9-letter words containing n, y, s, e
- spy plane — an aircraft used to carry out surveillance of an enemy country or military formations from a high altitude
- stathenry — the electrostatic unit of inductance, equivalent to 8.9876 × 10 11 henries and equal to the inductance of a circuit in which an electromotive force of one statvolt is produced by a current in the circuit which varies at the rate of one statampere per second.
- stenotype — a keyboard machine resembling a typewriter, used in a system of phonetic shorthand.
- stenotypy — shorthand in which alphabetic letters or types are used to produce shortened forms of words or groups of words.
- 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.
- strangely — unusual, extraordinary, or curious; odd; queer: a strange remark to make.
- stridency — making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking: strident insects; strident hinges.
- strongyle — any nematode of the family Strongylidae, parasitic as an adult in the intestine of mammals, especially horses.
- studentry — students collectively
- stymieing — Golf. (on a putting green) an instance of a ball's lying on a direct line between the cup and the ball of an opponent about to putt.
- subagency — an organization, company, or bureau that provides some service for another: a welfare agency.
- sunnyvale — a city in central California, south of San Francisco.
- surgeoncy — the office, duties, or position of a surgeon, esp in the army or navy
- surveying — the science or scientific method of making surveys of land.
- 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
- synagogue — a Jewish house of worship, often having facilities for religious instruction.
- synalepha — 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.
- synaptase — a compound present in almonds and other oily seeds
- syncopate — Music. to place (the accents) on beats that are normally unaccented. to treat (a passage, piece, etc.) in this way.
- syncretic — the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion.
- syndicate — 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.
- synechism — a doctrine of philosophical thinking stressing the importance of the idea of continuity: named and advocated by C. S. Peirce.
- synecious — synoicous.
- synectics — the study of creative processes, especially as applied to the solution of problems by a group of diverse individuals.
- synedrial — relating to a synedrion
- synedrion — an assembly of judges or representatives
- syneresis — the contraction of two syllables or two vowels into one, especially the contraction of two vowels so as to form a diphthong.
- synergism — synergy (def 1).
- synergist — Physiology, Medicine/Medical. a body organ, medicine, etc., that cooperates with another or others to produce or enhance an effect.
- synergize — to act as an agent of synergy
- syngeneic — with identical genes
- synizesis — the combination into one syllable of two vowels (or of a vowel and a diphthong) that do not form a diphthong.
- synnemata — a spore-bearing structure having very compact conidiophores.
- synoecism — (in ancient Greece) the union of towns under one capital city
- synoecize — (in ancient Greece) to unite under one capital city
- synoekete — an insect that lives in the nests of social insects, esp ants, without receiving any attentions from the inmates
- synopsize — to make a synopsis of; summarize.
- syntectic — relating to syntexis
- syntheses — the combining of the constituent elements of separate material or abstract entities into a single or unified entity (opposed to analysis, ) the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements.
- synthesis — the combining of the constituent elements of separate material or abstract entities into a single or unified entity (opposed to analysis, ) the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements.
- synthetic — of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic).
- syntonize — to render syntonic; tune to the same frequency.
- syringeal — of, relating to, or connected with the syrinx.
- teasingly — to irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling raillery, or other annoyance, often in sport.
- tensility — of or relating to tension: tensile strain.
- tenuously — thin or slender in form, as a thread.
- testimony — Law. the statement or declaration of a witness under oath or affirmation, usually in court.
- testingly — the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.