9-letter words containing s, i, y
- autolysis — the destruction of cells and tissues of an organism by enzymes produced by the cells themselves
- babyishly — in a baby-like fashion; childishly
- baptistry — a part of a Christian church in which baptisms are carried out
- basic dye — a dye soluble in acid and insoluble in basic solution, consisting mostly of amino or imino compounds of xanthene or triarylmethane: used mainly for inks, carbon paper, and typewriter ribbon.
- basically — You use basically for emphasis when you are stating an opinion, or when you are making an important statement about something.
- bathybius — a gelatinous substance discovered on the Atlantic seabed, originally thought to be protoplasm, but later discovered to be inorganic
- baybars i — 1223–77, sultan of Egypt and Syria (1260–77), of the Mameluke dynasty
- beamishly — in a beamish manner; smilingly; radiantly
- bearishly — In a bearish manner.
- bestially — of, relating to, or having the form of a beast: the belief that a person could assume bestial form after death; the bestial signs of the zodiac.
- bialystok — a city in E Poland.
- białystok — a city in E Poland: belonged to Prussia (1795–1807) and to Russia (1807–1919). Pop: 315 000 (2005 est)
- bicyclist — A bicyclist is someone who enjoys cycling.
- big style — to a great degree or extent
- biliously — in a bilious or bad manner
- biosafety — the precautions taken to control the cultivation and distribution of genetically modified crops and products
- bismuthyl — Chemistry. the univalent group BiO + , occurring in certain bismuth salts, as bismuth oxychloride, BiOCl.
- bobsy-die — fuss; confusion; pandemonium (esp in the phrases kick up bobsy-die, play bobsy-die)
- bony fish — any fish of the class Osteichthyes, including most of the extant species, having a skeleton of bone rather than cartilage
- brimstony — of, relating to or resembling brimstone; sulphurous
- buckishly — in a buckish manner
- bulbosity — the quality of being bulbous
- bullishly — in a bullish manner
- businessy — of, relating to, typical of, or suitable for the world of commercial or industrial business
- busy-wait — (programming) To wait for an event by spinning through a tight loop or timed-delay loop that polls for the event on each pass, as opposed to setting up an interrupt handler and continuing execution on another part of the task. This is a wasteful technique, best avoided on time-sharing systems where a busy-waiting program may hog the processor.
- buttinsky — a busybody
- by design — If something happens or is done by design, someone does it deliberately, rather than by accident.
- by inches — a unit of length, 1/12 (0.0833) foot, equivalent to 2.54 centimeters.
- by rights — If something is not the case but you think that it should be, you can say that by rights it should be the case.
- bypassing — a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
- caddisfly — any small mothlike insect of the order Trichoptera, having two pairs of hairy wings and aquatic larvae (caddisworms)
- caddishly — in a caddish manner
- callosity — hardheartedness
- camstairy — perverse or unruly
- cariosity — (medicine) caries.
- carnosity — an abnormal fleshy protrusion growing on any part of the body
- caryatids — Plural form of caryatid.
- caryopsis — a dry seedlike fruit having the pericarp fused to the seed coat of the single seed: produced by the grasses
- casuistry — Casuistry is the use of clever arguments to persuade or trick people.
- catalysis — Catalysis is the speeding up of a chemical reaction by adding a catalyst to it.
- cattishly — In a cattish manner.
- causality — Causality is the relationship of cause and effect.
- chairdays — old age, or the point in life when resting in a chair is the most comfortable way of passing time
- charybdis — a ship-devouring monster in classical mythology, identified with a whirlpool off the north coast of Sicily, lying opposite Scylla on the Italian coast
- chemistry — Chemistry is the scientific study of the structure of substances and of the way that they react with other substances.
- chishtiya — a Sufi order of the Indian subcontinent.
- choirboys — Plural form of choirboy.
- chrysalid — of or relating to a chrysalis
- chrysalis — A chrysalis is a butterfly or moth in the stage between being a larva and an adult.
- chymistry — chemistry.