9-letter words containing e, l, y, s, i
- saliently — prominent or conspicuous: salient traits.
- seakindly — sailing easily in a rough sea.
- searingly — in a searing manner
- seemingly — apparent; appearing, whether truly or falsely, to be as specified: a seeming advantage.
- sego lily — a plant, Calochortus nuttallii, of the lily family, native to the western U.S., having showy, bell-shaped flowers: the state flower of Utah.
- self-pity — pity for oneself, especially a self-indulgent attitude concerning one's own difficulties, hardships, etc.: We must resist yielding to self-pity and carry on as best we can.
- selfishly — devoted to or caring only for oneself; concerned primarily with one's own interests, benefits, welfare, etc., regardless of others.
- seminally — pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen.
- semiology — the study of signs and symbols; semiotics.
- sensorily — by (the use of) the senses, by means of the senses, in relation to or in respect of the senses
- seriality — a serial layout or arrangement; the quality of taking place in series
- seriously — in a serious manner: He shook his head seriously.
- serriedly — in a serried fashion
- servilely — slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning: servile flatterers.
- servility — slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning: servile flatterers.
- sexuality — sexual character; possession of the structural and functional traits of sex.
- sibylline — of, resembling, or characteristic of a sibyl; prophetic; oracular.
- sillyweed — marijuana.
- sincerely — free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest: a sincere apology.
- slaistery — resembling slaister
- slit-eyed — with eyes nearly closed
- sluiceway — a channel controlled by a sluice gate.
- snipe fly — any of various predatory dipterous flies of the family Leptidae (or Rhagionidae), such as Rhagio scolopacea of Europe, having an elongated body and long legs
- soldierly — of, like, or befitting a soldier.
- solemnify — to make solemn: to solemnify an occasion with hymns and prayers.
- solemnity — the state or character of being solemn; earnestness; gravity; impressiveness: the solemnity of a state funeral.
- specially — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- specialty — a special or distinctive quality, mark, state, or condition.
- splintery — a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- squirrely — eccentric; flighty.
- statelily — in a stately or dignified manner
- sterilely — free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic: sterile surgical instruments.
- sterility — free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic: sterile surgical instruments.
- stintedly — in a stinted, scant, or limited manner
- storyline — a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.
- stylolite — an irregular columnar structure in certain limestones, the columns being approximately at right angles to the bedding planes.
- stylopize — (of a stylops) to parasitize (a host)
- suasively — persuasively; in a persuasive manner
- sublimely — elevated or lofty in thought, language, etc.: Paradise Lost is sublime poetry.
- syllabize — to syllabify.
- syllepsis — the use of a word or expression to perform two syntactic functions, especially to modify two or more words of which at least one does not agree in number, case, or gender, as the use of are in Neither he nor we are willing.
- sylleptic — the use of a word or expression to perform two syntactic functions, especially to modify two or more words of which at least one does not agree in number, case, or gender, as the use of are in Neither he nor we are willing.
- syllogize — to reason or infer by using syllogisms
- sylphlike — a slender, graceful woman or girl.
- sylvanite — a mineral, gold silver telluride, (AuAg)Te 2 , silver-white with metallic luster, often occurring in crystals so arranged as to resemble written characters: an ore of gold.
- sylvinite — an ore containing sylvine
- symbolise — to be a symbol of; stand for or represent in the manner of a symbol.
- symbolize — to be a symbol of; stand for or represent in the manner of a symbol.
- synedrial — relating to a synedrion
- syphilize — to inoculate with the syphilis virus as a means of curing or preventing the disease