9-letter words containing ny
- diachrony — a change over time, esp in languages
- 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
- 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.
- downy oak — Quercus pubescens
- eelblenny — any of several eellike fishes of the genus Lumpenus, of the prickleback family, found in subarctic coastal waters.
- epirogeny — epeirogeny
- eponymous — (of a person) giving their name to something.
- ethnogeny — the branch of ethnology that deals with the origin of races or peoples
- fell pony — a British breed of large and heavy ponies, found in the hills of N England
- fivepenny — noting a nail 1.75 inches (4.4 cm) long. Symbol: 5d.
- fourpenny — Carpentry. noting a nail 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) long. noting certain fine nails 1.375 inches (3.5 cm) long. Symbol: 4d.
- funny car — type of drag racing
- geobotany — phytogeography.
- goldfinny — One of two or more species of European labroid fishes, Symphodus melops and Ctenolabrus rupestris.
- goldsinny — any of various small European wrasses, esp the brightly coloured Ctenolabrus rupestris
- gonyaulax — any marine dinoflagellate of the genus Gonyaulax, sometimes occurring in great numbers and causing red tide.
- grannyish — typical of or suitable for an elderly woman; old-fashioned
- guanylate — (biochemistry) any salt or ester of guanylic acid; the salts are used as flavour enhancers.
- gunny-bag — a sack made of gunny or burlap.
- gunnysack — a sack made of gunny or burlap.
- gym bunny — a person who spends a lot of time exercising at a gymnasium
- halfpenny — a bronze coin of the United Kingdom, equal to half a penny: use phased out in 1984.
- hawthorny — resembling or characterized by hawthorns
- heteronym — a word spelled the same as another but having a different sound and meaning, as lead (to conduct) and lead (a metal).
- 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.
- hornyhead — species of fish
- hornywink — a lapwing
- hypernyms — Plural form of hypernym.
- hypernymy — the state or quality of being a hypernym or superordinate (a general class under which a set of subcategories is subsumed).
- hyperonym — (linguistics) Hypernym; superordinate term.
- hypnogeny — hypnosis or the induction of a hypnotic state
- hyponymic — Of or pertaining to hyponyms.
- iatrogeny — a disease caused by medical intervention or treatment
- inharmony — Lack of harmony.
- isochrony — the fact or state of occurrence at the same time; contemporaneity.
- izinyanga — Plural form of inyanga.
- jonnycake — Alternative spelling of johnnycake.
- kirinyaga — the local name of Mount Kenya
- latrociny — banditry
- lickpenny — something that uses up large amounts of money
- loony bin — an insane asylum or the psychiatric ward of a hospital.
- luckpenny — a coin kept for luck
- manyattas — Plural form of manyatta.
- manyogana — An ancient/early Japanese syllabary in which Chinese characters represented sounds instead of their regular meaning as they again do today in the form of kanji; it was the predecessor of hiragana and katakana, present Japanese phonetic alphabets; used in the Manyosh\u016b, a poetic anthology.
- manyplies — Omasum.
- matriliny — the tracing of descent through the mother's line of a family.