11-letter words containing s, y, n
- superagency — a very large agency, especially a large government agency that oversees smaller ones.
- superdainty — very dainty
- superlunary — situated above or beyond the moon.
- supply line — A supply line is a route along which goods and equipment are transported to an army during a war.
- sustainably — in a way that allows for continual use of a natural resource without depleting it or causing environmental damage: sustainably grown coffee.
- swann's way — the first part of the very long, seven-volume novel by Marcel Proust, 'In Remembrance of Things Past' (also called 'In Search of Lost Time'), in which Charles Swann meets his eventual wife, Odette; one of its major themes is memory
- swansea bay — an inlet of the Bristol Channel, on which the port of Swansea stands
- swingeingly — by way of swingeing
- sycophantic — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- sydneysider — a resident of Sydney
- sylvestrian — living in the woods; sylvan
- symbolizing — to be a symbol of; stand for or represent in the manner of a symbol.
- symphonette — a small symphony orchestra that usually specializes in playing short, familiar classical works or salon music.
- symphonious — harmonious; in harmonious agreement or accord.
- synanthesis — the simultaneous ripening of a flower's stigmas and stamens
- synanthetic — relating to synanthesis
- synaptosome — a saclike structure at an isolated nerve ending
- synchoresis — the act or an instance of conceding an argument in order to make a stronger one
- synchromesh — noting or pertaining to a synchronized shifting mechanism.
- 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.
- synchronous — occurring at the same time; coinciding in time; contemporaneous; simultaneous.
- synchrotron — a type of cyclotron consisting of magnetic sections alternately spaced with sections in which particles are electrostatically accelerated.
- syncopation — Music. a shifting of the normal accent, usually by stressing the normally unaccented beats.
- syncopative — relating to syncopation
- syndactylus — a person having united or webbed fingers or toes.
- syndesmoses — a connection of bones by ligaments, fasciae, or membranes other than in a joint.
- syndesmosis — a connection of bones by ligaments, fasciae, or membranes other than in a joint.
- 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.
- syndyasmian — pertaining to sexual pairing without exclusive co-habitation
- 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.
- synesthesia — 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.
- 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.
- syngnathous — (of fish) having a tubular snout, e.g. pipefish, seahorse
- synodically — by the authority of a synod
- synoeciosis — a figure of speech in which contrary terms are use in conjunction
- synoecology — the science of relationships between species
- 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
- synonymised — to give synonyms for (a word, name, etc.); furnish with synonyms.
- synoptistic — relating to the work of a synoptist
- synosteosis — synostosis.
- synsepalous — gamosepalous.
- 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.