9-letter words containing s, y, l
- cyclicism — the property of being cyclic
- cylinders — Plural form of cylinder.
- cymbalist — A musician who plays the cymbals.
- cystocele — a hernia of the urinary bladder, esp one protruding into the vagina
- cystolith — a knoblike deposit of calcium carbonate in the epidermal cells of such plants as the stinging nettle
- cytolysin — a substance that can partially or completely destroy animal cells
- cytolysis — the dissolution of cells, esp by the destruction of their membranes
- cytoplasm — the protoplasm of a cell contained within the cell membrane but excluding the nucleus: contains organelles, vesicles, and other inclusions
- cytoplast — the intact cytoplasm of a single cell
- cytosolic — of or relating to a cytosol
- dactylics — Plural form of dactylic.
- dactylist — someone who writes poetry in dactyls
- damselfly — any insect of the suborder Zygoptera similar to but smaller than dragonflies and usually resting with the wings closed over the back: order Odonata
- dashingly — In a dashing manner.
- dastardly — If you describe an action as dastardly, you mean it is wicked and intended to hurt someone.
- dasypygal — (nonce) Having hairy buttocks.
- day-lewis — C(ecil). 1904–72, British poet, critic, and (under the pen name Nicholas Blake) author of detective stories; poet laureate (1968–72)
- daylights — consciousness or wits (esp in the phrases scare, knock, or beat the (living) daylights out of someone)
- decastyle — a portico consisting of ten columns
- decayless — having no tendency to decay
- demulsify — to undergo or cause to undergo a process in which an emulsion is permanently broken down into its constituents
- desirably — worth having or wanting; pleasing, excellent, or fine: a desirable apartment.
- desultory — Something that is desultory is done in an unplanned and disorganized way, and without enthusiasm.
- deviously — departing from the most direct way; circuitous; indirect: a devious course.
- dialysate — (in the process of dialysis) the fluid passing through the dialyser, used for drawing toxins out of the patient's blood stream
- diffusely — to pour out and spread, as a fluid.
- discology — the study of gramophone records
- disemploy — to put out of work; cause to become unemployed.
- dismality — the quality of being dismal
- dismayful — filled with dismay
- displayed — (of a bird) represented with wings and legs spread: an eagle displayed.
- displayer — One who, or that which, displays.
- dissembly — the dismantling or separation of an assembly
- distantly — far off or apart in space; not near at hand; remote or removed (often followed by from): a distant place; a town three miles distant from here.
- diversely — of a different kind, form, character, etc.; unlike: a wide range of diverse opinions.
- dobsonfly — a large, soft-bodied insect, Corydalus cornutus, having four distinctly veined membranous wings, biting mouthparts, and, in the male, huge mandibles that jut out from the head.
- doggishly — In a doggish manner.
- dollishly — In a dollish manner.
- doltishly — In a doltish manner.
- donnishly — In a donnish manner.
- dosiology — the study of doses of drugs
- downplays — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downplay.
- dronishly — in a droning manner
- dry slope — an artificial ski slope used for tuition and practice
- dry spell — a prolonged period of dry weather.
- drysalter — a dealer in dry chemicals and dyes.
- dubiously — doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt: a dubious reply.
- dullishly — in a slightly dull manner
- dumpishly — in a downhearted and despondent manner
- duncishly — in a dullard-like manner