9-letter words containing s, y, m
- symptotic — relating to symptosis
- synangium — a common vascular junction from which several arteries branch
- syncytium — a multinucleate mass of cytoplasm that is not separated into cells.
- syndromic — Pathology, Psychiatry. a group of symptoms that together are characteristic of a specific disorder, disease, or the like.
- synechism — a doctrine of philosophical thinking stressing the importance of the idea of continuity: named and advocated by C. S. Peirce.
- synergism — synergy (def 1).
- synnemata — a spore-bearing structure having very compact conidiophores.
- synodsman — a member of a synod
- synoecism — (in ancient Greece) the union of towns under one capital city
- synonymic — a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the language, as happy, joyful, elated. A dictionary of synonyms and antonyms (or opposites), such as Thesaurus.com, is called a thesaurus.
- synsacrum — a dorsal ridge of bone in the pelvic region of birds, formed by the fusion of certain thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and caudal vertebrae.
- syphiloma — a tumour or gumma caused by infection with syphilis
- systemise — systematize.
- systemize — systematize.
- taylorism — a modified form of Calvinism that maintains that every person has a free will, and that makes a distinction between depravity, as the tendency to commit sins, and sin, as a voluntary choice of evil actions.
- testimony — Law. the statement or declaration of a witness under oath or affirmation, usually in court.
- tomboyish — an energetic, sometimes boisterous girl whose behavior and pursuits, especially in games and sports, are considered more typical of boys than of girls.
- tympanist — a person who plays the drums, especially the kettledrums, in an orchestra.
- vampishly — in a vampish manner
- vasectomy — excision of the vas deferens, or of a portion of it: performed to effect sterility in men.
- vestryman — a member of a church vestry.
- voyeurism — the practice of obtaining sexual gratification by looking at sexual objects or acts, especially secretively.
- wimpishly — in a wimpish manner
- winsomely — sweetly or innocently charming; winning; engaging: a winsome smile.
- yachtsman — a person who owns or sails a yacht, or who is devoted to yachting.
- yachtsmen — Irregular plural form of yachtsman.
- yamashita — Tomoyuki [taw-maw-yoo-kee] /ˈtɔ mɔˈyu ki/ (Show IPA), ("the Tiger of Malaya") 1885–1946, Japanese general.
- yankeeism — Yankee character or characteristics.
- yarmulkes — Plural form of yarmulke.
- youthsome — (archaic) youthful.
- yumminess — The state or condition of being yummy.
- zemlinsky — Alexander von, 1871–1942, Austrian composer and conductor.
- zsigmondy — Richard [rikh-ahrt] /ˈrɪx ɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1865–1929, German chemist, born in Austria: Nobel prize 1925.
- zygosperm — (botany) A spore formed by the union of the contents of two similar cells, either of the same or of distinct individual plants. Zygosperms are found in certain orders of alg\u00e6 and fungi.
- zymolysis — the digestive and fermentative action of enzymes.
- zymoscope — A zymometer.