10-letter words containing s, y, c, o, i
- mesophytic — Relating to a mesophyte.
- microcytes — Pathology. an abnormally small red blood cell.
- micropyles — Plural form of micropyle.
- microscopy — the use of the microscope.
- mosaically — In the manner of a mosaic.
- musicology — the scholarly or scientific study of music, as in historical research, musical theory, or the physical nature of sound.
- mycobionts — Plural form of mycobiont.
- mycologist — the branch of biology dealing with fungi.
- mycotoxins — Plural form of mycotoxin.
- myoblastic — of or relating to a myoblast or myoblasts
- myofascial — Of or relating to the layer of loose tissue (fascia) surrounding the muscle tissues.
- myrioscope — a form of kaleidoscope
- mysophobic — a dread of dirt or filth.
- mystagogic — someone who instructs others before initiation into religious mysteries or before participation in the sacraments.
- non-sticky — having the property of adhering, as glue; adhesive.
- obstinancy — (rare) Obstinance; the characteristic of being obstinate.
- oscitantly — in an oscitant manner
- otomycosis — (pathology) a fungal ear infection.
- paroxysmic — any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: paroxysms of rage.
- physiocrat — one of a school of political economists who followed Quesnay in holding that an inherent natural order properly governed society, regarding land as the basis of wealth and taxation, and advocating a laissez-faire economy.
- pinocytose — (of a cell) to take within by means of pinocytosis.
- polyclitus — flourished c450–c420 b.c, Greek sculptor.
- polycystic — containing many cysts
- polymastic — a person with a polymastic condition
- polyphasic — having more than two phases.
- preciosity — fastidious or carefully affected refinement, as in language, style, or taste.
- preciously — of high price or great value; very valuable or costly: precious metals.
- procrypsis — a protective coloration in animals
- psilocybin — a hallucinogenic crystalline solid, C 1 2 H 1 7 N 2 O 4 P, obtained from the mushroom Psilocybe mexicana.
- radioscopy — the examination of objects opaque to light by means of another form of radiation, usually x-rays.
- rescissory — serving to rescind.
- rhinoscopy — examination of the nasal passages, esp with a rhinoscope
- rosy finch — any of several finches of the genus Leucosticte, of Asia and western North America, having dark brown plumage with a pinkish wash on the wings and rump.
- royalistic — relating to a royalist
- sanctimony — pretended, affected, or hypocritical religious devotion, righteousness, etc.
- schizogamy — reproduction characterized by division of the organism into sexual and asexual parts, as in certain polychaetes.
- schizogony — (in the asexual reproduction of certain sporozoans) the multiple fission of a trophozoite or schizont into merozoites.
- scoffingly — to speak derisively; mock; jeer (often followed by at): If you can't do any better, don't scoff. Their efforts toward a peaceful settlement are not to be scoffed at.
- scowlingly — in a scowling manner
- scyphiform — shaped like a cup or goblet.
- semicolony — a country which is partly colonial or which is officially independent but which in fact depends on or is dominated by another country
- shockingly — causing intense surprise, disgust, horror, etc.
- shylockian — a relentless and revengeful moneylender in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
- shylocking — a relentless and revengeful moneylender in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
- siderocyte — an erythrocyte that contains iron in forms other than hematin.
- sioux city — a port in W Iowa, on the Missouri River.
- societally — noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- sociocracy — a theoretical system of government in which the interests of all members of society are served equally.
- sociometry — the measurement of attitudes of social acceptance or rejection through expressed preferences among members of a social grouping.
- sociopathy — a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.