10-letter words containing s, a, y, o, n
- davy jones — the ocean's bottom, esp when regarded as the grave of those lost or buried at sea
- didynamous — (of plants) having four stamens arranged in two pairs of unequal length, as in the foxglove
- disanalogy — A lack or failure of analogy.
- disharmony — lack of harmony; discord.
- dissonancy — dissonance.
- dobzhansky — Theodosius (Grigorievich) [gri-gawr-ee-uh-vich,, -gohr-] /grɪˈgɔr i ə vɪtʃ,, -ˈgoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1900–75, U.S. geneticist, born in Russia.
- doomsaying — a person who predicts impending misfortune or disaster.
- easy going — calm and unworried; relaxed and rather casual: an easygoing person.
- easy money — money obtained with a minimum of effort.
- easy-going — calm and unworried; relaxed and rather casual: an easygoing person.
- gastronomy — the art or science of good eating.
- go easy on — use sparingly
- gymnoplast — a mass of protoplasm without an enclosing wall.
- gynandrous — having stamens and pistils united in a column, as in orchids.
- gynostemia — the united stamens and pistil of an orchid.
- gyrfalcons — Plural form of gyrfalcon.
- haemolysin — Alternative spelling of hemolysin.
- handsomely — in a handsome manner; pleasingly; successfully.
- hary janos — an opera (1926) by Zoltán Kodály.
- hexagynous — (of a plant) having six pistils
- hudson bay — a large inland sea in N Canada. 850 miles (1370 km) long; 600 miles (965 km) wide; 400,000 sq. mi. (1,036,000 sq. km).
- hydrozoans — Plural form of hydrozoan.
- hypomnesia — Deficiency of the memory.
- infamously — having an extremely bad reputation: an infamous city.
- insociably — in an insociable manner
- isocyanate — a salt or ester of isocyanic acid.
- isocyanide — a compound containing an isocyano group.
- isocyanine — a member of the group of cyanine dyes.
- isodynamic — pertaining to or characterized by equality of force, intensity, or the like.
- isopycnals — Plural form of isopycnal.
- jabotinsky — Vladimir, 1880–1940, Russian Zionist leader in Palestine.
- jouysaunce — joy
- jovysaunce — joy
- lay person — a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
- lazy tongs — extensible tongs for grasping objects at a distance, consisting of a series of pairs of crossing pieces, each pair pivoted together in the middle and connected with the next pair at the extremities.
- low sunday — the first Sunday after Easter.
- malinovsky — Rodion Yakovlevich [ruh-dyi-awn yah-kuh-vlyi-vyich] /rə dyɪˈɔn ˈyɑ kə vlyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1967, Russian army officer: minister of defense of the U.S.S.R. 1957–67.
- mansionary — a resident or dweller
- mason city — a city in N Iowa.
- mastodynia — (medicine) mastalgia; pain in the breast.
- mayonnaise — a thick dressing of egg yolks, vinegar or lemon juice, oil, and seasonings, used for salads, sandwiches, vegetable dishes, etc.
- missionary — a person sent by a church into an area to carry on evangelism or other activities, as educational or hospital work.
- monolayers — Plural form of monolayer.
- monostylar — having or comprising a sole upright or pillar
- moon daisy — a Eurasian composite plant, Leucanthemum vulgare having flower heads with a yellow centre and white outer rays
- myrobalans — Plural form of myrobalan.
- narcolepsy — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
- nauseously — In a nauseous manner.
- navy cross — a U.S. Navy decoration awarded for outstanding heroism in operations against an enemy.
- nematocyst — an organ in coelenterates consisting of a minute capsule containing an ejectable thread that causes a sting.