9-letter words containing y, i, n
- synaxaria — a summary of the life of a saint or of the particulars of a feast, read at the orthros.
- synchysis — an arrangement of words with muddled meaning
- synclinal — sloping downward from opposite directions so as to meet in a common point or line.
- syncretic — the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion.
- syncrisis — the comparison of opposites.
- syncytial — a multinucleate mass of cytoplasm that is not separated into cells.
- syncytium — a multinucleate mass of cytoplasm that is not separated into cells.
- syndicate — 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.
- syndromic — Pathology, Psychiatry. a group of symptoms that together are characteristic of a specific disorder, disease, or the like.
- synechism — a doctrine of philosophical thinking stressing the importance of the idea of continuity: named and advocated by C. S. Peirce.
- synecious — synoicous.
- synectics — the study of creative processes, especially as applied to the solution of problems by a group of diverse individuals.
- synedrial — relating to a synedrion
- synedrion — an assembly of judges or representatives
- syneresis — the contraction of two syllables or two vowels into one, especially the contraction of two vowels so as to form a diphthong.
- synergism — synergy (def 1).
- synergist — Physiology, Medicine/Medical. a body organ, medicine, etc., that cooperates with another or others to produce or enhance an effect.
- synergize — to act as an agent of synergy
- syngeneic — with identical genes
- synizesis — the combination into one syllable of two vowels (or of a vowel and a diphthong) that do not form a diphthong.
- synodical — of a synod; synodal
- synoecism — (in ancient Greece) the union of towns under one capital city
- synoecize — (in ancient Greece) to unite under one capital city
- synoicous — having male and female flowers on one head, as in many composite plants.
- synonymic — 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.
- synopsize — to make a synopsis of; summarize.
- synoptist — one of the authors (Matthew, Mark, or Luke) of the synoptic Gospels.
- synovitic — inflammation of a synovial membrane.
- synovitis — inflammation of a synovial membrane.
- syntactic — of or relating to syntax: syntactic errors in English; the syntactic rules for computer source code.
- syntality — behavioral characteristics of a group perceived as parallel to or inferable from the personality structure of an individual.
- syntectic — relating to syntexis
- synthesis — the combining of the constituent elements of separate material or abstract entities into a single or unified entity (opposed to analysis, ) the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements.
- synthetic — of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic).
- syntonize — to render syntonic; tune to the same frequency.
- syphoning — a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
- syringeal — of, relating to, or connected with the syrinx.
- tachyonic — characteristic of a tachyon
- teasingly — to irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling raillery, or other annoyance, often in sport.
- teemingly — in a productive or teeming manner
- tellingly — having force or effect; effective; striking: a telling blow.
- tenebrity — the state of being dark
- tensility — of or relating to tension: tensile strain.
- tent city — an area set up with tents, especially as to house homeless or displaced persons.
- testimony — Law. the statement or declaration of a witness under oath or affirmation, usually in court.
- testingly — the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- thingummy — You refer to something or someone as thingummy, thingummyjig or thingummybob when you do not know or cannot be bothered to use the proper word or name for them.
- thinkably — in a thinkable or conceivable manner
- thylacine — a wolflike marsupial, Thylacinus cynocephalus, of Tasmania, tan-colored with black stripes across the back: probably extinct.
- thymidine — a nucleoside, C 10 H 14 N 2 O 5 , containing thymine and deoxyribose, that is a constituent of DNA.