9-letter words containing y, n
- diligency — (obsolete) diligence; care.
- dimyarian — with two adductor muscles
- dionysiac — of or relating to the Dionysia or to Dionysus; Bacchic.
- dionysian — of, relating to, or honoring Dionysus or Bacchus.
- dionysius — ("the Elder") 431?–367 b.c, Greek soldier: tyrant of Syracuse 405–367.
- diphenyl- — containing two phenyl groups in each molecule
- dismaying — Present participle of dismay.
- dissogeny — the condition in ctenophores in which an individual has two periods of sexual maturity, one in the larval and one in the adult stage.
- distantly — far off or apart in space; not near at hand; remote or removed (often followed by from): a distant place; a town three miles distant from here.
- disyoking — Present participle of disyoke.
- ditionary — (obsolete) A subject; a tributary.
- diurnally — of or relating to a day or each day; daily.
- dizzyness — Alternative spelling of dizziness.
- do nicely — If someone or something is doing nicely, they are being successful.
- dobsonfly — a large, soft-bodied insect, Corydalus cornutus, having four distinctly veined membranous wings, biting mouthparts, and, in the male, huge mandibles that jut out from the head.
- dominancy — rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
- donnishly — In a donnish manner.
- downcycle — a downward course in the business cycle.
- downgyved — (poetic, obsolete) Hanging down like gyves or fetters.
- downplays — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downplay.
- downy oak — Quercus pubescens
- dragonfly — any of numerous stout-bodied, nonstinging insects of the order Odonata (suborder Anisoptera), the species of which prey on mosquitoes and other insects and are distinguished from the damselflies by having the wings outstretched rather than folded when at rest.
- drinkably — from the point of view of how drinkable something is
- drivingly — in a driving manner
- droningly — With a droning sound.
- dronishly — in a droning manner
- drunkenly — intoxicated; drunk.
- dry drunk — an alcoholic who is not currently drinking alcohol but is still following an irregular undisciplined lifestyle like that of a drunkard
- dry nurse — a nurse who cares for a child without suckling it
- dry point — 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.
- dry-clean — to clean (garments, draperies, rugs, etc.) with a liquid other than water, as benzine or gasoline.
- dry-nurse — to act as a dry nurse to.
- dry-stone — (of a wall) made without mortar
- drying up — When you do the drying up, you dry things such as plates, pans, knives, and cups after they have been washed.
- dubitancy — doubt; uncertainty
- dummy run — trial or practice
- duncishly — in a dullard-like manner
- duobinary — denoting a communications system for coding digital data in which three data bands are used, 0, +1, –1
- duodenary — duodecimal.
- dustywing — any of the rare, minute neuropterous insects of the family Coniopterygidae, characterized by a white, powdery body and wing cover, large eyes, long and slender antennae, and chewing mouthparts.
- dutybound — Compelled by duty.
- dvina bay — an arm of the White Sea, in the NW Russian Federation in Europe.
- dyingness — the nature or condition of expiring or declining
- dynameter — an instrument for determining the magnifying power of telescopes
- dynamical — Dynamic.
- dynamited — Simple past tense and past participle of dynamite.
- dynamiter — A person who uses dynamite, especially one who uses it unlawfully.
- dynamites — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dynamite.
- dynamitic — relating to dynamite or those who use dynamite for illegal reasons
- dynamotor — an electrical machine having a single magnetic field and two independent armature windings of which one acts as a motor and the other a generator: used to convert direct current from a battery into alternating current