10-letter words containing ny
- patrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- patronymic — (of family names) derived from the name of a father or ancestor, especially by the addition of a suffix or prefix indicating descent.
- penny ante — a game of poker in which the ante or limit is a very small amount, as one cent
- penny post — (formerly) any of various postal systems delivering mail for a penny a letter.
- penny-ante — involving a trifling sum of money; small in amount: a penny-ante investment.
- penny-wise — greatly concerned with saving small sums of money
- pennycress — any of several plants belonging to herbs of the genus Thlaspi, of the mustard family, especially T. arvense, of Europe, bearing somewhat round, flat pods.
- pennyroyal — an aromatic Old World plant, Mentha pulegium, of the mint family, having clusters of small purple flowers and yielding a pungent essential oil used medicinally and as an insect repellent.
- pennyworth — as much as may be bought for a penny.
- photophony — the practice of using a photophone
- piccaninny — pickaninny.
- pickaninny — a term used to refer to a black child.
- pikeblenny — any of several tropical American clinid fishes of the genus Chaenopsis, as C. ocellata (bluethroat pikeblenny) the male of which is noted for its aggressive behavior in defending its territory.
- pinchpenny — a miser or niggard.
- pinyon jay — a grayish-blue, uncrested jay, Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus, found in mountainous parts of the western U.S.
- polyonymic — relating to a polyonym
- pony truss — a through bridge truss having its deck between the top and bottom chords and having no top lateral bracing.
- ponytailed — having a ponytail
- postliminy — the right by which persons and things taken in war are restored to their former status when coming again under the power of the nation to which they belonged.
- predestiny — predestination; pre-determined destiny
- protonymph — the newly hatched form of various mites
- psychogony — the development or origin of the soul or mind
- pyrotechny — the art of making fireworks
- repentigny — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada: suburb of Montreal.
- rescrutiny — a searching examination or investigation; minute inquiry.
- romany rye — a man who is not a Gypsy but associates with the Gypsies, speaks their language, etc.
- sanctimony — pretended, affected, or hypocritical religious devotion, righteousness, etc.
- schizogony — (in the asexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) the multiple fission of a trophozoite or schizont into merozoites.
- semicolony — a country which is partly colonial or which is officially independent but which in fact depends on or is dominated by another country
- sevenpenny — noting a nail 2¼ inches (6 cm) long. Symbol: 7d.
- sixtypenny — noting a nail 6 inches (15 cm) long. Abbreviation: 60d.
- skinny-dip — to swim in the nude.
- snow bunny — a devotee of winter sports
- subcompany — subsidiary company.
- sunny side — the part upon which sunlight falls: the sunny side of the house.
- supernanny — an expert who advises parents on how to deal with badly-behaved children
- synonymise — to give synonyms for (a word, name, etc.); furnish with synonyms.
- synonymist — a specialist in the study or compiling of synonyms.
- synonymity — a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the language, as happy, joyful, elated. A dictionary of synonyms and antonyms (or opposites), such as Thesaurus.com, is called a thesaurus.
- synonymize — to give synonyms for (a word, name, etc.); furnish with synonyms.
- synonymous — having the character of synonyms or a synonym; equivalent in meaning; expressing or implying the same idea.
- tanganyika — a former country in E Africa: formed the larger part of German East Africa; British trusteeship (Tanganyika Territory) 1946–61; became independent 1961; now the mainland part of Tanzania. 361,800 sq. mi. (937,062 sq. km).
- tautophony — the repetition of a sound
- tawny port — a type of port that is aged in wood for at least 7 years, giving it a 'nutty' flavour; its colour is tawny, as opposed to the red of a ruby port
- teratogeny — the production or induction of malformations or monstrosities, especially of a developing embryo or fetus.
- the litany — a form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations, each followed by an unvarying response
- theotechny — the introduction of a divine force or being into a piece of literature, often used to bring resolution to a situation
- threepenny — of the amount or value of threepence.
- timor pony — a small stocky breed of pony originally bred in Timor, used on Australian ranches
- tiny basic — (language) A dialect of BASIC developed by Dr. Wang [Wong?] in the late 1970s. Tiny BASIC was 2K bytes in size and was loaded from paper tape. It ran on almost any Intel 8080 or Zilog Z80 microprocessor for which the user could provide the necessary I/O driver software. Tiny BASIC was distributed as [the first ever?] freeware. The program listing contained the following phrases "All Wrongs reserved" and "CopyLeft", he obviously wasn't interested in money. See also Tiny Basic Interpreter Language.