- endplays — Plural form of endplay.
- endymion — a handsome youth who was visited every night by the moon goddess Selene, who loved him
- enginery — Engines collectively ; machinery.
- enhydros — a piece of chalcedony that contains water
- enjoying — Present participle of enjoy.
- enormity — The great or extreme scale, seriousness, or extent of something perceived as bad or morally wrong.
- enthalpy — A thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the total heat content of a system. It is equal to the internal energy of the system plus the product of pressure and volume.