10-letter words containing s, y, n, o, t
- photonasty — a nastic movement in response to a change in light intensity
- pinocytose — (of a cell) to take within by means of pinocytosis.
- polyanthus — a hybrid primrose, Primula polyantha.
- polygenist — a person who advocates polygenism
- polygnotus — fl. c450 b.c., Greek painter.
- polygynist — a person who practices or favors polygyny.
- polysemant — a word with multiple meanings
- pony truss — a through bridge truss having its deck between the top and bottom chords and having no top lateral bracing.
- post entry — a late entry, as a horse in a horse show or race.
- postliminy — the right by which persons and things taken in war are restored to their former status when coming again under the power of the nation to which they belonged.
- postulancy — the period or state of being a postulant, especially in a religious order.
- propensity — a natural inclination or tendency: a propensity to drink too much.
- protensity — the actuality of duration
- pumy stone — a piece of pumice stone
- pycnostyle — having an intercolumniation of 1½ diameters.
- resonantly — resounding or echoing, as sounds: the resonant thundering of cannons being fired.
- roystering — roister.
- rusty iron — (jargon, hardware) Synonym tired iron. It has been claimed that this is the inevitable fate of water MIPS.
- sainte foy — a SW suburb of Quebec, on the St Lawrence River. Pop: 72 547 (2001)
- sanctimony — pretended, affected, or hypocritical religious devotion, righteousness, etc.
- satanology — the aspect of knowledge that relates to Satan or evil
- sentry box — a small structure for sheltering a sentry from bad weather.
- shantytown — a section, as of a city or town, characterized by shanties and crudely built houses.
- shoutingly — by way of shouting
- soft money — money contributed to a political candidate or party that is not subject to federal regulations.
- solenocyte — a type of long, narrow, flagellated cell that functions in excretion of nitrogenous wastes and occurs in a variety of organisms, including certain annelids and mollusks.
- soothingly — that soothes: a soothing voice.
- sooty tern — a black and white tern, Sterna fuscata, of small tropical islands.
- southernly — southerly.
- sportingly — engaging in, disposed to, or interested in open-air or athletic sports: a rugged, sporting man.
- stationary — standing still; not moving.
- stationery — writing paper.
- staycation — a vacation spent at home or near home, doing enjoyable activities or visiting local attractions.
- stenotyper — a machine with a keyboard for recording speeches or dictation in phonetic shorthand
- stone lily — a fossil crinoid.
- stone-lily — a fossil crinoid.
- story line — plot (def 2).
- stubbornly — unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving: a stubborn child.
- stylophone — a type of battery-powered electronic instrument played with a steel-tipped penlike stylus
- subpotency — a condition of reduced potency, as of a medication.
- symphonist — a composer who writes symphonies.
- synanthous — relating to plants whose leaves and flowers expand simultaneously
- syncopated — marked by syncopation: syncopated rhythm.
- syndicator — a person who establishes a syndicate
- synonymist — a specialist in the study or compiling of synonyms.
- synonymity — 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.
- synostoses — union of separate bones into a single bone.
- synostosis — union of separate bones into a single bone.
- syntenosis — the connection of bones by means of tendons
- synthronus — a combined throne for a bishop and his presbyters