9-letter words containing s, i, c, y, o
- jockeyism — the skills and practices of jockeys
- joy-stick — Informal. the control stick of an airplane, tank, or other vehicle.
- joysticks — Plural form of joystick.
- lithocyst — a sac, containing otoliths, found in many invertebrates, supposedly connected to hearing and orientation
- lycopolis — the Ancient Greek name for Asyut
- lycopsids — Plural form of lycopsid.
- lysocline — the depth of the ocean at which the solubility of calcium carbonate increases substantially.
- lysogenic — harboring a temperate virus as a prophage or plasmid.
- misogynic — reflecting or exhibiting hatred, dislike, mistrust, or mistreatment of women.
- mycosozin — any sozin that kills microorganisms.
- mycovirus — any fungus-infecting virus.
- nonsticky — not sticky
- obscenity — the character or quality of being obscene; indecency; lewdness.
- obscurity — the state or quality of being obscure.
- obstinacy — the quality or state of being obstinate; stubbornness.
- oncolysis — the destruction of tumours
- oscitancy — yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
- osmically — with regard to smell
- piscatory — of or relating to fishermen or fishing: a piscatory treaty.
- polybasic — (of an acid) having two or more atoms of replaceable hydrogen.
- polynices — a son of Oedipus and Jocasta and brother of Eteocles and Antigone on whose behalf the Seven against Thebes were organized.
- polysemic — capable of having several possible meanings
- polysomic — of, relating to, or designating a basically diploid chromosome complement, in which some but not all the chromosomes are represented more than twice
- psychosis — a mental disorder characterized by symptoms, such as delusions or hallucinations, that indicate impaired contact with reality.
- psychotic — Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis. Synonyms: (in nontechnical usage) insane, psychopathic, lunatic, mentally ill; mad, disturbed, deranged, demented, non compos mentis. Antonyms: sane; compos mentis, clearheaded, lucid.
- samoyedic — of or relating to the Samoyed people or languages.
- satyricon — a satirical novel, interspersed with verse, written in the 1st century a.d. by Petronius, extant in fragments.
- sciomachy — sciamachy.
- sciomancy — divination with the help of ghosts
- sciophyte — any plant that grows best in the shade
- sciosophy — supposed knowledge of natural or supernatural phenomena or forces, usually based on tradition, as astrology or phrenology.
- scriptory — of or relating to writing
- serotypic — of or relating to a serotype
- skiascopy — retinoscope.
- sociality — social nature or tendencies as shown in the assembling of individuals in communities.
- sociology — the science or study of the origin, development, organization, and functioning of human society; the science of the fundamental laws of social relations, institutions, etc.
- sonically — in a sonic manner
- stoically — impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics: a stoical sufferer.
- symbiotic — living in symbiosis, or having an interdependent relationship: Many people feel the relationship between humans and dogs is symbiotic.
- symbolics — the branch of theology dealing with the study of the history and meaning of church creeds and confessions.
- sympatico — simpatico
- symphonic — Music. of, for, pertaining to, or having the character of a symphony or symphony orchestra.
- symposiac — of, relating to, or suitable for a symposium.
- symptotic — relating to symptosis
- syndromic — Pathology, Psychiatry. a group of symptoms that together are characteristic of a specific disorder, disease, or the like.
- synecious — synoicous.
- synodical — of a synod; synodal
- synoecism — (in ancient Greece) the union of towns under one capital city
- synoecize — (in ancient Greece) to unite under one capital city
- synoicous — having male and female flowers on one head, as in many composite plants.