10-letter words containing n, y, o
- stone-lily — a fossil crinoid.
- story line — plot (def 2).
- stubbornly — unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving: a stubborn child.
- stylophone — a type of battery-powered electronic instrument played with a steel-tipped penlike stylus
- subcompany — subsidiary company.
- subeconomy — an economy within another economy
- subpotency — a condition of reduced potency, as of a medication.
- suspensory — a supporting bandage, muscle, ligament, etc.
- sycophancy — self-seeking or servile flattery.
- symbionese — of, relating to, or characteristic of the Symbionese Liberation Army or its adherents.
- symphonion — a 19th-century mechanical music player
- symphonist — a composer who writes symphonies.
- symphonize — to play or sound together harmoniously.
- synaloepha — the blending of two successive vowels into one, especially the coalescence of a vowel at the end of one word with a vowel at the beginning of the next.
- synandrous — with united stamens
- synanthous — relating to plants whose leaves and flowers expand simultaneously
- synaxarion — a summary of the life of a saint or of the particulars of a feast, read at the orthros.
- syncarpous — of the nature of or pertaining to a syncarp.
- synchronal — synchronous.
- synchronic — having reference to the facts of a linguistic system as it exists at one point in time without reference to its history: synchronic analysis; synchronic dialectology.
- syncopated — marked by syncopation: syncopated rhythm.
- syndicator — a person who establishes a syndicate
- synecdoche — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
- synecology — the branch of ecology dealing with the relations between natural communities and their environments.
- synoecious — having male and female flowers on one head, as in many composite plants.
- synonymise — to give synonyms for (a word, name, etc.); furnish with synonyms.
- synonymist — a specialist in the study or compiling of synonyms.
- synonymity — a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the language, as happy, joyful, elated. A dictionary of synonyms and antonyms (or opposites), such as Thesaurus.com, is called a thesaurus.
- synonymize — to give synonyms for (a word, name, etc.); furnish with synonyms.
- synonymous — having the character of synonyms or a synonym; equivalent in meaning; expressing or implying the same idea.
- synopsises — to make a synopsis of; summarize.
- synostoses — union of separate bones into a single bone.
- synostosis — union of separate bones into a single bone.
- syntenosis — the connection of bones by means of tendons
- synthronus — a combined throne for a bishop and his presbyters
- syon house — a mansion near Brentford in London: originally a monastery, rebuilt in the 16th century, altered by Inigo Jones in the 17th century, and by Robert Adam in the 18th century; seat of the Dukes of Northumberland; gardens laid out by Capability Brown
- tachypnoea — excessively rapid respiration.
- tautophony — the repetition of a sound
- tawny port — a type of port that is aged in wood for at least 7 years, giving it a 'nutty' flavour; its colour is tawny, as opposed to the red of a ruby port
- technology — the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science.
- teratogeny — the production or induction of malformations or monstrosities, especially of a developing embryo or fetus.
- tetrapylon — a structure having four gateways as features of an architectural composition.
- the beyond — the unknown; the world outside the range of human perception, esp life after death in certain religious beliefs
- theotechny — the introduction of a divine force or being into a piece of literature, often used to bring resolution to a situation
- thiocyanic — of, from, or relating to a sulphacid (or liquid acid HSCN) having a strong odour but no colour
- thirty-one — a cardinal number, 30 plus 1.
- till money — money set aside for use by a teller, as distinguished from money kept in the vault.
- time money — funds loaned or available to be loaned for repayment within a designated period of time, usually in installments.
- timor pony — a small stocky breed of pony originally bred in Timor, used on Australian ranches
- to my mind — You say or write to my mind to indicate that the statement you are making is your own opinion.