10-letter words containing y, s
- dyskinesis — A reduced ability to control and coordinate movement.
- dyskinetic — difficulty or abnormality in performing voluntary muscular movements.
- dysmorphia — Deformity or abnormality in the shape or size of a specified part of the body.
- dysmorphic — relating to or resulting in misshapenness of parts of the body
- dysostosis — (medicine) A disorder of the development of bone.
- dyspepsias — Plural form of dyspepsia.
- dyspepsies — Plural form of dyspepsy.
- dysphemism — the substitution of a harsh, disparaging, or unpleasant expression for a more neutral one.
- dysplastic — Exhibiting dysplasia.
- dyspractic — relating to or affected by dyspraxia
- dysprosium — a rare-earth metallic element, highly reactive and paramagnetic, found in small amounts in various rare-earth minerals, as euxenite and monazite: used to absorb neutrons in nuclear reactors. Symbol: Dy; atomic weight: 162.50; atomic number: 66.
- dysprosody — A disorder in which one or more of the prosodic functions of speech are compromised or eliminated completely.
- dysthymiac — a person who is affected with dysthymia
- dystrophia — Medicine/Medical. faulty or inadequate nutrition or development.
- dystrophic — Medicine/Medical. pertaining to or caused by dystrophy.
- dystrophin — a protein, the absence of which is believed to cause muscular dystrophy
- early days — initial stages
- easter day — the Sunday on which the festival of Easter is celebrated
- eastwardly — having an eastward direction or situation.
- easy chair — an upholstered armchair for lounging.
- easy going — calm and unworried; relaxed and rather casual: an easygoing person.
- easy money — money obtained with a minimum of effort.
- easy-going — calm and unworried; relaxed and rather casual: an easygoing person.
- easy-peasy — very easy; presenting no difficulty at all
- ecchymoses — a discoloration due to extravasation of blood, as in a bruise.
- ecchymosis — a discoloration due to extravasation of blood, as in a bruise.
- ecdysiasts — Plural form of ecdysiast.
- ecosystems — a system, or a group of interconnected elements, formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their environment.
- ectophytes — Plural form of ectophyte.
- effusively — unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve: effusive greetings; an effusive person.
- eighty-six — to eject (someone) from a place
- elasticity — The ability of an object or material to resume its normal shape after being stretched or compressed; stretchiness.
- elder days — The heroic age of hackerdom (roughly, pre-1980); the era of the PDP-10, TECO, ITS and the ARPANET. This term has been rather consciously adopted from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy epic "The Lord of the Rings". Compare Iron Age. See also elvish and Great Worm.
- embayments — Plural form of embayment.
- ember days — any of four groups of three days (always Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday) of prayer and fasting, the groups occurring after Pentecost, after the first Sunday of Lent, after the feast of St Lucy (Dec 13), and after the feast of the Holy Cross (Sept 14)
- embryo sac — the structure within a plant ovule that contains the egg cell: develops from the megaspore and contains the embryo plant and endosperm after fertilization
- emissivity — (physics) The energy-emitting propensity of a surface, usually measured at a specific wavelength.
- emphysemic — Relating to emphysema.
- empty nest — (())
- encrypters — Plural form of encrypter.
- encystment — The formation of a cyst.
- endocytose — (cytology) Of a cell, to ingest material by folding the plasma membrane inwards around it.
- endomysium — A layer of connective tissue which surrounds individual muscle fibers.
- endophytes — Plural form of endophyte.
- energyless — Without energy.
- enjoyments — Plural form of enjoyment.
- enneastyle — having nine pillars
- enormously — To a very great degree or extent; considerably.
- enthymemes — Plural form of enthymeme.
- entry visa — a visa giving official permission to enter a country of which you are not a national