11-letter words containing s, y, n, c, i
- synchromism — a movement of the early 20th century led by American artists and manifested in their experimentation with nonfigurative or entirely abstract paintings containing shapes and volumes of pure color. Compare Orphism (def 2).
- synchronise — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
- synchronism — coincidence in time; contemporaneousness; simultaneousness.
- synchronize — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
- syncopation — Music. a shifting of the normal accent, usually by stressing the normally unaccented beats.
- syncopative — relating to syncopation
- syndicalism — a form or development of trade unionism, originating in France, that aims at the possession of the means of production and distribution, and ultimately at the control of society, by federated bodies of industrial workers, and that seeks to realize its purposes through general strikes, terrorism, sabotage, etc.
- syndication — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
- synecdochic — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
- synergistic — pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling synergy: a synergistic effect.
- synesthetic — a sensation produced in one modality when a stimulus is applied to another modality, as when the hearing of a certain sound induces the visualization of a certain color.
- synodically — by the authority of a synod
- synoeciosis — a figure of speech in which contrary terms are use in conjunction
- synonymatic — relating to, or made up of, synonyms
- synonymical — 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.
- synonymicon — a dictionary of synonyms
- synoptistic — relating to the work of a synoptist
- syntactical — of or relating to syntax: syntactic errors in English; the syntactic rules for computer source code.
- syntagmatic — pertaining to a relationship among linguistic elements that occur sequentially in the chain of speech or writing, as the relationship between the sun and is shining or the and sun in the sentence The sun is shining.
- synthetical — of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic).
- tenaciously — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
- typecasting — the practice of casting an actor repeatedly in the same kind of role, esp because of his or physical appearance or previous success in such roles
- typicalness — of the nature of or serving as a type or representative specimen.
- unceasingly — not ceasing or stopping; continuous: an unceasing flow of criticism.
- unsociality — the quality of being unsocial
- urodynamics — the study and measurement of the flow of urine in the urinary tract
- vanity case — a small luggage bag or case for holding cosmetics or toiletries.