10-letter words containing u, y, s
- fusibility — the quality of being fusible or convertible from a solid to a liquid state by heat.
- gay-lussac — Joseph Louis [joh-zuh f loo-ee,, -suh f;; French zhaw-zef lwee] /ˈdʒoʊ zəf ˈlu i,, -səf;; French ʒɔˈzɛf lwi/ (Show IPA), 1778–1850, French chemist and physicist.
- gaylussite — a rare mineral, hydrated carbonate of sodium and calcium.
- generously — liberal in giving or sharing; unselfish: a generous patron of the arts; a generous gift.
- gesturally — in a gestural manner
- gettysburg — a borough in S Pennsylvania: Confederate forces defeated in a crucial battle of the Civil War fought near here on July 1–3, 1863; national cemetery and military park.
- ghastfully — in a ghastful manner
- ghoulishly — In a ghoulish manner.
- gloriously — delightful; wonderful; completely enjoyable: to have a glorious time at the circus.
- glory bush — a shrub, Tibouchina urvilleana, native to Brazil, having showy purple flowers, cultivated as an ornamental.
- glycosuria — excretion of glucose in the urine, as in diabetes.
- gorgeously — splendid or sumptuous in appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificent: a gorgeous gown; a gorgeous sunset.
- graciously — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- greedyguts — (informal) A greedy person.
- greyhounds — Plural form of greyhound.
- grievously — causing grief or great sorrow: grievous news.
- gruesomely — In a gruesome manner.
- gunnysacks — Plural form of gunnysack.
- guy steele — Guy Lewis Steele, Jr.
- gymnasiums — Plural form of gymnasium.
- gynandrous — having stamens and pistils united in a column, as in orchids.
- happy dust — cocaine.
- happy-dust — cocaine.
- hastefully — swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- hemizygous — an individual having only one of a given pair of genes.
- hexagynous — (of a plant) having six pistils
- hieronymus — Eusebius [yoo-see-bee-uh s] /yuˈsi bi əs/ (Show IPA), Jerome, Saint.
- hippolytus — Also, Hippolytos [hi-pol-i-tuh s, -tos] /hɪˈpɒl ɪ təs, -ˌtɒs/ (Show IPA). Classical Mythology. the son of Theseus who was falsely accused by his stepmother, Phaedra, of raping her after he had rejected her advances and who was killed by Poseidon in response to the plea of Theseus.
- home study — instruction in a subject given by mail and addressed to a student's home.
- homebuyers — Plural form of homebuyer.
- homonymous — of the nature of homonyms; having the same name.
- homozygous — having identical pairs of genes for any given pair of hereditary characteristics.
- housewifey — (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a housewife.
- hudson bay — a large inland sea in N Canada. 850 miles (1370 km) long; 600 miles (965 km) wide; 400,000 sq. mi. (1,036,000 sq. km).
- humorously — characterized by humor; funny; comical: a humorous anecdote.
- hurtlessly — harmlessly
- hush money — a bribe to keep someone silent about something, especially to keep the receiver from exposing a scandal.
- hush puppy — a small, unsweetened cake or ball of cornmeal dough fried in deep fat.
- hyacinthus — a youth loved but accidentally killed by Apollo: from the youth's blood sprang the hyacinth.
- hydraulics — the science that deals with the laws governing water or other liquids in motion and their applications in engineering; practical or applied hydrodynamics.
- hylotomous — (of insects) wood-cutting or wood-boring
- hyoscyamus — the dried leaves, with or without the tops, of the henbane, Hyoscyamus niger, containing the alkaloids hyoscyamine and scopolamine, used in medicine.
- hypercubes — Plural form of hypercube.
- hypocausts — Plural form of hypocaust.
- hypogenous — growing beneath, or on the undersurface, as fungi on leaves.
- hypogeusia — a disease characterized by a decreased ability to taste and, sometimes, to smell: associated with a zinc deficiency
- hypogynous — situated on the receptacle beneath the pistil and free of the ovary, as stamens, petals, or sepals.
- hyponymous — a term that denotes a subcategory of a more general class: “Chair” and “table” are hyponyms of “furniture.”. Compare superordinate (def 4).
- hypotenuse — the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
- hypozeuxis — the use of a series of parallel clauses, each of which has a subject and predicate, as in “I came, I saw, I conquered.”.