11-letter words containing u, y, s
- guilelessly — free from guile; sincere; honest; straightforward; frank.
- guiltlessly — free from guilt; innocent.
- gullywasher — a usually short, heavy rainstorm.
- gustatorily — in a gustatory manner
- gymnanthous — achlamydeous.
- gymnogynous — having a naked ovary.
- gynostegium — a specialized caplike mass of tissue covering a gynoecium.
- gynostemium — the united stamens and pistil of an orchid.
- gypsiferous — containing gypsum.
- hazardously — In a hazardous manner.
- helichrysum — any of the numerous composite plants of the genus Helichrysum, having alternate leaves and solitary or clustered flower heads, including the strawflower.
- heptagynous — (of a flower) having seven pistils
- hilariously — arousing great merriment; extremely funny: a hilarious story; a hilarious old movie.
- honey mouse — a small agile Australian marsupial, Tarsipes spenserae, having dark-striped pale brown fur, a long prehensile tail, and a very long snout and tongue with which it feeds on honey, pollen, and insects: family Phalangeridae
- honeylocust — any of a genus (Gleditsia) of trees of the caesalpinia family, esp. a North American species (G. triacanthos) usually having strong, thorny branches, featherlike foliage, and large, twisted pods containing beanlike seeds and a sweet pulp
- honeysucker — a bird that feeds on the nectar of flowers.
- honeysuckle — any upright or climbing shrub of the genus Diervilla, especially D. lonicera, cultivated for its fragrant white, yellow, or red tubular flowers.
- house party — the guests at such an affair or party: The house party goes sailing today.
- house style — a set of rules concerning spellings, typography, etc, observed by editorial and printing staff in a particular publishing or printing company
- householdry — (archaic) The management and upkeep of a household.
- housewifely — of, like, or befitting a housewife.
- housewifery — the function or work of a housewife; housekeeping.
- humorlessly — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- humourously — (UK, uncommon, nonstandard) alternative spelling of humorously.
- hydragogues — Plural form of hydragogue.
- hydrogenous — of or containing hydrogen.
- hydromedusa — the medusa form of a hydrozoan.
- hylophagous — xylophagous (def 1).
- hyperacusis — (medicine) A heightened sensitivity to some sounds.
- hypercasual — Extremely casual.
- hypernymous — Having the qualities of a hypernym.
- hypersexual — unusually or excessively active in or concerned with sexual matters.
- hypnogenous — characterized by the induction of hypnotic sleep
- hyponitrous — of or derived from hyponitrous acid.
- hyposulfite — Also called hydrosulfite. a salt of hyposulfurous acid.
- hypotenuses — Plural form of hypotenuse.
- hypothallus — a layer of hyphae rimming the thallus of certain lichens.
- hypothenuse — hypotenuse.
- ichthyosaur — any fishlike marine reptile of the extinct order Ichthyosauria, ranging from 4 to 40 feet (1.2 to 12 meters) in length and having a round, tapering body, a large head, four paddlelike flippers, and a vertical caudal fin.
- if you must — You say 'if you must' when you know that you cannot stop someone doing something that you think is wrong or stupid.
- illusionary — of, relating to, or characterized by illusions; deceptive; misleading.
- immunoassay — any laboratory method for detecting a substance by using an antibody reactive with it.
- imperiously — domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: an imperious manner; an imperious person.
- impetuosity — the quality or condition of being impetuous.
- impetuously — of, relating to, or characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.; impulsive: an impetuous decision; an impetuous person.
- implausibly — In an implausible or dubious manner.
- impulse buy — spur-of-the-moment purchase
- impulsively — actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses: an impulsive child.
- impulsivity — actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses: an impulsive child.
- inclusively — including or encompassing the stated limit or extremes in consideration or account (usually used postpositively): from 6 to 37 inclusive.