10-letter words containing s, y, m
- gymnosperm — a vascular plant having seeds that are not enclosed in an ovary; a conifer or cycad.
- gymnospore — a naked spore, especially one not produced in a sporangium or one lacking a protective envelope.
- gynandrism — hermaphroditism.
- gynostemia — the united stamens and pistil of an orchid.
- gypsy moth — a moth, Porthetria dispar, introduced into the U.S. from Europe, the larvae of which feed on the foliage of shade and other trees.
- haemolyses — Plural form of haemolysis.
- haemolysin — Alternative spelling of hemolysin.
- haemolysis — Alternative spelling of hemolysis.
- hamadryads — Plural form of hamadryad.
- handsomely — in a handsome manner; pleasingly; successfully.
- harm's way — danger; a dangerous situation: to get out of harm's way during a storm.
- harmlessly — In a harmless manner.
- hematocyst — a cyst containing blood.
- hemicycles — Plural form of hemicycle.
- hemizygous — an individual having only one of a given pair of genes.
- hemolysins — Plural form of hemolysin.
- hemoptysis — the expectoration of blood or bloody mucus.
- heteronyms — Plural form of heteronym.
- hieronymus — Eusebius [yoo-see-bee-uh s] /yuˈsi bi əs/ (Show IPA), Jerome, Saint.
- hla system — human leucocyte antigen system; a group of the most important antigens responsible for tissue compatibility, together with the genes that encode them. For tissue and organ transplantation to be successful there needs to be a minimum number of HLA differences between the donor's and recipient's tissue
- holy moses — expressing surprise or shock
- home study — instruction in a subject given by mail and addressed to a student's home.
- homebuyers — Plural form of homebuyer.
- homoblasty — the state of being homoblastic
- homonymous — of the nature of homonyms; having the same name.
- homostyled — (of a plant) having styles of the same form or length in all flowers.
- homozygous — having identical pairs of genes for any given pair of hereditary characteristics.
- honeycombs — Plural form of honeycomb.
- honeymoons — Plural form of honeymoon.
- humorously — characterized by humor; funny; comical: a humorous anecdote.
- hush money — a bribe to keep someone silent about something, especially to keep the receiver from exposing a scandal.
- hyaloplasm — ground substance.
- hybridomas — Plural form of hybridoma.
- hydrosomal — of or relating to a hydrosome
- hylotheism — any philosophical doctrine identifying a god or gods with matter.
- hylotomous — (of insects) wood-cutting or wood-boring
- hymn sheet — a sheet of paper with the words of hymns printed on it
- hymnodists — Plural form of hymnodist.
- hyoscyamus — the dried leaves, with or without the tops, of the henbane, Hyoscyamus niger, containing the alkaloids hyoscyamine and scopolamine, used in medicine.
- hyperosmia — an abnormally acute sense of smell.
- hyperosmic — Of, pertaining to, or affected by hyperosmia.
- hypocorism — a pet name.
- hypodermis — Zoology. an underlayer of epithelial cells in arthropods and certain other invertebrates that secretes substances for the overlying cuticle or exoskeleton.
- hypomnesia — Deficiency of the memory.
- hyponymous — a term that denotes a subcategory of a more general class: “Chair” and “table” are hyponyms of “furniture.”. Compare superordinate (def 4).
- hypsometer — thermobarometer (def 1).
- hypsometry — vertical control in mapping; the establishment of elevations or altitudes.
- immodestly — not modest in conduct, utterance, etc.; indecent; shameless.
- impassably — In an impassable manner.
- impassibly — In an impassible manner.