| CRYINGLY | • cryingly adv. While crying; with tears. • cryingly adv. (Figuratively) In a way that desperately demands attention. • CRYING adv. distressing, heartbreaking, lamentable, as in a crying shame. |
| ETHYNYLS | • ethynyls n. Plural of ethynyl. • ETHYNYL n. a univalent chemical radical, also ETHINYL. |
| HOLOGYNY | • HOLOGYNY n. a trait transmitted only in the female line. |
| LYSOGENY | • lysogeny n. The incorporation of the nucleic acid of a bacteriophage into that of a host bacterium; sometimes transmitted… • LYSOGENY n. the state of being like a lysogen. |
| PLYINGLY | • PLYING adv. PLY, to bend or fold. |
| POLYGENY | • polygeny n. Polygenesis. • polygeny n. The control of a single trait, or phenotype, by multiple genes. • POLYGENY n. generation from multiple origins. |
| POLYGONY | • polygony n. Any plant of the genus Polygonum, especially knotgrass. • POLYGONY n. (Spenser) the plant bistort. |
| POLYGYNE | • polygyne adj. Describing a hive or colony (of a social insect) that has more than one active queen. • POLYGYNE adj. having more than one egg-laying queen in an insect colony. |
| POLYGYNY | • polygyny n. The state or practice of having several wives at the same time; plurality of wives; marriage to several wives. • polygyny n. The condition of an ant colony that has multiple egg-laying queens. • POLYGYNY n. the condition of having more than one wife at the same time. |
| POLYNYAS | • polynyas n. Plural of polynya. • POLYNYA n. (Russian) open water surrounded by sea ice, also POLYNIA. |
| POLYONYM | • polyonym n. An object that has a variety of names. • polyonym n. A polynomial name or term. • POLYONYM n. a name consisting of several words. |
| POLYTENY | • polyteny n. (Molecular biology) The presence within a cell of polytene chromosomes (large chromosomes with multiple… • POLYTENY n. in abnormally large chromosomes, the state of being composed of many reduplicated strands. |
| PRYINGLY | • pryingly adv. In a prying manner. • PRYING adv. inquisitive. |
| TRYINGLY | • tryingly adv. In a trying manner. • TRYING adv. demanding, annoying. |
| YEOMANLY | • yeomanly adj. Like a yeoman: stout and true. • yeomanly adj. Of or proper to the class of yeomen in British history. • yeomanly adv. Like a yeoman: stoutly and bravely. |
| YONDERLY | • yonderly adj. (UK, dialect, obsolete) anxious; absent-minded; vacant. • YONDERLY adj. (dialect) mentally or emotionally distant; absentminded. |