9-letter words containing y, n
- oxygenase — an oxidoreductase enzyme that catalyzes the introduction of molecular oxygen into an organic substance.
- oxygenate — to treat, combine, or enrich with oxygen: to oxygenate the blood.
- oxygenize — oxygenate.
- oystering — any of several edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, occurring on the bottom or adhering to rocks or other objects in shallow water.
- oysterman — a person who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters.
- pachynema — the third stage of prophase in meiosis, during which each chromosome pair separates into sister chromatids with some breakage and crossing over of genes.
- pachytene — the third stage of prophase in meiosis, during which each chromosome pair separates into sister chromatids with some breakage and crossing over of genes.
- pageantry — spectacular display; pomp: the pageantry of a coronation.
- painfully — affected with, causing, or characterized by pain: a painful wound; a painful night; a painful memory.
- painterly — of, relating to, or characteristic of a painter.
- pan gravy — meat juices, as from a roast, seasoned but not thickened.
- panchayat — an elective village council in India.
- panegyric — a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
- panically — in a panicky manner
- pantagamy — a communal marriage system amongst members of a community or household
- pantingly — eagerly
- pantology — a systematic view of all human knowledge.
- pantryman — a person who works in or has charge of a pantry, as aboard ship or in a hospital.
- pantyhose — (used with a plural verb) a one-piece, skintight garment worn by women, combining panties and stockings.
- paraffiny — of, relating to, or characteristic of paraffin; covered with or smelling of paraffin
- paranymph — a groomsman or a bridesmaid.
- parcenary — joint heirship or coheirship; the undivided holding of land by two or more coheirs.
- pargyline — a monoamine oxidase inhibitor used to treat hypertension and depression
- parodying — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
- parsimony — extreme or excessive economy or frugality; stinginess; niggardliness.
- party man — a person belonging to a political party, especially one who adheres strictly or blindly to its principles and policies.
- passingly — in passing; in a passing manner
- paternity — the state of being a father; fatherhood.
- pathogeny — the production and development of disease.
- patiently — a person who is under medical care or treatment.
- patriliny — the tracing of descent exclusively through the male members of a family.
- patrimony — an estate inherited from one's father or ancestors.
- patty pan — a small pan for baking patties.
- pausingly — with a pause or pauses
- pay phone — a public telephone requiring that the caller deposit coins or use a credit card to pay for a call.
- peasantry — peasants collectively.
- pecuniary — of or relating to money: pecuniary difficulties.
- peer gynt — a play (1867) by Henrik Ibsen.
- pendantly — in the shape or manner of a pendant
- penitency — the state of being penitent
- pennyland — in Caithness and the Orkney and Shetland islands a piece of land on which one penny's worth of tax was owed to the overlord
- pennywort — any of several plants having round or roundish leaves, as the navelwort.
- pensively — dreamily or wistfully thoughtful: a pensive mood.
- pentalogy — a combination of five closely related things, esp (in medicine) closely connected symptoms or (in art) related works of art
- pentapody — a measure consisting of five feet.
- pentarchy — a government by five persons.
- pentylene — any unsaturated hydrocarbon with formula C5H8
- personify — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- pharyngo- — pharynx
- phenocopy — the observed result of an environmentally induced, nongenetic alteration of a phenotype to a form that resembles the expression of a known genetic mutation.