10-letter words containing c, i, t, y, s
- sphericity — a spherical state or form.
- statically — pertaining to or characterized by a fixed or stationary condition.
- staycation — a vacation spent at home or near home, doing enjoyable activities or visiting local attractions.
- sterically — of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- stichology — metrical theory or the science of poetic metres
- sticky bun — honey bun (def 1).
- sticky end — a single-stranded end of DNA or RNA having a nucleotide base sequence complementary to that of another strand, enabling the two strands to be connected by base pairing: produced in the laboratory with the use of restriction enzymes for genetic engineering purposes.
- stickybeak — a busybody; meddler.
- stimulancy — an energizing, invigorating, or stimulating quality
- stir-crazy — Informal. restless or frantic because of confinement, routine, etc.: I was stir-crazy after just two months of keeping house.
- stringency — stringent character or condition: the stringency of poverty.
- strip city — a continuous area of urban development lying between or embracing two or more large cities and having a population of at least one million; megalopolis.
- strychnine — Pharmacology. a colorless, crystalline poison, C 2 1 H 2 2 N 2 O 2 , obtained chiefly by extraction from the seeds of nux vomica, formerly used as a central nervous system stimulant.
- stylistics — the study and description of the choices of linguistic expression that are characteristic of a group or an individual in specific communicative settings, especially in literary works.
- subjectify — to make subjective.
- subsociety — a subdivision of a society
- succinctly — Archaic. drawn up, as by a girdle. close-fitting. encircled, as by a girdle.
- switchyard — a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.
- synaptical — Also called syndesis. Cell Biology. the pairing of homologous chromosomes, one from each parent, during early meiosis.
- synclastic — (of a surface) having principal curvatures of similar sign at a given point.
- syncretism — the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion.
- syncretist — the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion.
- syncretize — to combine or attempt to combine the characteristic teachings, beliefs, or practices of (differing systems of religion or philosophy)
- syndicated — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
- syndicator — a person who establishes a syndicate
- synergetic — working together; cooperative.
- syngenetic — relating to syngenesis
- syntactics — the branch of semiotics dealing with the formal properties of languages and systems of symbols.
- synthetics — You can refer to synthetic clothing, fabric, or materials as synthetics.
- syphilitic — pertaining to, noting, or affected with syphilis.
- systematic — having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan: a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts.
- texas city — a city in SE Texas, on Galveston Bay.
- thucydides — c460–c400 b.c, Greek historian.
- 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.
- tipsy cake — a kind of trifle made from a sponge cake soaked with white wine or sherry and decorated with almonds and crystallized fruit
- toponymics — the study of place-names
- transiency — transient state or quality.
- trichocyst — an organ of offense and defense embedded in the outer cytoplasm of certain protozoans, consisting of a small elongated sac containing a fine, hairlike filament capable of being ejected.
- trickishly — in a crafty manner
- typescript — a typewritten copy of a literary composition, document, or the like, especially as prepared for a printer.
- unchastity — not chaste; not virtuous; not pure: an unchaste woman.
- unsanctify — to unhallow
- varicosity — the state or condition of being varicose.
- viscometry — a device for measuring viscosity.
- viscountcy — the rank or station of a viscount.
- yardsticks — Plural form of yardstick.