10-letter words containing n, y, o
- rusty iron — (jargon, hardware) Synonym tired iron. It has been claimed that this is the inevitable fate of water MIPS.
- sainte foy — a SW suburb of Quebec, on the St Lawrence River. Pop: 72 547 (2001)
- sanctimony — pretended, affected, or hypocritical religious devotion, righteousness, etc.
- sandy hook — a peninsula in E New Jersey, at the entrance to lower New York Bay. 6 miles (10 km) long.
- satanology — the aspect of knowledge that relates to Satan or evil
- schizogony — (in the asexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) the multiple fission of a trophozoite or schizont into merozoites.
- scoffingly — to speak derisively; mock; jeer (often followed by at): If you can't do any better, don't scoff. Their efforts toward a peaceful settlement are not to be scoffed at.
- scornfully — full of scorn; derisive; contemptuous: He smiled in a scornful way.
- scowlingly — in a scowling manner
- scyphozoan — any coelenterate of the class Scyphozoa, comprising the true marine jellyfishes.
- seasonally — pertaining to, dependent on, or accompanying the seasons of the year or some particular season; periodical: seasonal work.
- seed money — capital for the initial stages of a new business or other enterprise, especially for the initial operating costs.
- selenodesy — the branch of astronomy that deals with the measurement of the moon's surface and its gravitational field.
- selenology — the branch of astronomy that deals with the nature and origin of the physical features of the moon.
- semicolony — a country which is partly colonial or which is officially independent but which in fact depends on or is dominated by another country
- sensuously — perceived by or affecting the senses: the sensuous qualities of music.
- sentry box — a small structure for sheltering a sentry from bad weather.
- shantytown — a section, as of a city or town, characterized by shanties and crudely built houses.
- ship money — a tax levied to finance the fitting out of warships: abolished 1640
- shockingly — causing intense surprise, disgust, horror, etc.
- shoutingly — by way of shouting
- shylockian — a relentless and revengeful moneylender in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
- shylocking — a relentless and revengeful moneylender in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
- side money — (in a poker game) the money or chips in a side pot.
- simon says — a children's game in which all players must imitate only those movements and commands of a leader that are preceded by the words “Simon says.”.
- snobbishly — of, relating to, or characteristic of a snob: snobbish ideas about rank.
- snobocracy — a social class of snobs
- snow buggy — a vehicle designed for travelling over snow, often fitted with very large tyres or caterpillar tracks
- snow bunny — a devotee of winter sports
- soft money — money contributed to a political candidate or party that is not subject to federal regulations.
- solenocyte — a type of long, narrow, flagellated cell that functions in excretion of nitrogenous wastes and occurs in a variety of organisms, including certain annelids and mollusks.
- somniloquy — the act of talking in one's sleep
- song cycle — a group of art songs that are usually all by the same poet and composer and have a unifying subject or idea.
- songlessly — in a songless manner
- sonography — the medical diagnostic imaging technique used to see internal organs, muscles, etc
- sonorously — giving out or capable of giving out a sound, especially a deep, resonant sound, as a thing or place: a sonorous cavern.
- soothingly — that soothes: a soothing voice.
- sooty tern — a black and white tern, Sterna fuscata, of small tropical islands.
- sophrosyne — moderation; discretion; prudence.
- southernly — southerly.
- spodomancy — divination by studying ashes
- spondylous — relating to a vertebra or vertebrae
- spongology — the study of sponges
- sportingly — engaging in, disposed to, or interested in open-air or athletic sports: a rugged, sporting man.
- spun rayon — yarn produced by spinning short, uniform lengths of rayon filaments into a continuous strand.
- stationary — standing still; not moving.
- stationery — writing paper.
- staycation — a vacation spent at home or near home, doing enjoyable activities or visiting local attractions.
- stenotyper — a machine with a keyboard for recording speeches or dictation in phonetic shorthand
- stone lily — a fossil crinoid.