9-letter words containing s, a, y, i
- ecdysiast — stripper (def 3).
- essayists — Plural form of essayist.
- estimably — In an estimable manner; deserving of esteem.
- evasively — In an evasive manner.
- eyestrain — Tiredness or pain in the eyes, sometimes accompanied by headache, caused by excessive or improper use of the eyes, or by uncorrected defects of vision.
- faddishly — In a faddish way.
- fairishly — in a fairish manner
- first day — (among Quakers) Sunday.
- fiscality — Fiscal policy or considerations.
- fishyback — a cargo supply chain involving container transfer from lorry to ship
- forsythia — a shrub belonging to the genus Forsythia, of the olive family, native to China and southeastern Europe, species of which are cultivated for their showy yellow flowers, which blossom on the bare branches in early spring.
- gainsayer — to deny, dispute, or contradict.
- garnishry — an adornment or decoration
- gasifying — Present participle of gasify.
- gigabytes — Plural form of gigabyte.
- giveaways — Plural form of giveaway.
- goatishly — In a goatish way.
- grannyish — typical of or suitable for an elderly woman; old-fashioned
- graylings — Plural form of grayling.
- guideways — Plural form of guideway.
- gymnasial — relating to gymnasium schools
- gymnasium — a building or room designed and equipped for indoor sports, exercise, or physical education.
- gymnastic — of or relating to physical exercises that develop and demonstrate strength, balance, and agility, especially such exercises performed mostly on special equipment.
- gynobasic — an elevation of the receptacle of a flower, bearing the gynoecium.
- gyrations — Plural form of gyration.
- hairspray — a liquid in an aerosol or other spray container, for holding the hair in place.
- hairstyle — a style of cutting, arranging, or combing the hair; hairdo; coiffure.
- halysites — an extinct genus comprising the chain corals.
- haruspicy — divination by a haruspex.
- hawkishly — resembling a hawk, as in appearance or behavior.
- hayfields — Plural form of hayfield.
- hendiadys — a figure in which a complex idea is expressed by two words connected by a copulative conjunction: “to look with eyes and envy” instead of “with envious eyes.”.
- hesitancy — hesitation; indecision or disinclination.
- hideaways — Plural form of hideaway.
- himalayas — the, a mountain range extending about 1500 miles (2400 km) along the border between India and Tibet. Highest peak, Mt. Everest, 29,028 feet (8848 meters).
- hyacinths — Plural form of hyacinth.
- hydracids — Plural form of hydracid.
- hydrastis — goldenseal (def 2).
- hypaspist — a shield bearer, especially one of a special unit of light infantry in the Macedonian army.
- hypobasis — the lowermost distinctively treated part of a base.
- hypotaxis — dependent relation or construction, as of clauses; syntactic subordination.
- i ask you — If you say 'I ask you', you are emphasizing how much you disapprove of someone or something.
- idiocrasy — idiosyncrasy.
- insatiety — the state of being insatiate; insatiability
- insectary — a laboratory for the study of live insects, their life histories, effects on plants, reaction to insecticides, etc.
- instantly — immediately; at once.
- insularly — of or relating to an island or islands: insular possessions.
- intestacy — the state or fact of being intestate at death.
- irascibly — easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
- ismailiya — a branch of Shiʿism, including in its number the Assassins and the Druses, having an esoteric philosophy and asserting Ismaʿil to be the seventh divinely inspired imam in the succession from Ali.