9-letter words containing s, i, y
- insularly — of or relating to an island or islands: insular possessions.
- insulsity — stupidity
- intensely — existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree: intense heat.
- intensify — to make intense or more intense.
- intensity — the quality or condition of being intense.
- intestacy — the state or fact of being intestate at death.
- inversely — in an inverse manner.
- invisibly — not visible; not perceptible by the eye: invisible fluid.
- irascibly — easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
- irish yew — a variety of yew, Taxus baccata stricta, of Eurasia and northern Africa, having upright branches and dark green foliage with color variations.
- irksomely — In an irksome manner; tediously.
- 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.
- isochrony — the fact or state of occurrence at the same time; contemporaneity.
- isocyclic — homocyclic.
- isoenzyme — isozyme.
- isohydric — having the same acidity or hydrogen-ion concentration
- isohyetal — a line drawn on a map connecting points having equal rainfall at a certain time or for a stated period.
- isopentyl — isoamyl.
- isopolity — equal rights of citizenship, as in different communities; mutual political rights.
- isopropyl — containing the isopropyl group.
- isopycnal — Also, isopycnal [ahy-suh-pik-nl] /ˌaɪ səˈpɪk nl/ (Show IPA). having the same density.
- isopycnic — Also, isopycnal [ahy-suh-pik-nl] /ˌaɪ səˈpɪk nl/ (Show IPA). having the same density.
- isorhythm — a structural feature characteristic of the Ars Nova motet, consisting of a single rhythmic phrase pattern repeated, usually in the tenor, throughout the composition.
- issyk-kul — a mountain lake in NE Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan). 2250 sq. mi. (5830 sq. km).
- janissary — (often initial capital letter) a member of an elite military unit of the Turkish army organized in the 14th century and abolished in 1826 after it revolted against the Sultan.
- jellyfish — any of various marine coelenterates of a soft, gelatinous structure, especially one with an umbrellalike body and long, trailing tentacles; medusa.
- jestingly — Said, written or done in jest.
- jockeyish — resembling a jockey
- jockeyism — the skills and practices of jockeys
- joshingly — In a joshing manner; teasingly.
- joy-stick — Informal. the control stick of an airplane, tank, or other vehicle.
- joyriders — Plural form of joyrider.
- joysticks — Plural form of joystick.
- kaczynski — Lech. 1949–2010, Polish politician, president of Poland (2005–10)
- kaffiyehs — Plural form of kaffiyeh.
- kandinsky — Wassily [vas-uh-lee] /ˈvæs ə li/ (Show IPA), or Vasili [vas-uh-lee,, vuh-sil-ee;; Russian vuh-syee-lyee] /ˈvæs ə li,, vəˈsɪl i;; Russian vʌˈsyi lyi/ (Show IPA), 1866–1944, Russian painter.
- katalysis — catalysis.
- ketolysis — the breaking down of ketones.
- keyclicks — Plural form of keyclick.
- keynesian — of or relating to the economic theories, doctrines, or policies of Keynes or his followers, especially the policy of maintaining high employment and controlling inflation by varying the interest rates, tax rates, and public expenditure.
- kilobytes — Plural form of kilobyte.
- kissingly — lightly; gently.
- kitschify — to make something kitsch
- knavishly — In a knavish manner.
- korzybski — Alfred (Habdank Skarbek) [hab-dangk skahr-bek;; Polish hahp-dahngk skahr-bek] /ˈhæb dæŋk ˈskɑr bɛk;; Polish ˈhɑp dɑŋk ˈskɑr bɛk/ (Show IPA), 1879–1950, U.S. writer on general semantics, born in Poland.
- koshigaya — a city in central Honshu, Japan, a Tokyo suburb.
- kshatriya — a member of the Hindu royal and warrior class above the Vaisyas and below the Brahmans.
- kuibyshev — a port in the Russian Federation in Europe, on the Volga.
- kuniyoshi — Yasuo [yah-soo-aw] /yɑˈsu ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1953, U.S. painter, born in Japan.
- ladybirds — Plural form of ladybird.