9-letter words that end in y
- amusingly — pleasantly entertaining or diverting: an amusing speaker.
- anachrony — a discrepancy between the order of events in a story and the order in which they are presented in the plot: Anachronies are either flashbacks or flashforwards.
- anacidity — the abnormal absence of hydrochloric acid in the stomach.
- anaplasty — Surgery. reconstruction or restoration, especially by plastic surgery, of a lost or injured part.
- anciently — in ancient times
- ancientry — the quality of being ancient, or old-fashioned style
- ancillary — The ancillary workers in an institution are the people such as cleaners and cooks whose work supports the main work of the institution.
- andragogy — the methods or techniques used to teach adults: Many educators believe that the principles of andragogy, as advanced by Malcolm Knowles, have great relevance to adult education; others are not so certain.
- androgyny — Androgyny is the state of being neither distinctly masculine nor distinctly feminine.
- andrology — the branch of medicine concerned with diseases in men, esp of the reproductive organs
- anemology — the study of winds
- angiology — the branch of medical science concerned with the blood vessels and the lymphatic system
- angularly — In an angular manner.
- animality — the animal side of man, as opposed to the intellectual or spiritual
- animately — In an animate way.
- animosity — Animosity is a strong feeling of dislike and anger. Animosities are feelings of this kind.
- anisogamy — a type of sexual reproduction in which the gametes are dissimilar, either in size alone or in size and form
- annoyedly — With annoyance.
- annularly — In an annular manner.
- anode ray — a stream of positive ions traveling from a metallic anode to the cathode in a gas-discharge tube.
- anonymity — the condition or fact of being anonymous
- anorgasmy — inability to experience sexual orgasm.
- antennary — of, relating to, or resembling an antenna.
- anthology — An anthology is a collection of writings by different writers published together in one book.
- anthotaxy — the arrangement of flowers on a stem or parts on a flower
- antibully — Intended to counter bullying.
- antically — in a ludicrous or grotesque manner
- antimoney — Opposing the concept of money.
- antiparty — opposed to a political party or to political parties
- antipathy — Antipathy is a strong feeling of dislike or hostility towards someone or something.
- antiphony — the antiphonal singing of a musical composition by two choirs
- antiquary — An antiquary is a person who studies the past, or who collects or buys and sells old and valuable objects.
- antiquely — in an antique manner
- antiquity — Antiquity is the distant past, especially the time of the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans.
- antistory — a story which does not conform to the established conventions of storytelling
- anxiously — full of mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger or misfortune; greatly worried; solicitous: Her parents were anxious about her poor health.
- anzac day — 25 April, a public holiday in Australia and New Zealand commemorating the Anzac landing at Gallipoli in 1915
- apomorphy — (systematics): A derived characteristic of a clade. Any feature novel to a species and its descendants.
- appetency — a strong desire; craving; appetite
- apriority — the quality or fact of being a priori
- aqueously — in water, or by means of water
- arability — the suitability of land for growing crops
- arbitrary — If you describe an action, rule, or decision as arbitrary, you think that it is not based on any principle, plan, or system. It often seems unfair because of this.
- arbor day — a tree-planting day observed individually by the states of the U.S., usually in spring
- archabbey — An abbey which is the seat of an archabbot (high monastic rank within an order or congregation).
- archduchy — the territory ruled by an archduke or archduchess
- archenemy — a chief enemy
- archology — the study of the origins of things
- arcuately — In an arcuate way.
- arduously — requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult: an arduous undertaking.