9-letter words containing y, n
- synclinal — sloping downward from opposite directions so as to meet in a common point or line.
- syncopate — Music. to place (the accents) on beats that are normally unaccented. to treat (a passage, piece, etc.) in this way.
- 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.
- syndactyl — having certain digits joined together.
- 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.
- synkaryon — a nucleus formed by the fusion of two preexisting nuclei.
- synnemata — a spore-bearing structure having very compact conidiophores.
- synodical — of a synod; synodal
- synodsman — a member of a synod
- synoecism — (in ancient Greece) the union of towns under one capital city
- synoecize — (in ancient Greece) to unite under one capital city
- synoekete — an insect that lives in the nests of social insects, esp ants, without receiving any attentions from the inmates
- 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.
- synsacrum — a dorsal ridge of bone in the pelvic region of birds, formed by the fusion of certain thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and caudal vertebrae.
- 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
- synth-pop — a type of pop music in which synthesizers are used to create the dominant sound
- syntheses — 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.
- 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.
- syntonous — syntonic.
- 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
- tachypnea — excessively rapid respiration.
- taphonomy — the circumstances and processes of fossilization.
- tarrytown — a village in SE New York, on the Hudson River: restored home of Washington Irving.
- tatabanya — a city in NW Hungary, W of Budapest.