9-letter words containing y, n
- hedyphane — a white or yellow mineral with elongated crystals similar to mimetite, chiefly found in Sweden
- heinously — hateful; odious; abominable; totally reprehensible: a heinous offense.
- helvellyn — a mountain in NW England. 3118 feet (950 meters).
- hemingway — Ernest (Miller) 1899–1961, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and journalist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- hemolysin — a substance, as an antibody, that in cooperation with complement causes dissolution of red blood cells.
- hen party — a party or gathering for women only.
- hendiadys — a figure in which a complex idea is expressed by two words connected by a copulative conjunction: “to look with eyes and envy” instead of “with envious eyes.”.
- hennishly — in a hennish manner
- henry iii — 1017–56, king of Germany 1039–56 and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1046–56 (son of Conrad II).
- henry vii — ("Henry of Luxembourg") 1275?–1313, king of Germany 1309–13 and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1312–13.
- hercynian — denoting a period of mountain building in Europe in the late Palaeozoic
- hercynite — a black oxide mineral, FeAl 2 O 4 , of the spinel group.
- hesitancy — hesitation; indecision or disinclination.
- heteronym — a word spelled the same as another but having a different sound and meaning, as lead (to conduct) and lead (a metal).
- hill myna — an Asian bird of the genus Gracula, of the starling family Sturnidae, especially G. religiosa, that has glossy black plumage and yellow neck wattles and is easily tamed and taught to mimic speech.
- himalayan — the, a mountain range extending about 1500 miles (2400 km) along the border between India and Tibet. Highest peak, Mt. Everest, 29,028 feet (8848 meters).
- hindberry — a raspberry
- hinkypunk — (West Country) a will o' the wisp.
- hintingly — In a hinting manner.
- hissingly — in a hissing manner
- hokeyness — Alternative form of hokiness.
- hol-unity — A verification tool for UNITY? Version 2.1. E-mail: Flemming Andersen <[email protected]>?
- hologynic — of or relating to a heritable trait appearing only in females (opposed to holandric).
- holy land — Palestine (def 1).
- holystone — a block of soft sandstone used in scrubbing the decks of a ship.
- homeyness — comfortably informal and inviting; cozy; homelike: a homey little inn.
- homonymic — Phonetics. a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as heir and air; a homophone (def 1).
- homophony — the quality or state of being homophonic.
- honey ant — any of several ants, especially of the genus Myrmecocystus, that feed on honeydew or nectar and store the excess juices in the bodies of certain worker ants.
- honey bun — Also called sticky bun. a sweet spiral-shaped bun, usually with cinnamon, raisins, and nuts, coated with honey or butter and brown sugar.
- honey pot — any of a caste of workers in certain species of ants, that serve as living storehouses for a honeylike material later used by the whole colony
- honey-bee — any bee that collects and stores honey, especially Apis mellifera.
- honeybees — Plural form of honeybee.
- honeybird — Any of several drab honeyguides, of the genus Prodotiscus, from sub-Saharan Africa.
- honeycake — A cake made with honey, especially as a Rosh Hashanah tradition.
- honeycomb — a structure of rows of hexagonal wax cells, formed by bees in their hive for the storage of honey, pollen, and their eggs.
- honeydews — Plural form of honeydew.
- honeyless — without any honey
- honeylike — Like honey in taste, texture, or appearance.
- honeymoon — a vacation or trip taken by a newly married couple.
- honeypots — Plural form of honeypot.
- honeytrap — A stratagem in which irresistible bait is used to lure a victim.
- honeywell — (company) A US company known for its mainframes and operating systems. The company's history is long and tortuous, with many mergers, acquisitions and name changes. A company formed on 1886-04-23 to make furnace regulators eventually merged in 1927 with another company formed in 1904 by a young plumbing and heating engineer named Mark Honeywell who was perfecting the heat generator. A 1955 joint venture with Raytheon Corp., called Datamatic Corporation, marked Honeywell's entry into the computer business. Their first computer was the D-1000. In 1960 Honeywell bought out Raytheon's interest and the name changed to Electronic Data Processing (EDP) then in 1963 it was officially renamed Honeywell Inc. In 1970 Honeywell merged its computer business with General Electric's to form Honeywell Information Systems. In 1986 a joint venture with the french company Bull and japanese NEC Corporation created Honeywell Bull. By 1991 Honeywell had withdrawn from the computer business, focussing more on aeropspace. See also: brain-damaged.
- honeywort — a plant, Cerinthe retorta, of Greece, having bluish-green leaves and purple-tipped yellow flowers.
- honkytonk — Alternative spelling of honky-tonk.
- honorably — in accordance with or characterized by principles of honor; upright: They were all honorable men.
- honourary — Misspelling of honorary.
- hooraying — Present participle of hooray.
- hornyhead — species of fish
- hornywink — a lapwing