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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.
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