8-letter words containing y, o, n, i
- lycaonia — an ancient country in S Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- lyonnais — a former province in E France.
- macintoy — /mak'in-toy/ The Apple Macintosh, considered as a toy. Less pejorative than Macintrash.
- minatory — menacing; threatening.
- mind you — although, having said that
- minority — the smaller part or number; a number, part, or amount forming less than half of the whole.
- misogyne — (rare) A misogynist.
- misogyny — hatred, dislike, or mistrust of women, or prejudice against women.
- monitory — serving to admonish or warn; admonitory.
- mopingly — in a moping or dejected manner
- moronity — Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment: I wonder why they elected that narrow-minded moron to Congress.
- moseying — Present participle of mosey.
- movingly — capable of or having movement: a moving object.
- myatonia — deficient muscle tone.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- nitrosyl — nitroso.
- nitroxyl — the chemical compound HNO
- nobility — the noble class or the body of nobles in a country.
- nodality — pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- nodosity — having nodes.
- nondairy — being a substitute for milk or milk products; containing no dairy ingredients: nondairy whipped topping for the pie.
- nondiary — Not of or relating to a diary.
- nonhairy — Not hairy.
- nonlyric — (of poetry) not in a lyric style
- nonunity — Not of or pertaining to unity.
- nymphoid — Of or pertaining to a nymph.
- olympian — pertaining to Mount Olympus or dwelling thereon, as the gods of classical Greece.
- omnivory — the state of being omnivorous
- onychite — a type of marble stone
- onychium — a small fern plant of Old World tropics and subtropics
- opsonify — to facilitate phagocytosis of (a microorganism, as a bacterium) by treatment with opsonin.
- ordinary — of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person.
- oriskany — a village in central New York, near Utica: battle 1777.
- outlying — lying at a distance from the center or the main body; remote; out-of-the-way: outlying military posts.
- outvying — to strive in competition or rivalry with another; contend for superiority: Swimmers from many nations were vying for the title.
- oxytocin — Biochemistry. a polypeptide hormone, produced by the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland, that stimulates contraction of the smooth muscle of the uterus.
- oxytonic — (of a word) having the stress or acute accent on the last syllable
- palimony — a form of alimony awarded to one of the partners in a romantic relationship after the breakup of that relationship following a long period of living together.
- phytonic — of or relating to a phyton
- pigeonry — a loft for keeping pigeons in; dovecote; pigeon house
- pit pony — formerly, a pony used in coal mines to pull loads of coal
- polyenic — relating to a polyene
- polypine — relating to polyps
- ponyskin — the leather from a pony hide