10-letter words containing s, y, m
- chasmogamy — the production of flowers that open, so as to expose the reproductive organs and allow cross-pollination
- chemonasty — the nastic movement of a plant in response to a chemical stimulus
- chlamydias — Plural form of chlamydia.
- chrysostom — Saint John. ?345–407 ad, Greek patriarch; archbishop of Constantinople (398–404). Feast day: Sept 13 or Nov 13
- cockneyism — a characteristic of speech or custom peculiar to cockneys
- commissary — A commissary is a shop that provides food and equipment in a place such as a military camp or a prison.
- composedly — calm; tranquil; serene: His composed face reassured the nervous passengers.
- compulsory — If something is compulsory, you must do it or accept it, because it is the law or because someone in a position of authority says you must.
- condylomas — Plural form of condyloma.
- consumedly — (intensifier)
- copayments — Plural form of copayment.
- copolymers — Plural form of copolymer.
- cosmic ray — a radiation of high penetrating power that originates in outer space and consists partly of high-energy atomic nuclei.
- cosmically — of or relating to the cosmos: cosmic laws.
- cosmolatry — the worship of the cosmos
- cost money — If you say that something costs money, you mean that it has to be paid for, and perhaps cannot be afforded.
- costectomy — excision of part or all of a rib.
- cryometers — Plural form of cryometer.
- cryptogams — Plural form of cryptogam.
- cumbrously — In a cumbrous manner.
- currycombs — Plural form of currycomb.
- cyclamates — Plural form of cyclamate.
- cycloramas — Plural form of cyclorama.
- cyclostome — any primitive aquatic jawless vertebrate of the class Cyclostomata, such as the lamprey and hagfish, having a round sucking mouth and pouchlike gills
- cynomolgus — a macaque native to SE Asia
- cysteamine — a drug used to treat cystine excretion or radiation sickness
- cystectomy — surgical removal of the gall bladder or of part of the urinary bladder
- cystograms — Plural form of cystogram.
- cystometer — a device for determining the reaction of the urinary bladder to increased internal pressure.
- cystostomy — a surgical procedure whereby an incision is made in the skin and urinary bladder to allow the drainage of urine
- cytoplasms — Plural form of cytoplasm.
- dad's army — an affectionate or humorous term for the British Home Guard during World War II
- dairymaids — Plural form of dairymaid.
- dichromasy — Alternative spelling of dichromacy.
- dictyosome — a Golgi body, esp in a plant cell
- didynamous — (of plants) having four stamens arranged in two pairs of unequal length, as in the foxglove
- disamenity — The unpleasant quality or character of something.
- discectomy — Surgical removal of the whole or a part of an intervertebral disc.
- diseconomy — a lack of economy.
- disharmony — lack of harmony; discord.
- dismissory — of or relating to dismission
- dithyrambs — Plural form of dithyramb.
- dolesomely — in a doleful manner
- doomsayers — Plural form of doomsayer.
- doomsaying — a person who predicts impending misfortune or disaster.
- doomsdayer — a doomsayer.
- dynamicist — a person who investigates and researches dynamics
- dynamitism — The work of dynamiters.
- dyschromia — Abnormal alteration of the color of the skin or nails.
- dysmorphia — Deformity or abnormality in the shape or size of a specified part of the body.