10-letter words containing y, s
- grays peak — a mountain in N central Colorado; highest point in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. 14,270 feet (4352 meters).
- greedyguts — (informal) A greedy person.
- grenz rays — X-rays of long wavelength produced in a device when electrons are accelerated through 25 kilovolts or less
- grey sedge — an angler's name for a greyish caddis fly, Odontocerum albicorne, that frequents running water, in which its larvae make cases from grains of sand
- grey skate — a species of skate, Dipturus batis
- grey-scale — (graphics) (US "gray-scale") 1. Composed of (discrete) shades of grey. If the pixels of a grey-scale image have N bits, they may take values from zero, representing black up to 2^N-1, representing white with intermediate values representing increasingly light shades of grey. If N=1 the image is not called grey-scale but could be called monochrome. 2. A range of acurately known shades of grey printed out for use in calibrating those shades on a display or printer.
- grey-state — (of a fabric or material) not yet dyed
- 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.
- gymnasiast — a student in a gymnasium.
- gymnasiums — Plural form of gymnasium.
- gymnastics — (used with a plural verb) gymnastic exercises.
- gymnoplast — a mass of protoplasm without an enclosing wall.
- gymnosperm — a vascular plant having seeds that are not enclosed in an ovary; a conifer or cycad.
- gymnospore — a naked spore, especially one not produced in a sporangium or one lacking a protective envelope.
- gynandrism — hermaphroditism.
- gynandrous — having stamens and pistils united in a column, as in orchids.
- gynarchies — Plural form of gynarchy.
- gyniatrics — the branch of medicine dealing with the treatment of women's diseases
- gynophores — Plural form of gynophore.
- gynostemia — the united stamens and pistil of an orchid.
- gypsophila — any plant belonging to the genus Gypsophila, of the pink family, native to Mediterranean regions, having small, panicled, pink or white flowers, as baby's breath.
- gypsophile — any plant living or thriving in soil containing gypsum.
- gypsy moth — a moth, Porthetria dispar, introduced into the U.S. from Europe, the larvae of which feed on the foliage of shade and other trees.
- gyrfalcons — Plural form of gyrfalcon.
- gyroscopes — Plural form of gyroscope.
- gyroscopic — an apparatus consisting of a rotating wheel so mounted that its axis can turn freely in certain or all directions, and capable of maintaining the same absolute direction in space in spite of movements of the mountings and surrounding parts: used to maintain equilibrium, determine direction, etc.
- gyrostatic — the science that deals with the laws of rotating bodies.
- hackeysack — A non-competition sport in which a small sack, or
- hacky sack — (lowercase) a game in which a footbag is juggled with the feet.
- haemolyses — Plural form of haemolysis.
- haemolysin — Alternative spelling of hemolysin.
- haemolysis — Alternative spelling of hemolysis.
- hair spray — a liquid in an aerosol or other spray container, for holding the hair in place.
- hair style — a style of cutting, arranging, or combing the hair; hairdo; coiffure.
- hairstyles — Plural form of hairstyle.
- half story — a usable living space within a sloping roof, usually having dormer windows for lighting.
- halloysite — a refractory clay mineral similar in composition to kaolinite.
- halophytes — Plural form of halophyte.
- hamadryads — Plural form of hamadryad.
- hand-spray — an attachment to a shower, sink unit, etc, that is not fixed in place but can instead be moved in order to aid washing
- handsomely — in a handsome manner; pleasingly; successfully.
- haplotypes — Plural form of haplotype.
- happy dust — cocaine.
- happy-dust — cocaine.
- harassedly — in a harassed manner
- hard yards — a great deal of effort or hard work, esp in playing a sport